MNMM Blogs
Articles on technique, programming, and meet prep, plus The Third Attempt conversations with the lifters and coaches building Indian powerlifting.
Powerlifting Education
Does Lifting Weights Stunt Growth? A Parent's Guide to Youth Strength Training
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
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
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
Use progressive overload in powerlifting as a ranked decision framework for diagnosing specificity, fatigue, recovery, variation, and individual response.
Powerlifting Education
Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced Powerlifting 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Why technique coaching still matters for experienced lifters, not just beginners: the neuromuscular case for why even strong lifters keep getting reviewed.