Elitefts Classic: 10 Nuggets of Wisdom
If you want to lose fat and do so by diet and increasing your conditioning, is it no wonder you got weaker?
WATCH: Gym Installation at Pickerington Central High School
Although he has setup hundreds of the finest weight rooms in the country, for Matt Goodwin this gym install became a very personal mission.
Tips to Crush the Combine Tests
These tips to crush the NFL Combine can make the difference between watching from up in the cheap seats and a signing that double comma Nike contract.
Did You Eat Your Bacteria Today?
When you hear "bacteria," most people think of infections, but are there pros to probiotics?
The Angry Coach: How to Write An Article
Writing should be simple and elegant. Show me, don't tell me.
Integrative Bodybuilding: Are You Training Enough to Build Muscle?
Is improper training frequency cutting your muscle gains in half?
WATCH: How Chad Aichs Overcomes Training Obstacles
If you are a serious lifter, you need to know how to overcome training obstacles before they derail your efforts.
The Angry Coach: A Big Part of My Coaching Philosophy
Do you know the difference between a coach and a cartoon character?
Monster Garage Gym: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
It is pretty much true, you are what you eat...or you will be.
The Research Meathead: Training to Failure
Train to Failure, or Not Train to Failure? That is the Question!
Strong Mind: Excellence
Anyone can make that good, right choice once in a while...but it takes so much more than that.
Three Questions with Anthony Donskov
Strength and conditioning coaches have the ability to change lives, instill discipline, teamwork, and attention to detail.
Integrative Bodybuilding: When It Comes to Diet, One Size Fits One
Tell people what they want to hear and you can sell them just about anything.
Darden Diaries: I Can Do All Things
It took him more than a decade to answer my prayers. But in 2006, when he did, it helped to form me into who I am today.
Non Linear Periodization for Beginners
Mark Watts explains how deviating from a traditional linear periodization approach in young athletes may yield greater performance.
12-Week Progress Report
Blaine needs this training to help address the stress and frustrations he will have all his life.
Longtime elitefts Supporters Open High Performance Fitness
Profile of Elitefts V.I.P. Gym High Performance Fitness
WATCH: Training IFBB Pro Cory Mathews
Josh Bryant shares training videos that explain mechanical advantage drop sets, origin and insertion supersets, and eccentric movements.
Are We Teaching Speed and Quickness?
Somehow, it is universally accepted that if you increase your strength and do running specific drills, you will increase your speed and quickness.
Monster Garage Gym: Powerlifting and the Secret
You have the power through your positive thoughts to take your powerlifting to another level of success and achievement just like Dorothy, who had the power all along to go where she needed to go.
The Sad State of DIII Strength and Conditioning
We were promoting what was right, but small private schools sometimes do not have the money to do what is right.
The Executive Meathead: Profit Status Means Nothing
Break the superior stereotypes about for profits and not for profits.
Integrative Bodybuilding: Do Not Forget What You Already Know
Maybe it really is all in your head...
Programming for Competitive CrossFit
Looking at CrossFit competitions, there is only one constant and that is that there are no constants
Strong(her) Coaching (Part 1): Athletic Influence
A roundtable discussion with fourteen of the top female strength and conditioning coaches in the country.
5 Things That Are Wrong with This Country
Fixing these issues with our athletes will not fix our country, but we all need to start where we can make the most impact.
Elitefts Roundtable: Owning Your Own Gym
Owning your own gym comes with its ups and downs. See what these team elitefts gym owners think about it.
The Research Meathead: Pre Workout Stimulants and Supplements (Part 3)
Many of these stimulants and supplements claim to enhance performance during training to deliver more mental focus, energy, endurance, strength, and fat loss.
Three Questions with Dennis Cuturic
Interview with Duquesne University Strength & Conditioning Coach, Dennis Cuturic
Integrative Bodybuilding: Unnatural Acts of Dietary Supplementation
Is Vitamin C an unnatural supplement?
Elitefts Sports Performance Podcast (Episode 5)
Interview with Todd Hamer, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Robert Morris University
Strong Mind: Chamberlain's Choice
I want to tell a story. It is about a man named Joshua Chamberlain.
Coach G: What Are Your Goals?
The first thing you should do before every journey is figure out how you will reach the final destination.
My Amazing Boards
I think it's awesome that every kid who enters my classroom gets to see images of a female deadlifting big weights.
The Angry Coach: A Word About Reading
If you want to be good at something and learn new things, you HAVE to read.
Inside Showtime Strength and Performance
Profile of Elitefts™ V.I.P. Gym Showtime Strength & Performance
If I Knew Then What I Know Now: It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
It takes more than one person to teach a child the ways of life.
Head Games: Training the Neck to Reduce Concussions
Concussions have become a major issue in sports and coaches have a responsibility to protect their athletes
Integrative Bodybuilding: Peri-Workout Recovery Supplementation (Part 3)
The final installment in Stevenson’s Peri Workout RS Series.
Monster Garage Gym: The Gear Is Ready to Go Heavier, But Are You?
If you are new to gear, respect not only the gear but the inordinately heavier weights that you will attempt.
Lessons from West Point (Part 1)
I am living out of a car and sleeping on a couch while coaching at the most historically significant institution of higher learning in the country.
Dr. Yessis: General Strength Can Help Improve Performance
Athletes never achieve their full potential because the training stops when the level of fitness is obtained.
Extra Workouts for College Athletes
Use extra workouts to aid with recovery, build work capacity, and to address weak points.
Off Season Injury Reduction for Football
Football is one of the few sports that cannot be PLAYED year round, but it must be TRAINED year round.
Four Exercises Your Child Wants To Do
Using some basic equipment from elitefts, here are four easy and inexpensive ways to make typical exercises child friendly.
The Research Meathead: Pre Workout Stimulants and Supplements (Part 2)
In this installment, the Research Meathead takes a look at Creatine, Beta Alanine, and HMB.
