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Beast Reality: Keying the Lamborghini
My keys are balled-up in an angry claw, rearing back like an angry cobra ready to strike.
Monster Garage Gym: What was Old is New Again
Fads and trends ebb and flow, but there are a few things that will always remain constant.
Kentucky Strong: Three Little Things That May Make You a Better Lifter
Are you falling victim to one of these three common lifting mistakes?
Interview with Relentless Promoters
I got a chance to speak with Relentless promoters Scott and Rachel Nutter, as well as competitor Kathy Johnson about the meet that is changing the way people view powerlifting.
Knowledge and Nonsense: MaxCondition for Performance—Agility
Agility is a necessary factor in athletics. But how can it be improved, and how does it relate to strength and speed?
Training with Purpose
One Size Does Not Fit All, Pt. 1: Programming and Qualification in Powerlifting
Iron Insights: 'Twas the Night before Christmas
It’s just like that feeling you used to get when you were eight years old, hiding under the covers and anxiously awaiting Santa’s arrival.
No Bullsh*t: A Year in the Life
These are three major lessons I learned in my first year of running a gym.
Monster Garage Gym: Rest Time for Meet Time
So your training is on point, but you still had a lackluster meet? If your nutrition is in check, your rest may be lacking.
Knowledge and Nonsense: How Expectation Influences Food Likes
Did you know that your expectations play a large role in your taste preferences?
Monster Garage Gym: A Point Of Diminishing Returns
Is your weight gain taking you to the point of diminishing returns?
A Lion in Iron: Training—It’s Not That Complicated
If something sounds too ridiculous to actually work, it probably is. Stick with the tried and true methods.
Kentucky Strong: Qualities of the “Private Sector” High School Strength ...
If you want to be a successful strength coach in the private sector, you should possess these qualities.
No Bullsh*t!: The Four Types of Extra Workouts
These can make a significant difference in your training, technique, and strength gains.
Iron Insights: Cheat Meal Power Guide
Sometimes you just need a cheat meal. Sheena describes how to do it right.
A Lion in Iron: You Can't Bench…
Not being able to bench may be your worst nightmare, but these powerful alternatives will help get you through.
By the Coach for the Coach: Triphasic Training
To find out more about triphasic training, Todd Hammer interviewed the man behind the magic—Cal Dietz.
"I'm Too Young to be this Damn Old!": A Break in Action, ...
You know you’re in love with the Iron when all you can think about is getting back on the platform…even after surgery.
Don't Shake the Weights!
Always try to stay inside of yourself and learn where that power is stored. Most importantly, learn how to call upon it when the time comes.
Reno Hardcore: Dynamic Training
It’s an essential aspect of any great strength training routine. But are you doing it correctly?
Training with Eccentrics
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
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.
By the Coach for the Coach: Stronger Than the Sum of Our Parts
Todd Hamer interviews former professional boxer, Joe Divosevic.
Weapons of Mass Construction
Barbells are the most awesome items in any gym. Check out what these guys use and why.
Under The Bar: A Matter of Perspective
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.
In Praise of the Barbell
The barbell has been vilified and unfairly characterized as an “unsafe” and “unnecessary” outdated member of the “fitness center.”
Business: It's Never Easy
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
Oftentimes, gender differences and our approach to them is based on socialization rather than innate brain, neurological, and hormonal composure.
Coaching = Life, Part I
What’s consistently surprised me is how coaching is such a microcosm of the real world.
Peri-Workout Nutrition, Part I
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
And, oh yeah, until you’ve actually been through this shit, try not to talk about football, okay?
Fighting 1000 lbs. in Kandahar
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.
By the Coach for the Coach: Be a Better Coach
I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching about what the goals are for this article series.
44 and Broken, Part 4
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
I hadn’t competed in anything since college and that fire was raging again after the meet.
More About Informational Integrity
I simply don’t like frauds who attempt to practice their fraudulence at my expense.
Did you hear the one about the…
Did you hear the one about the guy that gets 200lbs out of his bench shirt?
My SPF Powerstation Pro/Am Results (with video)
My training went relatively well going into this meet and I expected to hit some PRs, but things never seem to go as planned.
Sick of Your Gym; Part 4 The Gift
Jim and I have been doing a lot of seminar traveling lately and nothing we have ever done in the past could have prepared us for the “The Gift.”