Erik Eggers

https:twitter.comBEASTTRAINING

Erik Eggers graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in finance. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and has over 30 years of experience in resistance training. In competitive powerlifting, Erik has held Connecticut state records in the International and American Powerlifting Associations and Gene Rychlak’s Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate. Erik founded Beast Training, a warehouse strength and conditioning facility located in Trumbull, Connecticut, where he served as its strength and conditioning coordinator from 2010 to 2013. Erik now resides in the Dallas, Texas, area. In addition to training, he enjoys writing horror fiction and is an avid reader, particularly favoring the works of Stephen King and Chuck Palahniuk. (Twitter: @BEASTTRAINING; Instagram: @beastllc; YouTube: BeastTrainingLLC)

 
The Intimidation Factor
The Intimidation Factor
Mike Tyson, Ronda Rousey, and the 1990 UNLV Rebels—what did they have in common? They knew how to win before the match even started.
Motivation for Youth Athletes Through Friendly Competition
Motivation for Youth Athletes Through Friendly Competition
Worked well for Cain, not so well for Abel.
Life's Hard Lessons
Life's Hard Lessons
When the time for an important change occurs, how will you define your future?
The Indirect Learning Principle
The Indirect Learning Principle
Inspired by Randy Pausch's Last Lecture, Erik creates his own Head Fake to benefit his family.
Lessons for Parents, Coaches, and Players
Lessons for Parents, Coaches, and Players
Are players expected to display self control on the field if parents don't demonstrate it from the bleachers?
Regrets: Just Have a Few
Regrets: Just Have a Few
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exception.
We Are Not Cinderellas
We Are Not Cinderellas
The lessons of success translate from sports, to everyday life, and to lifting.
Are you Tucking or Flaring?
Are you Tucking or Flaring?
It may at first seem like a small change…but this one minor adjustment can be helpful both in and outside of the gym.
Beast Reality: Considerations When Opening a Training Facility
Beast Reality: Considerations When Opening a Training Facility
Opening your own gym is not for the faint of heart…but it is worth every penny, moment, and tear.
Beast Reality: 2013 Training Retrospective
Beast Reality: 2013 Training Retrospective
Here is to a new year of paying attention to those little things. They do make all the difference.
Beast Reality: Fighting the Training Malaise
Beast Reality: Fighting the Training Malaise
Have you pulled the elusive 700 yet?
Beast Reality: Shitty Days
Beast Reality: Shitty Days
It is hard to admit to ourselves that we may need to bow down to the demons to allow ourselves the time to recharge.
Beast Reality: Massive Shoulders
Beast Reality: Massive Shoulders
The bottom line is you do not need a fancy program to build big, strong shoulders.
Beast Reality: The Bipolar Beast, Part 3
Beast Reality: The Bipolar Beast, Part 3
The tire is still out there resting and getting stronger.
Beast Reality: The Bipolar Beast, Part 2
Beast Reality: The Bipolar Beast, Part 2
I grabbed my belt, cinched it tight, and marched outside, around to the back of the gym where the brutal 1,000 pound beast stealthily waited.
Beast Reality: We Are “Those” Guys
Beast Reality: We Are “Those” Guys
Live life as an example to those who follow.
Beast Reality: The Bipolar Beast, Part 1
Beast Reality: The Bipolar Beast, Part 1
Let’s face it. Owning a gym certainly has it’s highs and lows.
Beast Reality: Keying the Lamborghini
Beast Reality: Keying the Lamborghini
My keys are balled-up in an angry claw, rearing back like an angry cobra ready to strike.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Deadlifter
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Deadlifter
In the end, as powerlifters, strength athletes, and combat sport practitioners, we go to extremes to succeed.
The Deadlift Training Secret No One Talks About
The Deadlift Training Secret No One Talks About
The Deadlift Devil has tormented me for years. I hate that dirty, scaly son of a bitch.
The elitefts™ Learn to Train 3 Seminar "LTT3” and the Lies We Tell Ourselves
The elitefts™ Learn to Train 3 Seminar "LTT3” and the Lies We Tell ...
Just twenty minutes in and the seminar is already worth ten times the cost of admission.
Beast Reality Volume 1, Issue 2: APA 2010 New England Winter Iron Bash and Other Brilliant Warehouse Gym Tales
Beast Reality Volume 1, Issue 2: APA 2010 New England Winter Iron Bash a...
Do you ever have those surreal moments in life? They seem to occur more frequently as I grow older.
Beast Reality, Volume 1
Beast Reality, Volume 1
Before you read this, if you’re impatient, don’t go any further.
The Value of Warming Up
The Value of Warming Up
Hopefully, this article will convince some of you to change your ways or if you’re a beginning trainee, sway you to begin your programming in a manner that we consider correct.

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