Is Bodybuilding Worth It?
I have pondered this question for years. When it's all said in done, will you be able to face the man in the mirror with no regrets?
Lift with Intent and Intensity
If you're going through the motions or overly amped while training, the perfect program on paper will do little for you. Why don't we talk about this more?
Maximize Your Strongman Performance Through Analytics
Analyze every detail of every event, in every contest you sign up for. Remember, the strongest guy doesn't always win.
Grinding Your Way to Victory and New PRs
Grinding is only for a select few. Read if you should keep pushing even though your body is begging you to stop.
Build High School Athletes' Athletic Base with Olympic Lifting
When done correctly, these lifts can improve an athlete’s peak force, rate of force production, and explosiveness.
A Meathead’s Guide to Hip Replacement
Here are the basics everyone, especially lifters, should know before going under the knife—choosing a surgeon and what to expect before and after surgery.
Bullet-Proof Knees for Strongman
Strongman is a brutal sport to train for and can take a toll on your knees if you're moving and using tools improperly. Make these few tweaks to your training and you'll be pain-free. I guarantee it.
A Home Gym Made of Wood
Desperate times call for desperate measures. I was tired of floor presses off unstable pickle buckets and the inability to squat, so here's my attempt at building a home gym.
The Best of 2020
The best-of-the-best content from 2020 all in one spot. Read our top articles, programs, and coaching logs! Watch our most-viewed YouTube videos! Check out our most popular products!
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20 Tips to Improve Your Training
Twenty tips aka twenty ways to control and advance your training, especially if you've reached a sticking point. If all else fails, you have a long list of great online programming services to help your clientele reach their goals.
What I Learned From Training a 90-Year-Old
Our goals aren’t to build up any capacities or take him from point A to point B, but rather to maintain the capacities he already has and give him the greatest potential to live with the highest quality of life possible.
8-Week Deadlift Program for the Sumo and Conventional Puller
Whatever side of the fence you're behind, you should train the deadlift sumo AND conventional. Why? They work synergistically to get you strong while minimizing weak points.
Birth Control and the Female Athlete
Women’s health is being ignored! Birth control is handed out like candy for trivial conditions such as acne. Although you may find some a symptom disappear short-term, remember you're not fixing anything—you're just putting a temporary Band-Aid on your health.
Factors to Consider When Shopping for a Rack
When buying a new power rack for your home or gym, you'll need to consider the space you have, how much money you can spend, and how versatile it can be to accommodate more than a handful of exercises. This is the process I went through when shopping for a power rack.
The Best of the Best Content From July
Sifting through Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, coaching logs, and articles, here's the best!
5 Strict Press Cues for the Strongman
The American log press record holder Rob Kearney used to avoid strict pressing as he was able to rely on his massive split jerk to get him over 400 pounds on the log. Once he incorporated strict pressing, as well as other accessory lifts to build his shoulders, he pressed 475 pounds for a new American record.
How to Improve Your Vision
Did you know? The quickest athletes are also documented to have 400 percent better eyesight than you do. If you've read my last two articles, you already know where I'm going with this...
Smoothing It Out
I am going to offer the second-best option that I know of to prevent injury that does not require a coach or countless hours to master. You can do it all by yourself. It is a way of executing a repetition.
How to Gain 65 Pounds of Muscle in Two Months
Based on my brief observations of the garage training crew (and conversations with my son), these are a few of their Keys to Progress. These macro components (“the Keys”) have contributed to their above-average gains in size and strength.
The 4 Biggest Myths of Building a Home Gym
We hear excuses for why people don't start home gyms every single day, but I want to break down why four of the biggest myths we hear about, simply aren't true.