# MNMM Blogs > Powerlifting articles and The Third Attempt podcast from Minimum Strength's coaches and athletes. Canonical: https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/ Last updated: 2026-10-27 Articles on technique, programming, and meet prep, plus The Third Attempt conversations with the lifters and coaches building Indian powerlifting. ## Articles and episodes Powerlifting Education ### [Will Lifting Weights Make Me Bulky? Strength Training for Women](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/will-lifting-weights-make-me-bulky/) Will lifting weights make me bulky? A practical guide for women on strength, muscle growth, training dose, individual response, and where to start. Powerlifting Education ### [How Much Weight Should I Add Each Week? A Progression Rubric](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/how-much-weight-to-add-each-week/) Decide when to add weight, repeat a load, reduce it, or review volume using training stage, lift, rep quality, RPE, and recent response. Powerlifting Education ### [Powerlifting Strength Standards by Bodyweight: How Strong Is Strong?](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/powerlifting-strength-standards-by-bodyweight/) Powerlifting strength standards by bodyweight need context. Learn how to compare squat, bench and deadlift numbers without mistaking a ratio for a rank. Powerlifting Education ### [Does Lifting Weights Stunt Growth? A Parent's Guide to Youth Strength Training](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/does-lifting-weights-stunt-growth/) Does lifting weights stunt growth? What youth resistance-training evidence says, what supervision changes, and how to decide whether a child or teen is ready to begin. Powerlifting Education ### [Hypertrophy for Powerlifting: When a Muscle-Building Phase Fits](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/hypertrophy-for-powerlifting/) Hypertrophy for powerlifting is a phase choice, not a promise of a bigger total. Learn when it fits, what to monitor, and how to return to strength work. Powerlifting Education ### [Strength Training After 40: Dose, Recover, and Progress](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/strength-training-after-40/) Strength training after 40: choose a recoverable dose, monitor recovery, progress from repeated evidence, and fit training around work and family. Powerlifting Education ### [Progressive Overload for Powerlifting: What to Fix First](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/progressive-overload-and-training-principles/) Use progressive overload in powerlifting as a ranked decision framework for diagnosing specificity, fatigue, recovery, variation, and individual response. Powerlifting Education ### [Powerlifting Programming by Experience Level: Novice to Advanced](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/novice-intermediate-advanced-programming/) Novice, intermediate, and advanced powerlifting programming explained through observable adaptation, skill, recovery, and planning needs—not years trained. Competition ### [What Actually Happens on Powerlifting Meet Day](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/what-actually-happens-on-powerlifting-meet-day/) What actually happens on powerlifting meet day: weigh-in, warm-up timing, and flight order, explained by MNMM coaches. Competition ### [How to Choose Your Attempts in Powerlifting](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/how-to-choose-your-attempts-in-powerlifting/) How to choose your attempts in powerlifting: the real decision logic behind opener, second, and third, from MNMM coaches. Competition ### [How to Peak for a Powerlifting Meet](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/how-to-peak-for-a-powerlifting-meet/) How to peak for a powerlifting meet: why the last weeks cut volume, not intensity, explained by MNMM coaches. Powerlifting Education ### [Powerlifting Training Myths for Beginners: Four Claims to Recheck](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/powerlifting-training-myths-for-beginners/) Four beginner powerlifting training myths about soreness, failure, perfect form, and frequency—what evidence supports and what to do next. Competition ### [The Mental Side of Competing in Powerlifting](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/the-mental-side-of-competing-in-powerlifting/) The mental side of competing in powerlifting: what goes through a lifter's head under an attempt, from MNMM coaches. Member Stories ### [Is a Gym Community Worth It? Why the Right People Keep You Training](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/gym-community-training-accountability/) Is a gym community worth it? How a coach and the people around you keep strength training consistent when work and family get busy, at any age. Podcast · Pradeep Kumar & Shreyas · 57 min ### [Inside India's Biggest Powerlifting Nationals with Pradeep Kumar](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/inside-indias-biggest-powerlifting-nationals/) The man who organises India's biggest powerlifting nationals, and competes in it the same weekend, on the pay cut it cost. Episode 2 of The Third Attempt. Podcast · Varun & Prashanth · 56 min ### [The Former Fat Kid, The Cricketer, and 93kg — Varun & Prashanth](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/the-former-fat-kid-the-cricketer-and-93kg/) Two Minimum Strength lifters on the very different roads that led them into 93kg, India's deepest weight class. Episode 1 of The Third Attempt podcast. Podcast · Harish & Parth Mehta · 85 min ### [Two Rivals. One Weight Class. One Week Left — Harish & Parth Before 93kg Nationals](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/two-rivals-one-weight-class-harish-parth-93kg-nationals/) Two 93kg contenders name their target totals a week before the Senior National Classic Powerlifting Championship 2026. Episode 3 of The Third Attempt. Powerlifting Education ### [Bench Press Technique: Common Faults, Explained](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/bench-press-technique-common-faults/) Bench press technique breaks down in a few common faults: bar path, leg drive, and shoulder position. Here's why they happen and what to check next session. Powerlifting Education ### [Choosing Assistance Exercises That Actually Help](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/choosing-assistance-exercises-that-actually-help/) How to choose assistance exercises that target your actual weak point in the squat, bench, and deadlift, instead of picking from a generic accessory list. Powerlifting Education ### [Deadlift Technique: Common Faults, Explained](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/deadlift-technique-common-faults/) Deadlift technique breaks down in a few common faults: hip height, bar path, and back position. Here's why they happen and what to check next session. Powerlifting Education ### [Squat Technique: Common Faults, Explained](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/squat-technique-common-faults/) Squat technique breaks down under load in a few common faults: depth, bar path, and knee position. Here's why they happen and what to check next session. Powerlifting Education ### [Why Technique Coaching Never Stops Mattering](https://www.minimumstrength.com/blog/why-technique-coaching-never-stops-mattering/) Why technique coaching still matters for experienced lifters, not just beginners: the neuromuscular case for why even strong lifters keep getting reviewed.