Storage Unit Training for Strongman
Storage Unit Training for Strongman
Storage units make for excellent workout facilities, but there are several things to consider when choosing one: Location, size, cost, terrain, amenities, and more.
Scott Paltos' Ever-Expanding Home Gym
Scott Paltos' Ever-Expanding Home Gym
Literally. His home gym takes up multiple rooms in his living space! Ever hear of someone having a posterior-chain room? Now you do.
The Garage Gym Guide
The Garage Gym Guide
With a garage gym, every square inch of space matters, and over a short period, our garage gym has evolved quite a bit.
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Swede Burns & Dave Tate Discuss Bar Position For The Squat
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Swede Burns & Dave Tate Discuss Ba...
Being jacked as hell got your shoulders a little tight? Here’s how you fix your squat bar position for better performance, less pain, and a bigger total.
INTERVIEW: UW Head Assistant S&C Coach Shaun Snee
INTERVIEW: UW Head Assistant S&C Coach Shaun Snee
Don’t just know the strength and conditioning coaches you hope will help you out. Invest in the world of strength and conditioning, powerlifters, strongmen, weightlifters, athletes in your desired sport, and check out their routines and habits.
Beginner Gains for Advanced Lifters
Beginner Gains for Advanced Lifters
Here’s how you can quickly jump through your current plateau and advance to the next stage of strength.
All I Need Is One Bar
All I Need Is One Bar
Many of my online clients and members of my gym don’t have a squat rack or bench at home, unfortunately. However, many of them have access to a barbell. Are you in this same predicament?
No Non-Sense Guide to Team Sport Sprint Training
No Non-Sense Guide to Team Sport Sprint Training
What I’m presenting is what’s worked for my athletes. This 12-week program is based on principles involving anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, psychology, and neurology along with 10 years of experience coaching.
How-To: Specialty Squat Bars
How-To: Specialty Squat Bars
Let’s take a closer look at specialty bars and explore the REAL reasons you’ll want to use them for squats.
Anchored Band Squats for Unmatched Quad and Glute Power
Anchored Band Squats for Unmatched Quad and Glute Power
A cluster 6-second pause execution as Dr. Serrano demonstrates with patients in the video combines to create excellent conditions for muscle growth and body fat loss at the same time.
Bodyweight Training for Lower-Body Strength and Power
Bodyweight Training for Lower-Body Strength and Power
We should not lose sight of the benefits that bodyweight training provides. Take a break from the barbell and machines and try Prison Squats, Nordic Leg Curls, Jump Squats, and Jump Tucks for newfound strength and explosiveness.
The Stress of It All
The Stress of It All
You do you and let me do me.
Top-55 Prowler® Workouts
Top-55 Prowler® Workouts
Buddy Runs, Death Rallies, Prowler® Mile, Prowler® Suicide, Prowler® Marathon… with this list, your Prowler® options are endless.
How to Build Your Dream Home Gym
How to Build Your Dream Home Gym
Two words: in layers. As you’ll see, it took Matt Goodwin six years to accumulate everything he has in his gym. His message to you: start small and start now.
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — What Age Should Kids Start Lifting Weights?
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — What Age Should Kids Start Lifting Wei...
Did you miss out on your peak potential by picking up powerlifting too late? Or would you be nowhere near where you are by starting too early?
Pink Floyd and the True Lifters
Pink Floyd and the True Lifters
The song is called Time, and the album is The Dark Side of the Moon. Read Roger Water’s words…
Seminar Squats
Seminar Squats
Do yourself a favor and focus on technique; don’t get too wrapped up in band tension, percents, etc. Get your technique down and worry about the other things later.
World Record 12-Week Squat Cycle
World Record 12-Week Squat Cycle
You can take plenty away from this program on how to structure a meet prep training program to peak a particular lift, and alternate accessory work and supplemental work to aid in building the squat.
WATCH: Equipment Feature — Spud Inc. Econo Triceps and Lat Pulley
WATCH: Equipment Feature — Spud Inc. Econo Triceps and Lat Pulley
This item is one of the most cost-effective ways to add a ton of variation to your training and enable you to perform a greater number of exercises.
Flow Chart to Assist in the Determination of Physical Training Content in a Week-Long Plan
Flow Chart to Assist in the Determination of Physical Training Content i...
Here’s the standard week-long plan with a seven-day turnaround between games, optimizing a balance between recovery both physiologically and psychologically.
Drag Those Gym Closure Blues Away
Drag Those Gym Closure Blues Away
I see lots of bands, bodyweight exercises, and lightweight information, which is all great, but in my opinion, sleds are right up there. I can train every body part with one sled.
