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The Belden Bar Framework

Dave Tate

The Belden Bar is a highly unique training tool that adds rotational torque to traditional closed-chain movements like push-ups and glute bridges, exposing muscular weaknesses and demanding intense full-body coordination.

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Dr Pat Davidson

The 8-Box Framework That Explains Why Some Exercises Build Muscle and Others Don't

Dr. Pat Davidson breaks down the three mechanical variables that determine whether an exercise builds muscle, inoculates against injury, or gets you hurt.

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The Bar That Does What Two Bars Used to Do

Dave Tate

The Rackable Cambered Spider Bar combines the shoulder-friendly design of the SS Yoke Bar with the brutal instability of the cambered bar into one piece of equipment that will expose every weakness you have.

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Eight Training Principles Most Lifters Will Never Apply

Most lifters focus on what to add. The ones who get strong figure out what to cut.

Tom OHP

The Perfect Press: A Narrative Journey of the Overhead Press

"The overhead press is probably the single best exercise for ingraining your ability to root into the floor and maintain a neutral posture compared to any other exercise."

 

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The Conjugate Training Roadmap: Anatomy of a High-Performance Workout

"Conjugate training is basically the coupling... it's combining different methods of training... taking the method of Max effort... the repetition method and the dynamic effort method and combining them all together."

 

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Why Every Serious Gym Needs a Monolift

Dave Tate

The walkout costs you reps you should be making, and a monolift fixes it before the bar even leaves the hooks.

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She Trained Through a Brain Tumor. Here's What She Learned About Autoregulation, Resilience, and Showing Up Anyway

Dave Tate

elitefts Rebuild Series: Tom Sheppard sits down with powerlifter, gym owner, and brain tumor survivor Holly Torrez on autoregulation, sobriety, and what real resilience looks like.

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The "Meathead" Manifesto: 6 Unconventional Lessons on Performance, Recovery, and the Edge of Sanity

"I wanted to know what it felt like to break a PR one more time."

 

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Mastering the X-Frame: A Beginner’s Guide to Diagonal Stability and the Bird Dog Row

Dave Tate

By adjusting the upper arm angle and grip during a dumbbell row, you can shift the muscular focus from a lat-dominant pull with the elbow tucked near the hip to a flared, pronated position that emphasizes the rhomboids, rear delts, and traps for upper back thickness.

 

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Quadrant Management System

Casilyn Meadows

Quadrant Management System by Ashley Jones, a structured yet flexible strength training approach that empowers athletes through individualized programming, progressive autonomy, and performance-focused development.

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Time as a Factor in Determining Programs

Discover how to optimize your training success by aligning your program with your realistic time availability and recovery needs, featuring detailed workout schedules ranging from two to six days per week.

Jack Lovett

The Professionalism Crisis: Why Most Coaches Fail and How to Build an Undeniable Culture

 "You learn very quickly that any idiot can get somebody tired, but it takes a skilled, professional coach to get somebody better."

 

Dr bacon

The Recomposition Trap: Why Your Pursuit of the "Holy Grail" is Keeping You Average

Dave Tate

"While a calorie deficit is typically necessary to lose fat, rapid body recomposition—gaining muscle while losing fat—is primarily achievable for beginners, individuals with obesity, those using steroids, or athletes recovering from an injury."

 

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Mastering the Essentials: A Learner’s Guide to Dips and Chin-Ups

Dave Tate

"Hopefully by the end of this video, not only are you going to be better at performing your dips and chin-ups, but you're going to be doing them in a way that allows you to get better carryover to the other things that you're doing outside of these lifts."

 

Table Talk Podcast Guests

5 Surprising Lessons from World-Class Strength Athletes on the Art of the Pivot

"I really started to lean into like let's be as healthy as we can while we wreck our bodies... and then as I've gotten older and my priorities have shifted, my avatar has shifted with me."

 

The 4:00 AM Standard: How The Spot Athletics is Killing the 'Gig Economy' Gym Model

The 4:00 AM Standard: How The Spot Athletics is Killing the 'Gig Economy' Gym Model

Dave Tate

J.L. details the evolution of The Spot Athletics from a humble 2,000 square-foot start to two 20,000 square-foot facilities, emphasizing how custom EliteFTS equipment, a client-first "family" culture, and salaried coaching positions are pushing the strength and conditioning industry forward.

 

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Stop Debating the Percentage. Here's How to Actually Find Your Speed Bench Weight.

The right weight for speed bench isn't found in a book — it's found under the bar, using a simple method that tells you exactly what to use based on your own strength and skill level.

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In Pursuit of the Perfect Program

Casilyn Meadows

In "In Pursuit of the Perfect Program," Ashley Jones shares his decades-long journey through strength and conditioning, outlining practical programming strategies that blend powerlifting, Olympic lifting, conjugate methods, and French Contrast training to develop strength, speed, and performance.

Two Different Worlds, One Answer for Your Knees

Two Different Worlds, One Answer for Your Knees

Dave Tate

Before a recent podcast recording, a guest connected Louie Simmons' sled work to Charles Poliquin's knee rehab protocol, and the conversation filled in a gap I had lived for decades without fully explaining.

Russian Trick

The "Russian Trick" to Shut Off Pain and 3 Other Brutal Powerlifting Secrets

To manage a torn hand mid-competition, a brutal "Russian" trick involves violently grinding a wire brush into the open wound seconds before the attempt to overload the brain's pain receptors. This extreme stimulation reportedly shuts off sensation just long enough to execute a heavy pull before the pain inevitably returns.

 

The elitefts Shoulder Saver Pad: Keep Pressing When Your Shoulders Are Done

The elitefts Shoulder Saver Pad: Keep Pressing When Your Shoulders Are Done

Dave Tate

The elitefts Shoulder Saver Pad lets you bench press through shoulder problems by replicating a board press without needing a board, a training partner, or a prayer.

Your Grip Is the First Link in the Chain. Here's How to Stop Letting It Break

Your Grip Is the First Link in the Chain. Here's How to Stop Letting It Break

Dave Tate

Grip failure doesn't announce itself until the bar is already moving — here's the complete system to fix it before it costs you another pull.

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The Choreography of Power: Why a Decade of Ballroom Dancing is the Ultimate Strongman Secret

Dave Tate

 Professional strongman Adam Roszkowski reveals how his 11-year career in international ballroom dancing built the foundation of balance, discipline, and deep muscle control that propelled him to success in heavy lifting and American football.