Contest Prep Survival Guide: Food Preparation and Traveling Tips
Food is the most crucial aspect of succeeding in your first show. Use these tips and strategies to stay on track.
How My Old Programming Taught Me Something New
It may seem simple or it may seem stupid, but does it produce results?
WATCH: Becoming a Mentor to Young Coaches
Use this video to develop a comprehensive and meaningful curriculum to guide young coaches and build a future for this industry.
Verkhoshansky's 5 Rules from 'Special Strength Training Manual...
This updated manual revisits the work of Verkhoshansky and demonstrates how to implement a conjugate-sequence system.
A Push-Up Is Not Just a Push-Up
This typical throw-away, punishment exercise is in fact a highly-technical skill capable of teaching and reinforcing proper movement patterns.
Rethinking the Aging Process at 50 Years Old
You can let your age (which is just a number) drag you down or you can prove to yourself and everyone around you that age doesn’t have to be a limiting factor for anything.
EPOC—The Secret to Fat Destruction
After years of competing as an IFBB pro, Dugdale has learned what will keep you thick while you shed fat.
7 Meet-Day Tactics for Putting Together Your Best Total
You've spent days, weeks, and months preparing for the meet. These tips will ensure your efforts were not in vain.
The Intimidation Factor
Mike Tyson, Ronda Rousey, and the 1990 UNLV Rebels—what did they have in common? They knew how to win before the match even started.
LISTEN: Inside the Mind of The Research Meathead
Jon Mike simplifies the complex studies of nutrition and exercise.
Triphasic Training for Powerlifting
If your intensity level and explosive base are lacking, this 21-week meet prep program will help where max effort and dynamic effort work could not.
WATCH: The Easiest Way to Set Up Chains
If your setup takes longer than your set, you may want to try this accommodating resistance alternative.
LISTEN: Simon Sinek's Leadership Lessons
The best selling author of 'Start with Why' and 'Leaders Eat Last', Simon Sinek explains the essential qualities of leadership
Honoring a Legend: Remembering Bill Starr
Personal tribute from a coach who got his start from the man himself.
How to Get a Supplement Company Sponsorship
Companies are looking for more than 6-pack abs and a big bench. Ask yourself this question: what do I have to offer?
Three to the Fourth Power Program
Using these specialty bars, rotate your most effective set and rep protocols for stronger, more explosive athletic performance.
What Is Post-Activation Potentiation?
This fancy term might make you sound smart, but is there a way to use it to your advantage in the gym?
The Fit Chick Reality
Underneath every hot body is a person's reality—what are you willing to give up for that appearance? Is it worth it?
Back from the Dead: Starting Over with Jim Wendler
My journey from hospital bed to Jim Wendler's power rack started with one decision: to do what the doctors said I couldn't.
How to Train the Final 2 Weeks Before a Bench-Only Meet
Don't waste a good training cycle and lose your momentum two weeks out. These are the techniques I used for my 780 bench.
A Bodybuilder's Take on the Bands and Chains Trend
If you use bands and chains your social media following may grow, but will your muscles?
Adjusting Squat Depth to Fit Your Athlete's Needs
Preventing lumbar flexion and maintaining a neutral spine will keep your athletes in the game and out of the rehab room.
Testing Is Not Equal to Training
A tree measured but not watered will show no growth. Know when to put down the yardstick and pick up the watering can.
Are You Evolving as a Lifter?
When you begin to see your training as more than sets and reps, you'll find the balance you need to program intelligently.
Is Getting Strong as Simple as Wiggling Your Toes?
You've received a lot of lifting cues in your life, but I guarantee you've never heard this one.
Corrective Work: The Overlooked Necessity for a Long Competitive Career
You may not know it yet, but you need corrective work—your longevity depends on it.
Understanding and Developing Starting Strength
The speed you build in training will determine the split-second difference between winning a game and going home defeated.
10 Raw Training Adjustments to Make Westside Methods Work for You
With these tweaks to the most electrifying training program of our time, you will be able to master the Raw Revolution.
