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& we continue - D A Y 1 - new block 😤💪🚀
#nats2027 #mofobarbell

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The postpartum version of me would beat my old self every single time. 🔥

And the craziest part? I genuinely don’t believe I’ve reached my full strength potential yet. And I don’t think I’m anywhere close to my peak.

Having kids doesn’t make you weaker. If anything, becoming a mom gave me another reason to keep pushing myself. A bigger purpose.

Because yes, there’s exhaustion, responsibilities, family life, work, and days when training is probably the last thing you feel like doing. But you still show up. You still put in the work.

And most importantly, there’s a little girl growing up watching me.

I want to show her that nothing worth having comes easy. That the things you truly want in life require hard work, discipline, and consistency. That even when things get tough, you keep going. You don’t quit just because the road is longer than you expected.

I want her to understand that you don’t have to be the best from day one to achieve great things. You just have to be willing to work for what you want, over and over again.

Because one day, all that hard work will pay off.

I’m not done. Not even close. 🔥
#builtthehardway

@mofoxapparel
@mofobarbell

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Lately life ... It has been crazy to say the least !!! 🥴
Been going through a new job training for the last few weeks and ... Well it's been kicking my ass honestly 😅
Long hours, lots of mental fatigue and very little time for anything else.

So obviously I had to make a choice.
.. Right now training has shifted from being a priority to being on the back burner while still being my safe space.
I feel lucky that I have something that makes me feel like myself, no matter what happens around me.
This powerlifting thing is what brings me the most pride, the most satisfactory feeling about myself. But there are other things that matters to me and being able to keep balance in life is a skill not many can master. It's not a step back, it's a temporary adjustment to help me move forward.

Huge thank you to my coach @joebull.mofo who suggested we scale down to 3 training sessions a week. I might train less often, but the quality of work I am able to do has improved a lot since then.

Provincials will be interesting this year 👀

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Let’s see what 2027 brings 🚀💪
#cpunationals #powerlifting #mofobarbell

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NEW PODCAST ALERT
This week on The Coach’s Ramble, Joel Boulianne joins the conversation to discuss his journey from judo and college football to elite powerlifting, including his world-record squat, Canadian championships, and competing at the inaugural IPF Raw World Championships.

Joel also discusses the evolution of his training philosophy, injury prevention, coaching, and the lessons that come from a long career in strength sports. We dive into the growth of MOFO Barbell from a place to train into a gym and apparel business, his work teaching seniors, managing anxiety and burnout, and how fatherhood has reshaped his priorities both inside and outside of the gym.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

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Meet day is the big day. But it’s never where the result is made.

Every lifter knows the feeling: you walk onto the platform and hit numbers you’ve never touched in training. Same body, same bar, but a different version of you shows up. For years I thought that version only existed under meet-day pressure.

Now I bring it out every single morning.

Before my phone, before my inbox, before anything else, I sit with my coffee for 10 minutes and visualize. The walkout. The chalk on my hands. The “Squat” command. The bar moving exactly how I want it to. The lift already done. Those are my first thoughts of the day, every day.

Your brain doesn’t fully separate what you’ve rehearsed from what you’ve lived. Repeat something enough times in your head and it stops feeling like a goal and starts feeling like a memory. That’s what manifesting actually is: not wishing, but rehearsing reality until your body catches up.

If you want to try it:
☕ Tomorrow morning, give your first 10 minutes to your goal before anything else
👀 See it in full detail: where you are, what you hear, how it feels
✅ Watch it go exactly right, from start to finish
🔁 Do it again the next day. And the next.

Do that every morning and meet day stops being the day you find out. It’s just the day you show everyone what you already knew.

Train the body. Rehearse the mind. 🧠🏋🏻‍♀️

#powerlifting #visualization #mindset #morningroutine #meetday

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BUILT THE HARD WAY — PART 2 🔨😤

Cette vidéo a été tournée quelques semaines avant les Easterns, elle décrit parfaitement pourquoi je voulais faire cette compétition-là.

Un de mes gros objectifs était clair : devenir #1 sur le tableau du @mofobarbell .Ça faisait des années que je regardais ce tableau en voulant un jour me retrouver en haut.

Après 9 ans d’entraînement, je l’ai finalement fait.

Je ne suis pas une genetic freak. J’ai du talent, oui, mais surtout, ça fait 9 ans que je travaille. 9 ans que je persévère, que je passe à travers les blessures, les moins bonnes compétitions, les plateaux et les embûches. 9 ans à continuer de show up.

Je pense que c’est important de montrer cette partie-là aussi. Les résultats ne viennent pas toujours vite. Parfois, ça prend des années avant de récolter le fruit de ton travail.

Build the Hard Way, c’est exactement ça.
Pas de raccourci. Tu travailles. Tu persévères. Tu continues.

Et un jour, tu regardes le tableau… pis ton nom est finalement #1🥹
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This video was filmed a few weeks before Easterns, and it perfectly describes why I wanted to do that meet.