Constraints: How to Use Them
Constraints: How to Use Them
I challenge you to think of this economic shutdown as a forced deload. Is it something that you want? No. Will it completely crush you? Probably not.
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Swede Burns Talks About His 9000-Calorie Diet
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Swede Burns Talks About His 9000-Calor...
Need a little bit of bulking inspiration? Swede Burns and Dave Tate trade tips. Swede lays out the entirety of his diet he used to maintain a 330-pound bodyweight as a powerlifter.
Ricardo Garcia and The Posterior Chainsaw
Ricardo Garcia and The Posterior Chainsaw
Ricardo Garcia had a problem. He had agreed to kill someone. Garcia accepted the money. He promised to do the job and took the money – an advance payment, from Jimmy Luciano of all people, “Chainsaw” Jimmy Luciano.
Lee Zimmerman's Home Gym Stays Open!
Lee Zimmerman's Home Gym Stays Open!
Lee Zimmerman’s home gym is his personal escape and fully fleshed out strength training powerhouse.
Bare Bones Bodybuilding
Bare Bones Bodybuilding
This article is not about the bands or weights but HOW you use the bands or weights. You can use these 12 techniques to keep your workouts fresh and keep your sanity without going to the gym.
Building The Executive Meathead’s Home Office
Building The Executive Meathead’s Home Office
I wasn’t ready to settle for pick-up golf or calf roping. A busy professional and personal life didn’t keep me from making my most important training decision.
Smart Fat Loss During a Pandemic
Smart Fat Loss During a Pandemic
For the sake of this article, I am going to explain the smartest moves and what I have done personally with my clients with regard to fat-loss goals. We will go over two categories – general fat-loss and bodybuilding competitor.
Squat Habits for Success
Squat Habits for Success
If you’re attempting to teach a squat and you’re having to constantly cue “knees out” or “chest up,” that lifter isn’t ready for a squat. Period.
Endless Sled Dragging Variations That Will Dramatically Improve Your Performance
Endless Sled Dragging Variations That Will Dramatically Improve Your Per...
Get your ass out there and start dragging some sleds! It’s not as much of a drag as you think it is. With 22 variations to get you started, the possibilities are truly endless.
How to Safely Train Every Day During Quarantine
How to Safely Train Every Day During Quarantine
For those who currently aren’t working and also have limited gym equipment, I wanted to provide a potential gameplan that you can use to bring some routine and mental/physical stability to your day-to-day.
Online Trainers Going Broke: Don't Blame COVID-19 or the Government
Online Trainers Going Broke: Don't Blame COVID-19 or the Government
The next few months are going to be incredibly difficult for the vast majority of online trainers. Consider me Dr. Phil for a minute as I provide four things that you can do to not find your dumbass in an anxiety-riddled situation when or if something like this happens in the future.
WATCH: Equipment Feature: The elitefts 5 Rings Bar
WATCH: Equipment Feature: The elitefts 5 Rings Bar
More precise bar positioning, simpler coaching cues, and easier chain and band placement are just a few of the many benefits of this innovative bar design.
The Squat Epiphany
The Squat Epiphany
If I was that young woman in the picture with my present old mind, I would do it all differently. Unfortunately, I can’t rewind that tape but if you’re reading this and you are or know of a young couple expecting a baby or handling their first one, this read may change your child-raising perspective.
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Dave Tate Reminisces About His Early Days As a Trainer
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Dave Tate Reminisces About His Early D...
Dave Tate knows it all right? Not always… Here’s a major blunder and how he bounced back.
Editor's Letter for April
Editor's Letter for April
I hope this letter lifts your sanity as we at elitefts continue to live, learn, and pass on – educating and outfitting the strongest athletes around the world. You’ll find new content inside!
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast #50 with Vincent Dizenzo, Matt Rhodes, and Jim Wendler
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast #50 with Vincent Dizenzo, Matt Rhodes, and Ji...
The three amigos are back! Need a laugh? You’ll want to watch and listen to this home edition of Table Talk.
3 Workout Mainstays in Every Home Gym
3 Workout Mainstays in Every Home Gym
It’s in these moments, we wish we would’ve put a little more energy and cash into our home gym. Here’s how to start small yet smart.
COVID-19 and S&C
COVID-19 and S&C
Albert Einstein says it best, “Out of clutter, find simplicity. Out of discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
How to Coach a Successful Seminar
How to Coach a Successful Seminar
For my wife Julia and me, strength for the general population is the area that we felt we could help and influence the most. The following is a list of helpful points that has aided us in providing successful seminars to our attendees.
