WATCH: Power Athlete's Founder John Welbourn's Brutal Honesty
After a decade of experience in the NFL with 3 different teams, the CEO and Founder of Power Athlete and CrossFit Football speaks the truth about the state of the industry
As long as you're in the gym
Steve Pulcinella has been passionately strength training since the age of twelve and competing in strength athletics since the age of fourteen. He started out as a powerlifter and progressed into doing strongman, winning many powerlifting titles in the early eighties and eventually competing in the 1994 World’s Strongest Man Contest. He currently coaches at his gym, Iron Sport Gym.
What do you do the week before the meet?
There are as many different approaches for what to do before a meet as there are coaches and I’ll tell you what our lifters do.
Epic Training Continues with a Trip to SuperTraining - 2015 wk12
My epic overreaching phase continues this week as I continue to smash one workout after the next with a trip to Sacramento to visit my friend Mark Bell. I work with Bell's athletes on rehab, prehab, squats, pulls, while Mark works on my bench press.
3 Lessons I Learned from Interns
The best thing you can do to help your career is do the best possible job you can wherever you are at. That's how you put yourself in a position where you earn opportunities.
Test Levels, Balls, Ice and a Butter Dish
This post will NEVER get old. One of the all time elitefts™ classic QA posts.
SSB Box Squats with Ave Bands + Chains: (VIDEO Included)
When using accommodating resistance, you can have constant band tension on the bar, yet still be able to add weight via plates and chains. Bands and chains do not have to be an either/or proposition. Neither must they be used on the traditional squat bar.
Leg Shakin', Hit By A Truck & Cramp Session
Video included of one of the longest leg press sets of my life. This was not one of my easier training sessions.
6 weeks after hip replacement Deadlift day
6 weeks post hip replacement surgery. Deadlift 325x3x2sets. I feel good about recovery.
