Coming from someone who didn’t listen to these tips the first time and learned the hard way…

The debate between raw versus gear has died down, more or less, but the debate of how to train one versus the other is still on-going. This might be controversial, but for the most part, I don’t think you need to train differently raw or geared with a few exceptions.

I think a lot of people who’ve never used anything like these in training have a negative perception of people who use gear. It’s easy to think it’s cheating since you can lift a bunch more with gear or that it makes the lifts easier. But these are misconceptions, and they’re gravely wrong.

This article provides a list of some of the various and sundry factors that help contribute to winning a strongman or strongwoman pro card.

Single-ply, multi-ply, 20 different kinds of raw — what is the right way for you to compete?

From wraps and singlets to briefs and suits, here are the things I believe you should be wearing when you step on the platform.

So, you’ve just spent a day’s pay on a great piece of powerlifting apparel, whether it’s a squat/deadlift suit or a bench shirt.