Is Your Winning Culture Broken?
Is Your Winning Culture Broken?
Without a culture, we are just hamsters on a wheel. Working hard and going nowhere. Our teams may train hard and get after it, but year after year, they will fall short on the playing field.
Train Your Closet Bodybuilder This Off-Season
Train Your Closet Bodybuilder This Off-Season
Why not have a dedicated cycle to focus on while transitioning out of some downtime after a meet? No machines at your gym? No problem. This was written for a hardcore powerlifting-friendly gym with limited access to machines.
Explosive Strength and Plyometric Options for Upper Body: How and When to Implement Them
Explosive Strength and Plyometric Options for Upper Body: How and When t...
Speed is king, right? Then you’d better train it. I have some medicine ball throws to get your athletes up to speed. Make sure those movements are crisp and fast! Go, go, go!
Serious Training Considerations for COVID-19
Serious Training Considerations for COVID-19
So here is the decision you need to consider: should you adapt your training in favor of less dangerous styles of exercise and workload, or continue as planned on your strength journey?
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Dave Tate and JM Blakley Discuss Their Powerlifting Careers Ending
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Dave Tate and JM Blakley Discuss Their...
The idea that powerlifting might not be an option one day is terrifying, but at least Dave Tate and JM Blakley can share some wisdom for you to be prepared.
Seven Rules of Customer Engagement for Personal Training
Seven Rules of Customer Engagement for Personal Training
I wanted to know the similarities between college coaching and private sector training, so I asked our director of customer engagement to write out his rules of personal training. Here they are.
Emergency Home Gym 101
Emergency Home Gym 101
We are on a budget and in a hurry and we don’t have the space, we just need stuff to press, hoist, lift with and not break the bank.
Dropping Weight as a Powerlifter
Dropping Weight as a Powerlifter
This isn’t an article outlining how to drop the bodyweight. What I do want to talk about is the mindset and dealing with all of the change that is to come when dropping a lot of weight.
Home Gym Essentials on a Budget
Home Gym Essentials on a Budget
Here are my top budget-conscious choices for an extremely effective home workout.
Social Skill Integration Through Movement and Strength: Home Training
Social Skill Integration Through Movement and Strength: Home Training
Now at home, this is a great opportunity to get the family involved by creating new healthy habits using indoor and outdoor space.
Sick of Your Gym? — How to Start a Private or Home Gym
Sick of Your Gym? — How to Start a Private or Home Gym
In this part, you'll understand how you can start a private or home gym of your own — on a budget. It's not as expensive as you might think.
3 Major Principles of Weight Loss
3 Major Principles of Weight Loss
Don’t start at 60 minutes a day on the stair stepper. It’s not about losing as much weight as soon as possible. Remember, it is very hard to gain muscle so we don’t want to be too aggressive with our weight loss and sacrifice the hard-earned muscle we have.
Six Reasons Athletes Need to Use Sandbags
Six Reasons Athletes Need to Use Sandbags
Yes, sandbags. Nothing new for many coaches but always used as a tool when “better” training implements weren’t available.
Rising to the Challenge
Rising to the Challenge
A crisis does not make the person, a crisis exposes the type of person one actually is. What type of person are you in these unsettling and uncertain times?
Bodyweight Training for Upper-Body Strength and Power
Bodyweight Training for Upper-Body Strength and Power
This split is customizable, flexible, and effective in helping to build and maintain lean muscle mass. Not to mention, you don’t have to have a pricey gym membership in order to see results.
Supersets for Hypertrophy Training
Supersets for Hypertrophy Training
The trick is to get the right combination for the muscle or the area of the muscle you are working. Inside I have the best supersets for each muscle group and some crazy options — just in case you want to go psycho and do something that everyone else doesn't have the balls to do.
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Training Economy for the Washed-Up Meathead
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Training Economy for the Washed-Up Mea...
If you can count on one hand the number of joints that don't hurt right now, you might want to heed some of Dave's training tidbits.
WATCH: 17 Band Exercises Powerlifters Can Do at Home
WATCH: 17 Band Exercises Powerlifters Can Do at Home
Life gets hectic with viruses, gym closings and holidays, work, and travel, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get some training in.
6 Conditioning Finishers for New Personal Training Clients
6 Conditioning Finishers for New Personal Training Clients
Here are six conditioning finishers that I’ve used to help clients to end tremendous sessions but also give them swift kicks in the asses, coming back for more.

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