Free Programs and Spreadsheets
Kyle Risley founded Lift Vault in 2016 to make finding great powerlifting programs easier. Since then, the site has grown to include hundreds of programs for strength, bodybuilding, Olympic weightlifting, and more. He currently lives in Massachusetts and continues to compete in powerlifting.
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Lipodrene is a fat burning supplement manufactured by Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals. They’re known for their powerful stimulant ingredients and iconic yellow hexagon appearance.
Muscle Factory SC sent me over a bottle to test out and review.
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Experience level: Advanced, Intermediate
Weeks: 4
Periodization: Linear Periodization
Meet prep program: Yes
Program goal: Olympic Weightlifting
Uses RPE: No
Uses 1RM Percentage(%): Yes
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This Chinese Olympic weightlifting program is a 3 day, 4 week peaking block designed for competition preparation. It was originally designed for school-aged lifters that were only able to train 3 days per week.
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Recommended by Lift Vault: Yes
Experience level: Intermediate
Weeks: 8
Periodization: Linear Periodization
Meet prep program: Yes
Program goal: Olympic Weightlifting
Uses RPE: No
Uses 1RM Percentage(%): Yes
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This is a 6 day, 8 week Olympic weightlifting program originally shared by Glenn Pendlay. It was originally shared over the course of 8 weeks in 2015 on his blog. The program is designed to be run in preparation for a weightlifting competition and can be considered a peaking program. It is well suited for an average intermediate weightlifter.
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Ephedra diet pills became immensely popular in the 1990’s as a weight loss aid. This is thanks to a key alkaloid it contained: ephedrine. After ephedrine was banned in 2003, most supplement manufacturers removed edphedra from its products (after all, the key ingredient was banned).
A few, however, continued to use ephedra and simply removed the ephedrine alkaloids from it.
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Are they worth it?
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Recommended by Lift Vault: Yes
Experience level: Advanced, Intermediate
Meet prep program: Yes
Program goal: Olympic Weightlifting
Uses RPE: No
Uses 1RM Percentage(%): Yes
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This is a 13 week 3 day Olympic weightlifting program designed by Oleksiy Torokhtiy. It is a well-rounded base program, training a variety of snatch variations, clean variations, and squat variations in addition to back accessories.
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Recommended by Lift Vault: Yes
Experience level: Beginner
Periodization: Linear Periodization
Meet prep program: No
Program goal: Olympic Weightlifting
Uses RPE: No
Uses 1RM Percentage(%): No
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This is an Olympic weightlifting program outline for beginners. It was originally published by Glenn Pendlay in 2010 on his blog, which is now defunct. The article and program template have been reproduced here for archival purposes.
I also have created an accompanying spreadsheet that can be used to follow along with the program.
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Meet prep program: Yes
Program goal: Olympic Weightlifting
Uses RPE: No
Uses 1RM Percentage(%): Yes
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This is a 12 week Olympic weightlifting program with 3 to 6 training days per week, depending upon your classification. It can be used by beginner, intermediate, and advanced weightlifters, as it provides programming for multiple lifter classifications.
This program can be used in preparation for a weightlifting competition.
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