It’s great you can point out each origin and insertion of every muscle, but your client doesn’t care. Your end goal is to get your client results and to make them feel better about themselves — not getting them to the point where they’re limping out of your gym.

The best part of strongman is that you don’t know what to expect — and that’s what makes it so fun! Rather than worry about having the “right” equipment, Matt Mills says you should jump in and compete.

I’ve noticed a lack of variety in how people deadlift — conventional or sumo — as well as the fact that they rarely change pulls. As someone who does both, I wondered why that was. I set out to solve that mystery with a survey and found some answers from a variety of respondents…

"I competed in my first powerlifting meet after reading an article on elitefts that gave me the motivation I needed to be better."

Connecticut has quite the strongman community. This week I made my way up to South Windsor to visit a real strength athlete’s playground.

Strength athlete Matt Mills passes on the power to clients at Lightning Fitness.