WATCH: How Are You Teaching the Squat?
Mark Watts visits JL Holdsworth and his staff at The Spot Athletics to discuss instruction of the squat and how to create proficiency in an untrained population.
Harry Selkow's Prowler® Training Progression
If you've been bitten by the beast and contracted the prowler flu, this program is your antidote.
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.
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.
3 Ways to Really Build Muscle
Are you looking for the magic tip to gaining solid lean muscle mass? Look no more. All you need to know is within this article.
Perfection, Insane Competitiveness, and Four Weeks to Bigger Arms
David Allen, Justin Harris, and Josh McMillan break down mental and physical barriers to success.
4 Simple Ways to Increase Volume
Use these special techniques to boost your volume without crushing your recovery.
Training the Mind-Muscle Connection
Get those stubborn muscles flexing with this neuromuscular innervation protocol.
Basic Guidelines for Injury-Free Progress
Those extra 15 sets of leg extensions are fun, but do they help you?
Two Decades at the Top: Schwab's Secrets to Longevity
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge an injury.
Andy Deck Runner Up At Maryland's Strongest Man
Andy Deck takes second place at Maryland's Strongest Man Contest.
The Ins and Outs of Knee Wraps
Team elitefts shares tips and tricks to get the most out of knee reinforcement.
The Difference Between Olympic and ATG Squats
Do these both have value and do Olympic lifters even care?
From Skinny Man to Strongman with These Deadlift Technique Hacks
So you think you can redeem your deadlift?
Why Kai Didn't Win (and Why It Doesn't Matter)
In a sport that has gone from high school stages to large Vegas venues, winning the Mr. Olympia has become much more than just having the biggest and best conditioned physique on stage.
The Repercussions of Psychological Abuse in Sports
Helping boys become young men does not require verbal brutality.
Power Training for Team Sports
Effective training programs to use on your team during the competitive season.
Misconceptions About Lactic Acid
Three more reps…yeah, three more. That’s it! Feel the burn. FEEL THAT BURN!
Setting Up Westside for the Raw Lifter
With a program based on adapting to your weaknesses and strengths, this article explains how to customize your training for raw lifters.
How I Train for a Meet, Month One
The Freakshow lays down his game plan for powerlifting. Can you handle it?
The Importance of a Proper Warm-Up
With a program known for strength increases, with a minimal injury rate, this guy knows a thing or two about a proper warm up.
Resisting the Decline
For those middle aged, andropause diminishes both sexual Tyrannosaurus status and quality of life.
Five Bodybuilding Illusions Amateurs Need to Ditch
You can't Criss Angel your way to an IFBB pro card.
Training to Peak for a Meet
After two decades of competing, The M2 Method author has fine-tuned meet prep.
Recruiting From Within the Weightroom
Your first impression defines the coach-athlete relationship that determines your program's success.
WATCH: Hypertrophy-Based Back Training
Dave and the BIG DOG bring on scapular Armageddon by inflicting trapezoid tyranny and latissimus dorsi demolitiion with just a touch of rhomboidal wreckage.
Wake Up to the Benefits of Melatonin
Besides improved sleep, there is a variety of positive strength and muscle-enhancing effects.
WATCH: Pulcinella's Advice for Teen Lifters
You're still growing hair in funny places, so you don'' know any better. Listen up.
Five Ways to Build Mental Toughness
Bulletproof your mind. Bulletproof your back. Hell, bulletproof everything.
Basic Principles of In-season Training
You have two options during the competitive months: progress or regress...I digress.
A Year of Eating for Strength
Fill your calendar and your stomach with this annual guide for progress-driven nutrition.
How to Improve Strength Training at the High School Level
We're no longer in the age of whistles and clipboards, random calisthenics, and hydration negligence.
The Problem of Oversimplification
With a complex organism such as the human body, answers to questions must contain a broad analysis covering various components.
WATCH: SS Yoke Bar Throwdown
Dave "MF'n" Tate tries to take Derek "Mountain Puppy" Dolgner to obedience school...but the puppy breaks his leash.
Meet New Team Member Meana Franco
With guidance from hall-of-famer Steve Goggins, Franco is poised to make her mark in the sport.
I'm Not Sad for Mike Matarazzo
I'm sad that not enough people live the way they want to—happy and on their own terms.
The Philosophy of Muscle: Examinations of the Big Questions
Expert in ethics, philosophy, law, and social policy (as well as WNBF bodybuilding pro), Dr. Melina Bell examines bodybuilding through a philosophical lens.
Nutrition Advice from Generation X (to Y and Z)
When your elders say "eat your veggies," you young'uns better listen.
Constructing Your Program
The second segment of my guide to off-season programming. It's what you choose to do between competitions that matters.
Steve's Strength Tips: Fix Your Kicks
The opinions shared by the author are not necessarily those of elitefts, it's owners or staff.
Veteran's Perspective of the Platform
Are you obsessing over the minutiae and overlooking the big picture?
The Hidden Value of the Unpaid Internship
In the strength and conditioning industry, the unpaid internship is a necessary evil.
3 Common Deadlift Mistakes
We give you three easy fixes and a program to put your stubborn deadlift back on track to PRs.
Breath Control for Optimal Performance
Appease your moral conscious by taking the prophalctic approach to birth control. Oh sorry...you said breath control.
The Courage of the Female Football Player
It takes a special kind of person to strive for their goals while ignoring traditional limitations.
In-Season Training Discussion with Todd Hamer
We invade Robert Morris University during football two-a-days to grill a prominent strength coach.
Preventing Adaptation to Exercise
Bodybuilding magazines have promulgated the myth of muscle confusion. While it sounds ridiculous, a slight tweaking in your exercises will grease the path of continued progress.