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.
How to Walk-On Your College Football Team
Mark Watts tells how to make your move from the stands to the field on game day.
Integrative Bodybuilding: Peri Workout Recovery Supplementation (Part 2)
What you should think about when you are sizing up peri—workout RS studies...
Elitefts Sports Performance Podcast (Episode 4)
Interview with Cam Davidson, Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach at Penn State University
You Mother F**kers Have It Easy
Back when I started my journey into the iron game, even before I started coaching, there was not much to choose from.
Introducing New Level Athletic Development
Profile of Elitefts™ V.I.P. Gym New Level Athletic Development
Coach G: SAQ for You!
One of the most important rules that I can't stress enough to other coaches, assistants, interns, and anyone else who will listen is that SAQ is not conditioning!
3 Things You Should Always Do as a Strength Coach
In the days of the entitled millennial, nothing ruins a young person quite like giving them something they did not earn.
Common Areas of Concern with First Year College Athletes
By the time athletes are in college, they have bad or good habits.
Reprogramming the Overhead Press
The body has the amazing ability to adapt to any stimulus. This can be a bad thing when it comes to training.
Integrative Bodybuilding: Peri Workout Recovery Supplementation (Part 1)
In Part 1 of this series, Scott focuses on the conflicting results of both acute experiments and training studies in regards to peri—workout RS.
If I Could Do It All Again (Part 5)
I really do not believe you can even scratch the surface on what it takes to be a strength and conditioning coach with an internship that is less than 600 hours for a semester.
NSCA National Conference: MMA Training, Intermittent Fasting, and More
Presentations from Joel Jamieson, Dr. John Berardi, Dr. Disa Hatfield, and Mike Favre from the NSCA National Conference In Las Vegas, NV
Two Diseases and the Deadliest Words for Coaches
The best coaches are the best thieves and this is something else I stole from Brian Cain.
Programming for Young Baseball Athletes
Baseball players tend to be a part of those particular athletes that do not see the connection of increased strength and power with increased performance on the field.
The Research Meathead: Pre-Workout Stimulants and Supplements (Part 1)
Have you thought about what those stimulants you are ingesting really do?
The Angry Coach: What We're Focusing on This Week
If you consistently do everything right, it all adds up.