Outfitting and educating the strongest athletes around the world, let's start off this year-in-review with the top-20 product list (based on popularity) from 2016. Realize, as business owners, strength athletes, strength coaches, gym owners, and garage lifters, we're all placed at a different spot on the purchasing continuum. Newbies and veterans of all disciplines, use this product list as a resource to supplement your current strength training inventory. Read the specs and reviews of the equipment and accessories to learn how a particular purchase may help reach your strength goals — small or large, one item can make the world of difference.

Top-20 Products



  1. Band Pack


  2. Nose Tork/Wake Up Motherfu***r (Ammonia)


  3. SS Yoke Bar


  4. Gym Chalk


  5. Shoulder Saver /

    Red Shoulder Saver


  6. Normal Wrist Wrap


  7. Floss Bands


  8. Blue Heat


  9. EFS 12x6" foam roller


  10. Super Heavy Old School Wrist Strap


  11. Black/Red Crescent Duffel Bag


  12. EFS Heavy Knee Sleeves


  13. 5thSet


  14. Croc Locks


  15. EFS Second Generation Lifting Strap


  16. Bar Shield


  17. Heavy Wrist Wraps


  18. Old School Orange Wrist Straps


  19. 6.5mm P2 Single Prong Powerlifting Belt


  20. EFS Pro Mobility Ball
Equipment is only half of the equation. What's the other half? You know it — education. In addition to what you're buying, below is the top-20 list of the most popular articles and logs read in 2016. This is a great opportunity to read or watch what you missed or reread/rewatch the post/video that got you moving in the right direction (up!). Thank you to our columnists, coaches, athletes, and

outside submitters for providing the quality content. Note: the articles and logs may have been published prior to 2016.

Top-20 Articles



  1. 16-Week Powerlifting/Bodybuilding Hybrid Program


  2. The Beginner's Guide to Powerlifting: Everything You’ll Ever Need to Know about Competing


  3. 16 Week Conjugate Periodization Program For Novice Powerlifters


  4. Good Mornings: Understanding a Great Exercise


  5. Brian Schwab's Top 10 Tips on How to Open Your Own Gym


  6. 12-Week Conjugate Program for Raw Powerlifting


  7. Top Six Ways to Increase Your Sprint Speed


  8. How to Stay Small and Weak


  9. Seven Steps for Building the Perfect High School Lineman


  10. Utilizing Prilepin’s Chart


  11. Building Size with Crossfit


  12. Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE)


  13. Top 10 Mistakes Men Make in the Gym


  14. Off-Season Strength Training for Amateur Rugby Players


  15. The Deconstruction of a SHW Powerlifter


  16. 7 Bodybuilding Lies That Are Keeping You Skinny and Weak


  17. Shelby Starnes' 3-Way Hypertrophy Split


  18. Seven Exercises for Rehabbing Your Ankle Sprain


  19. Choosing Conventional or Sumo Based on Your Bone Structure


  20. Why Kai Didn't Win (and Why It Doesn't Matter)

Top-20 Coaching Logs



  1. Keep Yourself at Seventeen Inches


  2. Top 5 Assistance/Accessory Exercises for the Deadlift


  3. Top 5 Assistance/Accessory Exercises for the Squat


  4. Top 5 Assistance/Accessory Exercises for the Bench Press


  5. Why Strength Coaches Quit and Why the People that Hired them Don't Care


  6. How Much Money Do Powerlifters Make?


  7. An Epic Gym Fail - and evaluation of goals and training stresses - 2016wk1


  8. I FINALLY admit defeat in my long standing pursuit of my White Whale


  9. You Have Got To Be Kidding Me!


  10. Reality Check, Steroids, and My Wife's Intuition


  11. Four key factors to staying tight, strong and injury free.


  12. Ed Coan Seminars and THAT Federation


  13. Angry Letter From A PISSED OFF Gym Owner


  14. If I was injury free, would I still compete?


  15. The Worst Advice You Can Give


  16. How I trained as a teen and benched 500


  17. Fixing Squat Problems-Female Quad Dominance


  18. Should Powerlifters do curls?


  19. Epic Fail - Snow Training


  20. Olympic Lifting for Athletic Performance

Top-20 Athlete



  1. For The Fat Boys


  2. OPERATION BE LESS FAT - A LOOK BACK AT 2015


  3. The (Diet) Struggle is Real


  4. "It WILL Pay Off": A Message for Those Struggling with Mental Illness


  5. Powderlifters


  6. Death By Kettlebell!


  7. MY MEET REPORT...THE JUICE IS NO LONGER WORTH THE SQUEEZE


  8. Deadlifts and broken backs


  9. My Nutrition Leading Up to 2016 USS Strongman Nationals


  10. Change of Plans: Week 1 Day 1 of 5/3/1


  11. WPC World's Roundup, Wow What A Ride! (w/video's)


  12. And...I'm Back


  13. What's Next?! The Conjugate Monster


  14. Naked Me


  15. Base Back & Biceps Training Day


  16. In the Life of T- Rex


  17. XPC Finals update


  18. Saying goodbye...


  19. Primary/Base Chest, Shoulders & Triceps


  20. Beginning the Squat Rebuild Part I / What Will Change in My Approach
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