rossco

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.

 

Tom Autoregulation

Why You’re Actually Getting Weaker: The Neurological Secret to Breaking Plateaus

Autoregulation is fundamentally about managing your neurological fatigue by strategically adjusting training volume, intensity, and load to prevent overtaxing your central nervous system.

 

Gym Squats

The Puke Paradigm: The Truth About Training 'Till You Crawl Out

Dave Tate

"Back then, you weren't training hard unless you crawled out of the gym. You thought you were wasting your time if you didn't see stars, puke in the trash can, or question your life choices on the drive home.

 

The CARE Programming System: Versatility in Performance

The CARE Programming System: Versatility in Performance

Casilyn Meadows

CARE Programming emphasizes adaptable strength training that evolves with the athlete. By combining exercise variation, structured progressions, and practical programming strategies, it develops well-rounded strength, resilience, and long-term performance.

BlackBoardPROGRAM

5 Counter-Intuitive Lessons from Dave Tate That Will Reinvent Your Conjugate Training

Casilyn Meadows

Conjugate training is fundamentally the coupling of different methods of muscle tension, combining the max effort method, the repetition method, and the dynamic effort method. The training week is typically divided into Max Effort Lower/Upper Body and Dynamic Lower/Upper Body days, with the critical requirement that the max effort exercise must be changed every week to provide a necessary varied stimulus.

 

rackable cambered squat bar

The Cambered Squat Bar Is One of the Hardest Bars You'll Ever Put on Your Back

Dave Tate

Why the rackable cambered squat bar belongs in your training and how to use it to build a squat that doesn't fall apart under real weight.

LTT Seminar

You're Tweaking the Wrong Knobs: Why Volume and Intensity Still Run the Show

Most lifters spend their time obsessing over sleep, supplements, and nutrition while the two variables that actually drive progress sit untouched. Here's why volume and intensity are still the volume controls on your training board.

Kaz

April 1980: The Rise of Kaz and the Strength Revolution

Dave Tate

The April 1980 issue of Powerlifting USA captures a pivotal moment in the history of strength. Bill Kazmaier is on the rise, organizational politics are heating up, and the training advice is as gritty as it gets. From roundback rack pulls to the secrets of the Spanjian Supersuit, we’re looking back at the legends who built the sport.

Dave Squat

He Who Fears He Will Suffer, Already Suffers Because He Fears

A 760-pound squat, a meet in Toledo, and the moment I learned that fear doesn't wait for the bar to come down.

 

HOME GYM

The Architect’s Blueprint: Building a Professional Grade Home Gym Compound

Dave Tate
"You don't have to do it all at once... get creative... You can do this at a very reasonable budget; you don't have to go out there and break the bank or take out a second mortgage on your home to get a whole gym."
BARS

4 Unexpected Lessons on Strength and Life from a PhD 'Meathead'

Dave Tate

"Bodybuilders don't need sports science to be big, but it can take sport to the next level and help us iron out details".

Meta Description Dr. Eric Helms joins Dave Tate to discuss bridging the gap between "meathead" passion and academic rigor, detailing the origins of 3D Muscle Journey, the science of autoregulation and RPE, and optimal approaches to protein intake and hypertrophy for natural athletes.

dave and eric

The Razor’s Edge: 4 Hard-Earned Lessons from a "Suicidal" Tom Platz Leg Day

Dave Tate

Eric Bugenhagen and the Szatstrength host take on an absurdly intense, Tom Platz-inspired leg workout at EliteFTS, relying on Dave Tate's expertise to push through extreme pain and train safely despite recent severe muscle tears.