Dave Soall

My name is Dave and I’m a Strength and conditioning coach at Unified Strength Methods. I have 5 years of experience throughout a range of sports at national and international level. I graduated in 2016 with a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science with a large focus on biomechanics of sumo and conventional deadlifts. I also focused heavily on adjusting joint angles through set-up positioning, comparing the effect on movement execution, muscle activation and recruitment patterns throughout the lift. I have recently been exploring the use of velocity tracking devices within powerlifting. Bar speed has become a very useful metric to monitor athlete fatigue during warm-up sets, intra-set and throughout programmed sets. I often utilize this as an additional tool to further fine tune individual athlete programming.

WHAT IS YOUR COACHING PHILOSOPHY?

My philosophy towards coaching specifically within powerlifting is to aim towards movement excellence whilst primarily developing maximal strength. This involves improving the efficiency of each lift which in turn reduces movement induced fatigue and in turn allowing for greater training volume.

WHAT IS POWERLIFTING TO YOU?

Powerlifting to me is using data based training to effectively and accurately peak performance. For me, this involves an evidence based approach to programming, applying scientific principles on an individual basis and further improving on what works.

Powerlifting is a process of continuous feedback and analysis of results. It is where individual evidence of prior methodologies/methods/blocks and science meet to continuously progress each athlete.

WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?

I’ve learned a ton from the likes of Dan Green, Jason Tremblay and Bryce Lewis.

WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH?

I work to optimize movements based upon an individual athletes biomechanics by identifying specific and relevant cues to create the desired movement outcomes.

I value fatigue monitoring highly - understanding each athletes’ requirements and recovery capabilities is an essential part of programming to develop both effective and attainable workloads.

My job as a coach is finding out what works and does not work for each of my athletes and developing further on these methods.