In the past week, I have spent more time on the road than I have in a long time. While I am not a huge fan of podcasts (I prefer audiobooks), I do listen to Andy Frisella's MFCEO Podcast from time to time. He hit on an interesting topic the other day: comprehensive knowledge. I firmly believe in education but believe even more in the execution of it. Read more...

Why sacrifice so much when it's just lifting weights? is usually followed with "I'd respect it more if it was a real sport or a sport that paid top dollar prize money." Really!?

11 Grassroots Strength™ Tips that will help you overcome sticking points.

Want to know how to have a better deadlift lockout? Look at what Pete Rubish has done in recent years and you'll see it.

In our conversation, we discuss everything from his biggest lessons learned from his time at Westside, the qualities of a great coaching and training environment, and the hurdles he had to overcome to grow EliteFts into what it is now. - Bootstrap Barbell

Training goals after powerlifting, quality time with children, training at Westside, leaving Westside, thoughts on training methods, the purpose of life, the challenges of being a mentor, and more — all in this video.

A good training program has three main parts: the main lifts for technique, the secondary movements for strength, and the accessory exercises for muscle-specific work.

Here is John Meadows full presentation from the elitefts UGSS event where John was the featured guest.

A lot of strong lifters have come and gone through this sport, posting two or three big totals to then never to be heard from again. The best lifters are there, year after year, finding new ways to stay healthy enough and hit PRs. How?

These, Then and Now's, represent the far ends of each spectrum allowing everyone to see the humor in what we do or may not have done.

A short list of why Powerifting is the World's Greatest Sport.

Mark Bell and crew stopped out the week of the Arnold Classic and captured this footage. It's been a long time since I saw Mark so it was great to catch up.

How do you get your mind in the right place for a big lift in training? Should you treat it like meet day?

If you're forced to take time away from the gym, where should your focus be? Maintaining strength? Maintaining size? Getting healthy?

If you follow Elitefts.com, you know about Make-A-Wish. We have been an avid supporter of what they do since 2009, and have partnered with them in several capacities, some you have no idea about until now.

WTF! I just pulled a sample entry form and calculated how many first places finishes there could be if you look at all the divisions and weight classes. In a meet with a 70 lifter cut off, there could be over 66,000 first place finishers.

What holds you back as a beginner is not going to be the same as what holds you back once you reach the intermediate or advanced stages.

If you do go there and get pissed at what someone else wrote, then it’s not their fault you're pissed. It’s your fault for reading it in the first place.

Sometimes it's good to go back and walk the path of days gone by. It's humbling and keeps you in touch with how far you've come and how close you've stayed the course. I was reminded of things I believed then and still do now. Grassroots values always hold true.

You may have heard or read a few things about Dave's second hip replacement and the PRs that led to his surgery, but no one has heard the full story. Until now.

More training motivation from years back.

For your convenience here is the entire "Off Topic" Table Talk discussion with Jim Wendler.

This never gets old. Big weights, ammonia snorting, bench diving, yelling, spotting and they put the damn weights away.

A letter from the silent majority