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Training Concepts, Recovery and Knee Rehab with Buddy Morris
These videos made me realize what I needed to do in order to preserve longevitiy in doing what I love…lifting!!
Weight Room Lessons from the Ladies
While not as uncomfortable as spending an afternoon watching chick flicks and melodramas (that goddamn Gray’s Anatomy), this article is about to gently nudge you out of your comfort zone.
Whatever Happened to…Ernie Frantz?
Ernie can still walk in and squat 450 and deadlift 405 pounds, which is a claim that cannot be made by many people approaching their eighth decade.
3 Mistakes Made by High School Football Head Coaches
If you’re a head coach, don’t do this. If you’re going to do this, don’t hire a strength coach.
Top Five Ways to a Kick Ass Garage Gym
When I first went to the Underground Strength Gym in 2008, I had no idea what to expect.
You Make The Decision Right
One of the underlying characteristics that I notice about successful lifters and bodybuilders that I’m around is that they never let their gym, genetics, schedule or anything for that matter, get in their way.
Spotlight: Mickey Manley - Two Generations of Strength
There is NO other place I would rather be a part of in terms of powerlifting than elitefts™.
EFS Classic: The Big Rant
I am usually an upbeat person and I love fitness/strength/conditioning and recently got involved in powerlifting since attending an elitefts™ seminar.
By the Coach for the Coach: Who We Are?!
Who am I? Am I one of the negative people? What are others’ perceptions of me?
Selling Timmy
Depending on who you are, hopefully you can use this information to be either a more successful trainer, or a more informed consumer.
Spotlight: Marshall Johnson – Relentless Drive
We fully expect 98-pound weaklings to protest outside of our offices when this article is posted.
Spotlight: Chad Walker – The Unassuming Giant
“As far back as I can remember I’ve always felt small. I have never been one to look in the mirror and see a monster.”
EFS Classic: My Epiphany of Strength
This article is a culmination of my 35 years of learning about strength, including the cliff notes to all my training logs and a brief look inside my mind.
Under The Bar: If You Read Nothing Else Today, Read This
If I was to tell you about my last week, you wouldn’t believe it.
Stoners Gym: State of The Gym Update 1
It’s crunch time and we have some moves to make pretty quickly.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now: It’s About Making “The Decision”
What decision are YOU going to make? I know, you know!
Pull A F/A-18C Hornet For A Good Cause
This event is limited to 60 people due to the access to the base.
Goldsville: A Reply to Rhodestown
With all due respect to current or former residents and officials (elected or self-appointed) of Rhodestown, there is a new boomtown growing like a “genetically gifted” bodybuilder.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now: FEAR or F.E.A.R. = False Evidence Appear...
Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!
Elitefts™ Trivia Contest: Wanna Win Some Free elitefts™ Wrist Wraps?
Know your elitefts™ history? Win some wraps.
By the Coach For the Coach: Using the Dynamic Effort Method Dynamically
As with anything in this profession, we’re only limited by our imagination, so please feel free to show me how you add DE work into your programs.
Poll: Who's Logs / QA's Do You Read?
Let us know who you follow and read on our QA & Training Log Pages.
Iron Sport: Paying My Dues
I put in my time and went from a kid that was hazed to a guy that the older lifters all respected.
They Are NOT Angry Birds: Unleashing The Fury, ADHD Part 1
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a significant issue impacting countless children.
The Thinking Beast: The Necessity of Being a Consummate Individual
I won’t focus on only one field because I want to do the best I possibly could in each field.
Idaho Champion Series Snowman Invitational Write Up
The events were changed and lightened a bit, so I was bummed.
Things I Learned Vacationing in the Developing World
Man, do I love vacation time. It’s the best time of year for resting, recovering, reflecting, and replanning.
Listen, Assess, Learn: Family Values, Fireplaces and Fine Bourbon
Now back to my Wild Turkey 8 Year…
Attention Everyone Who Has Ever Wanted to Gain Massive Size
I’ve got some training advice for you—your program sucks!
For the Coach From the Coach: We Are Educators
“When you think of a strength coach, you think of loud music, yelling, and chalk. We have all that and so much more.”
Timmy the Trainer: The Clueless Trainer Paradox
Remember, there is more to eliminating the clueless trainer paradox then simply doing what they cannot.
Seven Lessons of a Transfer Athlete
An often overlooked group in collegiate sports are the people who aren’t with a team from freshman year through senior year.
EFS Classic: Coaching Axioms
Recently, I was able to observe a high school football team lifting. While the coaches sat in the corner and talked, the athletes proceeded to do their version of a power clean.
The MBA Meathead: Make Yourself Valuable
Today, you compete not only against the peers you see every day, but against computers, freelancers and potential replacements on other continents.
A Few Words About Discipline and Sacrifice
It is this fear of failure that often drives me and far outweighs the pain of discipline and sacrifice.
My Path to elitefts™
Now, I’m given the opportunity to work at elitefts™, a company in which I intend to devote my future.
Tales of a Fit Mom: Powerlifting, Parenthood and Staying the Course
The plan will keep you on the path until the indicators indicate taking a fork in the road.
Discipline and Regret
I was first introduced to powerlifting in 1983 by my sixth grade geography teacher, Mr. Spero Tshontikidis. In addition to teaching, Mr. Tshontikidis was a competitive powerlifter in the ADFPA.
Under The Bar: This Doesn’t Suck
It’s the strength that gives us the courage to fight when others run.
Blood Rayne: Training with Sickle Cell Anemia
How many times have you woken up in the morning with aches and pains after a heavy bench or squat session?
50 Exercises You Should NEVER Do
Have you even wanted to know what exercises you should never do? So did we…
Programs that Work
Do you want to know where your donations for the Programs that Work Manual are going?
Elitefts™ Trivia Contest: Wanna Win Some Free elitefts™ Premium Bands?
Get this question right and earn a chance to win some free bands.
How Lil Wayne Screwed Up Pulcinella's Weekend
If you have any similar type stories you can post so Steve won’t feel like he is the only one.
Dad Strength
This is what life is for dads—being able to carry your kids, wife, or whole family through anything.
On Mental Strength
If you had the chance to write something for elitefts™, what would you write that hasn’t already been written?
Under The Bar: They Are NOT Angry Birds! The Fight for Funding
Each step you take towards getting your child the support he needs, is one more step towards your child having the most fulfilling life possible.
Under The Bar: Looking For More Time
You can either “train” the lifts or “build” the lifts. I’m NOT a fan of training the lift.