Four Tips to Fix Your Shitty Diet

Four Tips to Fix Your Shitty Diet

Fred Duncan
Tagged: Motivation
Not all diets work for everyone, but these tips do.
Reno Hardcore: Dynamic Training

Reno Hardcore: Dynamic Training

Chad Aichs
Tagged: Motivation
It's an essential aspect of any great strength training routine. But are you doing it correctly?
Training with Eccentrics

Training with Eccentrics

Jonathon Mike
Tagged: Motivation
If you want to get stronger, perhaps you should incorporate more eccentric training in your routine.
It's the Littlest Things That Can Make the Biggest Difference

It's the Littlest Things That Can Make the Biggest Difference

Eric Maroscher
Tagged: Motivation
When it comes to competition, you want to make sure everything is in order—even the tiniest things. As Eric Maroscher points out, one thing is definitely key.
Iron Insights: Mindset

Iron Insights: Mindset

Sheena Leedham
Tagged: Motivation
She imagines, she competes, she lives... she's always in the arena.
By the Coach for the Coach: Stronger Than the Sum of Our Parts

By the Coach for the Coach: Stronger Than the Sum of Our Parts

Todd Hamer
Tagged: Motivation
Todd Hamer interviews former professional boxer, Joe Divosevic.
Weapons of Mass Construction

Weapons of Mass Construction

Dave Tate
Barbells are the most awesome items in any gym. Check out what these guys use and why.
Jennifer Petrosino Interview

Jennifer Petrosino Interview

Jennifer Petrosino
Tagged: Motivation
We are very proud to introduce Jennifer Petrosino to Team elitefts™!
Under The Bar: A Matter of Perspective

Under The Bar: A Matter of Perspective

Dave Tate
Here is the truth: When you spend three decades doing essentially the same movements over and over, training hard and heavy, weighing close to 300 pounds, and training around and through injuries... you will pay a price.
Strength is a Choice

Strength is a Choice

Alexander Cortes
Tagged: Motivation
Do you choose to quit when it gets hard? Or do you choose to be strong(er)?
Thanksgiving Message from Dave Tate

Thanksgiving Message from Dave Tate

Dave Tate
On this Thanksgiving, I give thanks to you.
They are NOT Angry Birds! Normalcy?

They are NOT Angry Birds! Normalcy?

Dave Tate
Normalcy is overrated. Desire to be extraordinary.
In Praise of the Barbell

In Praise of the Barbell

Ron Carroll
Tagged: Motivation
The barbell has been vilified and unfairly characterized as an "unsafe" and "unnecessary" outdated member of the "fitness center."
Business: It's Never Easy

Business: It's Never Easy

Dave Tate
Since day one... if it hasn't been one thing it been two others... I used to say that every small business is only a few months from being "out of business."
Socialization is the Disability

Socialization is the Disability

Amy Wattles
Tagged: Motivation
Oftentimes, gender differences and our approach to them is based on socialization rather than innate brain, neurological, and hormonal composure.
Coaching = Life, Part I

Coaching = Life, Part I

Angry Coach
Tagged: Motivation
What’s consistently surprised me is how coaching is such a microcosm of the real world.
Peri-Workout Nutrition, Part I

Peri-Workout Nutrition, Part I

Fred Duncan
Tagged: Motivation
A fair amount of research exists about peri-workout nutrition. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of myths. So, what is true?
The Angry Coach: Camp Crap

The Angry Coach: Camp Crap

Angry Coach
Tagged: Motivation
And, oh yeah, until you’ve actually been through this shit, try not to talk about football, okay?
Fighting 1000 lbs. in Kandahar

Fighting 1000 lbs. in Kandahar

Jim Bono
Tagged: Motivation
Most people aren’t willing to risk life or limb in a backyard meet. Yet, that’s what happened as Kandahar Airfield hosted its second annual “1000 lbs. Club” powerlifting challenge in Afghanistan.
Fasts and Sprints for Fast Fat Loss

Fasts and Sprints for Fast Fat Loss

Fred Duncan
Tagged: Motivation
Losing weight, specifically fat, is a struggle for most.
By the Coach for the Coach: Be a Better Coach

By the Coach for the Coach: Be a Better Coach

Todd Hamer
Tagged: Motivation
I've been doing a lot of soul searching about what the goals are for this article series.
Mountain Dog Hell

Mountain Dog Hell

Dave Tate
Leg Training Mountian Dog Hell
44 and Broken, Part 4

44 and Broken, Part 4

C.J. Murphy
Tagged: Motivation
I’m half way through the training cycle for my meet. I almost forgot how hard training for a meet is on your body.
Reno Hardcore: I Am An elitefts™ Athlete

Reno Hardcore: I Am An elitefts™ Athlete

Chad Aichs
Tagged: Motivation
I hadn't competed in anything since college and that fire was raging again after the meet.