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Early bird registration is now open for the Method Barbell Winter Classic 2026! Visit www.esportsdesk.com for more details! 🏋️💙 by @methodbarbell

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Competition weekend 🏋️

Three Method athletes are taking the platform at the Valhalla Open 2026, and we couldn’t be prouder of the work they’ve put in to get here.

🗓 Saturday
4:45 pm · @yeabz17

🗓 Sunday
9:00 am · @dmasur18
12:00 pm · @_isabellekenzie taken in Kings Fitness by @methodbarbell

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6 days ago

Huge 165kg total for @_isabellekenzie in prep for @valhallaopen
74kg Snatch +2
91kg C&J +5 taken in Evolve Strength North by @methodbarbell

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13 days ago

Road to 75kg+ totals! 📈
@sandy.dewar.9 by @methodbarbell

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15 days ago

2 Low Hang Clean + Jerk
For @kelseyparkk taken in Evolve Strength North by @methodbarbell

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23 days ago

Sami had been dealing with a recurring shoulder dislocation, and getting her training for weightlifting required more than just working around it.

Huge thanks to @squat_university for the help and guidance in getting her shoulder rehabbed and ready for lifting.

A reminder that long-term development is a team effort. 🤝 taken in Evolve Strength North by @methodbarbell

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More information doesn’t necessarily make you better.

At some point, you’re just creating more noise than the brain can process. The body can’t consciously manage 10 different instructions at once and still produce a coordinated movement. Instead, I like to think about skill development through a three-part model:

RETRY

Do it again, no new cue, no major change. Just give yourself another opportunity to reproduce the movement. Sometimes the best coaching decision is to get out of the way and let the body figure it out. Something I really struggled with when I first started coaching was always wanting to give another piece of information if it didn;t immediately change.

REFINE

Something isn’t quite right?

Now give yourself one thing to change not five cues, not a complete explanation, one meaningful adjustment that gives the system something new to adapt to. Don’t keep searching for a new thing to think about just because it didn’t magically fix it forever... It won’t happen.

Change → attempt → feedback → repeat.

REBUILD

Sometimes the current pattern just isn’t working, that’s when you step back. Injury, consistency, performance etc. Then you can go back to the drawing board, bring the weight down and reset the technical pattern. Don’t just go to the chalk board because you saw some lifter or coach say something on social media.

You probably don’t need to rebuild as often as you think, and you don’t need to refine or change something every single rep either. Most of the time, you simply need to retry allowing the body another opportunity to see if the problem continues, and then refine. Now if the pattern continues to break down, or if consistency, injury risk, or performance keep getting worse, rebuild.

Good training isn’t about receiving more information. It’s about knowing when to get information and when to just stay in the flow. Figure out what you’re working on and chip away at it, instead of obliterating it with information and noise. taken in Evolve Strength North by @methodbarbell

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a month ago

Yeab: “clearly rpe 5 😅”

Big 125 trip 📈 by @methodbarbell

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2 months ago

@_isabellekenzie with a 90kg front squat triple pr 📈 by @methodbarbell

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2 months ago

Huge snatch balance for @_yam_fries_ now for the road to snatching it 📈 taken in Evolve Strength North by @methodbarbell

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2 months ago

A little late, but here’s a recap from the Summer Classic. ☀️🏋️

A great day with plenty to celebrate:
@wimplifting made their return to the competition platform after jumping the puddle, finishing with 61kg/69kg.

@dmasur18 stepped onto the platform for their first sanctioned competition, going 100kg/132kg.

@rhysfitzi ran through their first ever competition with us running him for his coach @runelweightlifts , where he finished with 59kg/85kg. taken in Evolve Strength North by @methodbarbell

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3 months ago

Lukewarm take

If you or your team consistently averages fewer volunteer shifts than athlete entries at every competitions... your culture probably needs work.

Been around sports a long time time and it's not because people are lazy. It's because somewhere along the way, the expectation became that competitions are something *other people* make happen.

Sport doesn’t exist without loaders, referees, and the dozens of people doing the jobs nobody notices until they’re missing.

Do better… be better. taken in Evolve Strength North by @methodbarbell

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