The Ultimate Support System
Having the support of fellow lifters and training partners is really significant to progress in your lifting career. However, having the support of your family is especially important.
The Top-10 Things I Learned as an Intern
As an intern, it's up to you to make the most out of this experience and push yourself to be the best coach you can be. Remember, this is your chance to make an unforgettable impression and rise within the profession. Good luck!
3 Ways to Build Strength Off the Chest for the Bench Press
These are a few important components of building a big bench, starting with getting the bar off your chest as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Loyalty Issues and Disappointing Clients
When a client doesn't want to take your advice, what do you do? How do you handle someone who won't trust your methods but still wants your results?
Purposeful Training for Emergency First Responders: Why Physical Preparation Matters
If your profession requires a state of physical fitness, there are two things you need to know: which specific demands to train and how to raise your general fitness level.
7 Leg Exercises Designed for Greater Hypertrophy
Here is an unbeatable compilation of the best blood-pumping lower body movements from team elitefts.
3 Things Lifters and Coaches Need to Know About Pain
Do not fear pain; it is your body's method of communicating a need for change. Here's how to handle the pain and determine what specific change your body needs.
Your Ego Is Your Biggest Obstacle
When you're occupied with trying to show how good you think you are, how will you have time to develop your skills?
The Forgotten Power of Training
There are two types of adversity you will experience as a lifter: the stress you can plan for and the stress you can't. How will this effect determine your path in life and in the gym?
WATCH: Clint Darden Teaches How To Fine-Tune the Log Press
An experienced strongman competitor already knows the basics. This video shows how to clean up the sloppy habits and press heavier weight overhead.
Learning Things the Hard Way
Learning not to do stupid things will take you further in this sport than any training method.
The Full Body, 10-Minute Bodybuilding Warm-Up
This efficient and all-inclusive pre-training routine will physically and mentally prepare you for the rigors of a serious session in the gym.
To Stretch or Not: What Does Scientific Study Say About Stretching and Muscle Growth?
Several popular training programs call for a regimented stretching protocol as part of every workout. Is this all hype, or could it be the secret to your next 25 pounds of muscle?
Fourteen and Broken: The Female Athlete
Discourage injuries through coaching basics that will appropriately prep your athletes for the field and weight room.
101 Ways to Use the OBB Power Handles
Get more out of your standard barbell and dumbbell set by the swivel of a bolt and the tightening of a wing nut. It's that easy.
How to Develop Through Coaching Others
Guiding younger lifters isn't only about giving back to the sport you love — when you do it correctly, you grow, too.
Expanding My Circle of Training Knowledge
There is a well-known saying in our industry: information in strength and conditioning doubles every eighteen months. How will you keep up?
Integrity (Or a Lack Thereof)
Why is our industry full of morally corrupt lifters and unoriginal thieves? Isn't there something we can do?
Competence is Confidence
Belief in yourself is only useful if you take the time to build your abilities. Here's the formula to turn bravado into skilled-mastery.
The Long Road To Victory: Dark Ages
With the struggles of PhD demands affecting my personal and professional life, I needed to change my approach.
WATCH: Steve Goggins and Swede Burns Explain How to Coach The Big Three Lifts
Author of the upcoming '5th Set' ebook joins lifting legend and hall-of-famer Steve Goggins to break down powerlifting movements and programming.
Hawaiian Pizza, Baseball, and Group Training
With young athletes, the key to using a group training protocol to fuel PRs is understanding the psychology of friendly competition.
Powerlifting is a Science. Be the Scientist.
Approach your training and your progress with the mindset of a problem-solver. Sometimes this means asking others for help and sometimes this means figuring shit out for yourself.
Promoting Powerlifting to Young Lifters
Having the opportunity to bring up the next generation of strength athletes is a task as much as a privilege. Use your influence wisely.
























