Dave Tate

The Certification Cycle

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Be careful what you criticize — you may do the same thing one day.

Dave Tate

The Lifters Who Said ‘No Excuses

In your twenties, training is the center of everything. It’s your identity, therapy, escape, and reason to get up in the morning. Everything else fits around it. You schedule life around training, not the other way around. Then, time starts to load the bar in ways you didn’t expect.

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A Thanksgiving Letter from Under The Bar

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Every year, the bars, racks, and chalk stay the same—but the people under the bar change, grow, and carry each other through. This Thanksgiving letter is my thank you to the lifters, coaches, and crews who’ve turned elitefts into a shared strength community, under the bar and beyond it.

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Functional Movement Training and Fictional Movement

Real functionality is simple — moving well under load and being able to repeat it tomorrow. If your “function” can’t translate to sport, life, or strength, it’s just entertainment.