Each year we create a poll to determine the most popular training methods and systems. This year we had close to 5000 people take the survey.  

How many of you hire online coaches?

  Twelve percent said they use an online coach.

What are you training for?

  77% said they were training for competitive powerlifting or strength-focused training.  



 

What programs do you use?

 

For the training methods I am breaking out the top 10 so I can include links that will allow you can find more information.

 

The Top 10

  1. I use my own method. * One of the main goals of elitefts is to teach you how to create your own training philosophy and build on it.

Elitefts.com Articles Page

Elitefts Blogs and Training Logs Page

Elitefts Q and A Page

Elitefts YouTube Page

Elitefts Archived YouTube Page     2. Jim Wendler

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Jim's Author Page on elitefts.com

Jim's Personal Web Site and Blog

Second Edition and Jim's Amazon Page    

3. Westside Barbell * Note, our article search will be improved in 2017 so I am adding another search link

HERE that may yield better results.

Westside Barbell's Web Site   4. I have my own coach or trainer (offline). * Note this is not an online coach but a training partner, coach, or group setting in a gym.     5. Basic Powerlifting Linear Periodisation

Elitefts Programs Page

Elitefts Programs Design Page

Elitefts.com Store > Books > Strength Training     6. Block Periodisation Gabe Naspinski did some excellent writing on this.

Gabe's Team Page

Elitefts.com Store > Books > Strength Training     7.

The 5th Set * watching the popularity and results of this program I see it has grown significantly in 2016.

Swede's e-book The 5th Set

Swede's Article - Team Page     8. Basic Bodybuilding Training * This would be non-specific

hypertrophy based training.     9. I have an online trainer - coach *note: as listed below we have many team members who offer online training. They can be found

HERE *We have many other team members who are coaches and/or trainers within a university or team or they are a trainer in a gym they own or employed through     10. Mountain Dog Training

John Meadow's Team Page

Mountain Dog Diet Web Site  

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The Top 20

 

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Click HERE for full data

* To take some of our own reader bias out of this, we posted and boosted the survey several times on our Facebook page- each time we focused on a different strength-based demographic; powerlifting, bodybuilding, figure, physique, bikini, crossfit, strength and conditioning, football, strongman, etc.

* We've had this active since Oct and it is

still active now.

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