PowCircleBlogEvidence-based articles, practical frameworks, and coaching systems for modern powerlifting.
7 articles
A coach-focused guide to deloads in powerlifting. Learn when deloads are useful, when they are overused, how they differ from tapers, and how coaches can reduce fatigue without interrupting productive training.
A practical guide to building a check-in system for powerlifting coaches. Learn how to structure athlete updates, review readiness and training signals, surface red flags, and keep communication scalable as your roster grows.
A coach-focused guide to RPE and velocity in powerlifting. Learn what each metric actually measures, where each one works best, where each one falls short, and how to use both without forcing every decision through a single readiness or autoregulation tool.
A coach-focused guide to specificity in powerlifting, covering when to stay close to the competition lifts and when variations such as SSB, high bar, tempo, pause, and deficit work can offer better transfer. Learn how to use specificity as a spectrum rather than a rule.
A coach-focused guide to fatigue monitoring in powerlifting, covering HRV, RPE, soreness, performance trends, velocity loss, and sleep. Learn what each marker can reveal, where each one falls short, and how to build a practical readiness system without relying on any single metric.
A coach-focused, evidence-based guide to tonnage, effective sets, relative intensity, RPE/RIR, and other volume metrics in powerlifting. Learn what each metric actually measures, where it works well, where it falls short, and how to use multiple lenses without reducing coaching to one number.
Spreadsheets work until your roster grows. Learn why coaching multiple athletes requires more than disconnected tools, and what a modern coaching workflow should look like for programming, check-ins, meet prep, and team oversight.
