About

Precision Powerlifting Systems is based out of Boston, Mass. Head Coach Kevin Cann leads the raw and single ply powerlifting team through individualized programming leading up to local, regional, national, and international level USA Powerlifting meets.

Coach Kevin has worked as a nutritionist and strength coach for several facilities in the greater Boston area including Harvard University and Total Performance Sports. He holds a master’s degree in kinesiology from A.T. Still University and a bachelor’s degree in health and wellness from Kaplan University.

Currently, Coach Kevin competes in the 105kg class in USA Powerlifting as both a raw and equipped open lifter and was under the tutelage of former team Russia powerlifting coach and coaching legend, Boris Sheiko, from 2015-2018.

Kevin utilizes many of Sheiko’s legendary methods in his programs.  This includes the belief that technique is the most important aspect of training.  Not only has Kevin been a long term student of Sheiko’s, he also possesses his Master’s Degree in Kinesiology, the science of human movement.

The combination of his Master’s degree and time spent working with the legendary coach has awarded him with the skills to thoroughly analyze your lifts and utilize the right variations, weights, and repetitions to improve your technique and continue to steadily progress over time.

Through Kevin’s experiences coaching, he has made many adjustments to the program to allow for the success of his lifters.  PPS has had an Arnold qualifier every year in its existence, a top 5 national total, 2 top 10 totals, and many top 20 totals nationally.

Kevin combined what he learned from Sheiko with a conjugate trining style.  He learned that nothing builds 1RM strength like practicing singles.  He uses a constraints-led approach with the singles.  The variation allows for the athlete to continually take max singles without seeing a decrease in performance.

Kevin will use variations that punish technical inefficiency and only leaves room to complete the task with a more technically efficient strategy.  Heavy singles also works the psychological components of the sport.  Oftentimes this goes untrained and is the largest weakness in a lifter.

Along with the max effort work, PPS lifters perform sub maximal work to continue to increase technical proficiency within the lifts.  Some of this technique work utilizes special exercises that Kevin learned from Boris Sheiko himself.

PPS supports raw, drug free powerlifting.  Kevin has coached numerous athletes that have qualified for USAPL Nationals as well as the USAPL competitions at the Arnold Sports Festival.

Cost for coaching is tiered and ranges from $125 to $200 per month depending on the services required.  This includes an individualized program based around your needs as an athlete as well as feedback on your lifts from videos.  Text support as you are training, weekly voice memos explaining details about the upcoming week, and bi-weekly training meetings with the team to discuss training concepts is part of the tier 1 service.

For more information email Kevin directly at kevin@precisionpowerlifting.com