One of my biggest goals was clear: become #1 on the MofoBarbell board. For years, I looked at that board wanting to see my name at the top one day.

After 9 years of training, I finally did it.

I’m not a genetic freak. I have talent, yes, but more than anything, I’ve spent 9 years putting in the work. Through injuries, bad meets, plateaus and setbacks, I kept showing up.

I think that part deserves to be shown too. Results don’t always come fast. Sometimes it takes years before you finally get to see the work pay off.

That’s Build the Hard Way.

No shortcuts. Keep working. Keep showing up. Keep building.

And one day, you look at the board… and your name is finally #1🥹

@kevfor_03 @spotlight_media.bykev merci pour le vidéo insane🤝🫡

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New quest 👾🕹️ Keep adding plates and see if we can keep that bar speed and power up. Turns out this is a pretty fun game 😏 @ovrperformance 💪

#roadtinationals2027
#nevertellmeitsimpossible

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Même si je ne suis pas en mode compétition en ce moment, ça fait toujours du bien de pousser fort à l’entraînement, surtout quand la belle @pascale_mercier21 vient s’entraîner avec moi🤝❤️

Au @mofobarbell on s’entraîne en gang, on se push, on se challenge, aucune rep n’est laissée au hasard. @cin_dallaire est en prep pour les Provinciaux, alors quand c’est le temps de pousser, toute la gang est là.

Le powerlifting, c’est un sport individuel, mais chez nous, on s’entraîne en équipe. Tout le monde pousse fort, tout le monde veut progresser, puis on se tire constamment vers le haut.

C’est ça, le Mofo🫡

@mofoxapparel

#powerlifting

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EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS — MEET RECAP 🖤

C’était LE meet de l’année pour moi, parce que j’arrivais avec des objectifs très précis en tête.

Le premier : aller chercher le plus gros total de la FQD avec 542,5 kg ☑️

Le deuxième peut sembler un peu spécial… mais le fameux tableau au gym était dans ma tête. 😂 Ça faisait des années que je voulais voir mon nom au #1. Je savais exactement le total dont j’avais besoin à mon bodyweight pour atteindre 102,69 GL et finalement prendre cette première place.

Mais surtout, je voulais me prouver quelque chose.

Je voulais réussir ce total que je n’avais pas été capable d’aller chercher aux Nationaux cette année. J’avais besoin de ce petit mental check avant de tourner la page pour un bout et de me concentrer sur un autre gros objectif dans ma vie : essayer d’avoir un deuxième bébé. ❤️🥹

Et maintenant, c’est fait.🫡

Squat : 210 kg/462lb
Bench : 110 kg/242lb
Deadlift : 222,5 kg/490lb
Total : 542,5 kg/1193lb

Je suis en paix avec ça. Je suis prête pour un long off-season, prête à mettre la compétition un peu de côté pour agrandir notre famille et, éventuellement, revenir dans quelques années pour battre encore mes propres objectifs.

Une très belle façon de terminer ce chapitre. 🖤

Merci à @canpleasterns pour cette compétition vraiment plaisante, j’ai adoré🥰

Merci à mon conjoint, mon coach et mon supporter #1, @joebull.mofo d’être toujours présent et d’être le meilleur coach. ❤️

Merci à mes partenaires d’entraînement @cin_dallaire @poule.sbd @marcussbd et @yves.brousseau.54 Vous faites partie du processus plus que vous pensez🤝

Et merci à @cleanstrengthmedia pour les magnifiques vidéos. 🎥

Et si toi aussi tu veux pousser ton powerlifting plus loin, je prends des athlètes en coaching au @mofobarbell

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Il y a des choses que le coaching en ligne ne remplacera jamais 🙅🏼‍♀️👀

Ça fait maintenant 6 ans que je coache Hélène. Elle habite maintenant en Allemagne, donc notre suivi se fait à distance, mais une fois par année, quand elle revient au Saguenay, elle vient s’entraîner au @mofobarbell et on en profite pour faire du one-on-one ensemble. 🫶🏼

Parce qu’il y a certains détails techniques et certaines observations qu’on peut beaucoup mieux voir et corriger en personne. Pouvoir démontrer, ajuster une position, donner du feedback directement et réessayer tout de suite… ça fait vraiment une différence.

Personnellement, c’est aussi la partie du coaching que j’aime le plus : être sur le plancher avec mes athlètes, observer leurs mouvements et travailler les petits détails avec eux. 💪🏼

Tu aimerais qu’on regarde ta technique ensemble? Réserve une séance one-on-one au Mofo Barbell et on prend le temps d’analyser ton squat, ton bench et/ou ton deadlift pour cibler concrètement ce qu’on peut améliorer.

📩 Écris-moi en privé ou directement à la page du Mofo Barbell pour réserver ta séance.

#MofoBarbell #Powerlifting #PowerliftingCoach #Saguenay

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Grateful for the 🔥 that still burns.
#powerlifting #roadtonationals2027 🇨🇦

See you February 2027 📍 Nanaimo, BC
Let’s keep checking goals off my list.

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