WATCH: The Comprehensive Guide to Knee Sleeves
With 9 varieties to choose from, which sleeve is best suited for you?
The Firefit Combat Challenge: The Toughest Two Minutes in Sports
I adjusted my powerlifting and kettlebell training to adapt to the needs of this highly-intensive challenge.
Wake Up and Build Your Muscles with Preactivation Techniques
Stuck sitting at a desk all day? Try these movements and tips to wake up those sleepy muscles.
How I Train for a Meet, Month Two
The month of raw training has ended. Now it's time to learn your gear and hit big doubles.
15 Dumb Things Powerlifters Must Stop Doing
You're guilty of at least one of these things. Don't be a shithead. Stop.
A Simple, Quick View of Dynamic Effort Work for Athletes
These non-traditional methods of dynamic effort work will supercharge your athletes without sending them down the road to rehab.
WATCH: The elitefts Guide to Wrist Straps
No matter your purposes or training style, Mark Watts will show you which wrist straps to buy and how to use them.
Three Sets of Chains Is Not Three Sets of Chains
Most lifters are vague when it comes to pounds of band tension or chain weight. Here's how to measure accurately.
WATCH: The Reason Behind Dynamic Effort Rep Ranges
You've followed the 9-12x3, but is it making you better? Do you know why?
What Are You Doing with Your Gifts?
In life and in strength you are given one opportunity. It is free aside from this exception: you must do something with it.
The Do's and Don'ts of Injury Prevention and Recovery
Beware of these injury warning signs and adjust your training program to adhere to your body's needs.
The Strength Coach's Guide to Squat Variations
The king of all exercises is a crucial teaching tool for your athletes.
Torso Training for Maximal Performance
This four-week core-development program will enhance your stability, optimize your posture, and allow your body to function how it is meant to.
The Fat and the Furious: A Complete Guide to the Most Misunderstood Macr...
Side-step the fat fearmongers and accelerate towards a healthier heart and better hormone profile.
12-Week Program to Conquer the Monkey Bars
This 12-week training progression is tailor-made to strengthen the mind and body of a child who fears this playground implement.
What Lifters Can Learn from Cyclists
One percent can make all the difference in achieving your goals.
You've Founded Your Powerlifting Team...Now What?
Give your team purpose, relevance, and standards by asking these vital organization questions.
LISTEN: How Adam Feit Got RYPT
Adam Feit shares how to optimize your coaching experience at every level.
Welcome to the Post-Show Gates of Hell
Terrible things can happen after a show. I've seen shingles, illness, and weight rebound. If your protocol is intelligent, you can avoid all this.
Analyzing Simple Movement Screens
Using these three mobility and stability rules, determine which corrective exercises you need for long-term physical performance.
Raw Powerlifting Program, Building The Core Lifts
Team elitefts™ coach Clint Darden drops a solid Raw Powerlifting Program he has used with many of his clients.
Improving Strongman Performance through 65 Pounds of Weight Loss
The dietary principles Gallman learned after a painful injury resulted in a return at the Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships.
WATCH: Leg Training with IFBB Pro Ken Jackson
John brings out another IFBB Pro to see what he's got. Full training session with necessary equipment included.
Training Energy Systems for Boxing Success
Extended miles of road work may not be the best for developing late-round power. Boost your in-the-ring performance with these energy system tips.
Non-Traditional Microcycles in a Powerlifting Program
This basic template gives you five, 14-day microcycles to revamp that old-school program and give you new-age gains.
Critics Can Go Piss Off
This is a game of win/lose. You should be too busy getting things done to worry about those who can’t finish anything. Easier said than done right? Read this to see how.
Determining When to Back Off Training
Every online critic has his own idea about central nervous system recovery. When should you step away from the gym to accelerate progress and avoid injury?
How to Use Fundamental Movements to Develop Youth Athletes
Follow this step-by-step outline to build the basic skills needed in young athletes.
Understanding Your Role as Strength Coach
Your influence on the team will make or break every meeting, training session, and game. Here's one simple way to remember how you should act.