Strongman competitor and gym owner Josh Hendrickson sits down with Dave Tate to talk biceps rehab, training through injury, chasing a sub-20 5K, building 580 Barbell, promoting better strongman shows, and what it takes to stay in strength sports for the long haul.

Former Wisconsin strength coach Brian Bott joins Dave Tate to unpack the realities of collegiate strength and conditioning—from rebuilding broken movement patterns and maintaining power deep into the season to creating a weight room culture built on accountability, resilience, and long-term athlete development.

Winning can hide the truth, but losing exposes every weakness. This article breaks down how one failed ruck attempt became a blueprint for better strategy, stronger leadership, smarter training, and a deeper sense of purpose.

The fitness industry is obsessed with the next peptide, supplement, hormone, and recovery shortcut. But none of it matters if the foundation is weak. This article breaks down the training, nutrition, sleep, hydration, recovery, and cellular principles that drive real physical progress—and explains why exercise remains the most powerful performance tool available.

Lucas White’s road through college strength and conditioning was not clean or comfortable. From cement weights in a basement to unpaid internships, smashed glasses, SEC weight rooms, conjugate training, and in-season football programming, this article keeps it real on what the profession actually demands: coaching, communication, strain, and the ability to build athletes who do not fold when it matters.

Tom Sheppard breaks down sleep architecture, cortisol cycles, and the practical protocols that separate real recovery from just going unconscious.

Most lifters negate the rehabilitative benefits of band pull-aparts by prioritizing heavy resistance over the necessary postural control and scapular movement required for shoulder health. To truly resolve shoulder pain, the exercise must incorporate dynamic rotation—starting in a pronated position and rotating externally 90 degrees—to allow the shoulder blades to achieve full downward rotation, depression, and retraction.

Jordan Wong breaks down the realities of staying in the iron game—from serious injuries and smarter rehabilitation to autoregulation, meet-day decisions, gym ownership, and knowing when ego is doing more harm than good.

Most bench press problems aren't strength problems. There are setup problems. Powerlifter and coach Shawn Neriega breaks down the full system at S5.

Learn how to calculate performance macros from the ground up. This blueprint breaks down calories, protein, carbs, fats, muscle gain, fat loss, and real-world adjustments so lifters can build a nutrition plan that actually supports training.

 "I think that was a big thing, the reason why the doctor said, like you would have been dead, and several times, I probably should have died if my baseline wasn't so high going into it."

"Unfortunately, that impact caused my spine to break and caused the disc to herniate and move."

Sports performance coach Khalil Sharad breaks down the three-tool progression he uses to build stronger, more explosive athletes, starting with the belt squat and ending with resisted jumping.

Jordan Buchla squatted 820 pounds at a fraction of the size of most elite lifters. The reason comes down to one thing most people refuse to give: time under the bar before the bar moves.

Valerie Smith’s path through powerlifting proves that the platform is only one part of the education. From bombing out at her first meet to becoming a lifter, coach, referee, and meet director, she learned that better lifting comes from better decisions, sharper standards, and a broader view of the sport.

"Just like your feet on squat, you're going to be taking your hands and rooting them into the bench press, they should be getting all of that tension, and this barbell is not leaving my hands".

A stripped-down, no-BS guide to conjugate training structure: how to organize max effort, dynamic effort, secondary work, accessories, bands, chains, and auto-regulation without overcomplicating the system.

The barbell builds you, teaches you, humbles you, and eventually demands something back. Inspired by Elitefts Table Talk Episode #422, this article breaks down the hard-earned lessons Jim Wendler, Matt Rhodes, and Vincent Dizenzo share on aging under the bar, coaching the next generation, training for longevity, and redefining strength when max-effort lifting is no longer the goal.

By predicting a lift's perceived exertion and comparing it to the actual physical outcome, athletes develop crucial "neural encoding" that trains the central nervous system to consistently achieve true high performance.

Table Talk #346 with Dr. Todd Lee breaks down the exact checklist to run before assuming you've hit a real plateau

A training method built on Paul Anderson's original overload principles that lets advanced lifters break through strength plateaus by systematically raising neurological force output.

Build a bigger chest and back by learning how elbow path, grip angle, wrist freedom, and joint position determine where tension actually goes. This article breaks down smarter pressing, dips, pulldowns, rows, and EliteFTS gear choices for more precise hypertrophy training.