Most PT programs don't teach you how to coach a squat, deadlift, or press.

They teach anatomy and pathology, not barbell coaching. But strength training keeps showing up in your caseload, whether it's a recreational lifter, a CrossFitter, or a powerlifter trying to get back under the bar.

 This course closes that gap: how to program correctly, when technique actually matters (and when it doesn't), and how to individualize loading for the person actually in front of you, not just the textbook version of them.

What You'll Learn:

  • Programming fundamentals: sets, reps, supersets, compound sets, and circuits — and how to use the right terminology with patients
  • How to assess and use 1RM and RPE appropriately, including their limitations with patients in pain
  • Bracing and biomechanical fundamentals that underlie safe, effective squat, deadlift, and press technique
  • Hands-on coaching practice across all three lifts
  • How to adapt technique and loading for real-world constraints — older adults, structural differences like kyphosis, youth athletes, and post-injury return to lifting
  • When technique precision actually matters (competitive lifters) versus when it doesn't (most recreational lifters) — and how to know the difference

Course curriculum

    1. Before we begin...

    2. Lifting Literacy PowerPoint

    1. Lesson 1.1 - Course Overview

    2. Lesson 1.2 - Agenda

    3. Lesson 1.3 - Programming Terminology

    4. Lesson 1.4 - Programming Variables

    5. Lesson 1.5 - Factors Affecting Exercise Adaptations

    6. Lesson 1.6 - The Basics

    7. Lesson 1.7 - Biomechanical Concepts

    8. Lesson 1.8 - Warming Up

    9. Lesson 1.9 - Movement Prep

    10. Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 2.1 - Squat Assessment

    2. Lesson 2.2 - Bar Types

    3. Lesson 2.3 - Back Squat Technique

    4. Lesson 2.4 - Front Squat Technique

    5. Lesson 2.5 - Things to Look For in a Squat

    6. Lesson 2.6 - Spot the Error

    7. Name the Error

    8. Lesson 2.7 - Spot the Error

    9. Name the Error

    10. Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 3.1 - Bar Grip Types

    2. Lesson 3.2 - Conventional Deadlift

    3. Lesson 3.3 - Sumo and Frog Deadlift

    4. Lesson 3.4 - Spot the Error

    5. Name the Error

    6. Lesson 3.5 - Spot the Error

    7. Name the Error

    8. Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 4.1 - Barbell Overhead Press

    2. Knowledge Check

    1. Lesson 5.1 - When to Make Modifications

    2. Lesson 5.2 - Case 1

    3. Case 1 Assignment

    4. Lesson 5.3 - Case 1 Discussion

    5. Lesson 5.4 - Case 2

    6. Case 2 Assignment

    7. Lesson 5.5 - Case 2 Discussion

    8. Lesson 5.6 - Case 3

    9. Lesson 5.7 - Closing Thoughts

About this course

  • $79.99
  • 48 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

For Physical Therapists who want to confidently coach patients through squatting, deadlifting, and pressing.

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