12-Week Strong(wo)man Program for the Off-Season
This month’s featured program is great for those who’ve recently finished training for a contest and are getting into the nitty-gritty of off-season training. It’ll keep your gains coming in at a steady pace, improve your base strength, and help you peak while training for your next contest.
Get Bigger, Stronger, and Leaner with 1 Move
All you need is one technique: one-motion log press. That’s it. No more, no less. Just that. One. Singular. Technique.
The Important Aspects of Training to Always Keep in Focus
Don’t get sidetracked by paying attention to insignificant details and meaningless methods. Learn to distinguish between what matters and what doesn’t.
Meet Report: RPS Connecticut States — From SHW to 198
It’s been more than a year since I last competed (not counting the unsanctioned and unseasonable non-invitational last December) and announced that I would be taking a step back from chasing the biggest bench possible.
My 12-Week Diet in Preparation for 2016 USS Strongman Nationals
Mike Mastell has helped me with my nutrition which varies by training days, off days, and event days. Here’s a detailed breakdown.
Comeback Programming — Returning to the Gym After An Extended Break
You’ve been away from the gym, but now you’re back. With some intelligent programming you can resume training in such a way that you’ll be blowing through your old numbers without ever getting stuck.
Group Training: Use Your Constraints for Program Construction
The first thing that you need to do is decide on what your limiting factors are: time, equipment, physical abilities, skill, and audience.
How to Run A Great Strongman Contest
These eight rules of contest promotion are vital to your event’s success and your athletes’ satisfaction. Do it right and they’ll be back next time.
WATCH: The One-Motion Log Pressing Technique — Why and When to Use It
This step-by-step guide (with video) demonstrates how a strongman competitor can use this unique technique to increase efficiency and performance in the log clean and press.
Strongman Strategy: Events for Time
There are few things you can control at a strongman competition. Pace is one of them.
What Has Shaped Your Training Philosophy?
Elitefts strength athletes and coaches discuss the most influential knowledge they have gained in their careers.
Who's Your Iron Mike?
That extra push each competitor needs doesn’t always come from the place you’d most expect it. Sometimes it comes from Iron Mike.
Best Program Alterations To Make When Your Training Hits a Roadblock
You inevitably need to change up what you’re doing after stalled progress. What do you change? How do you go about deciding what to keep and what to remove?
Cutting Weight for Strongman: Is It Helping or Hurting You?
Unlike other strength sports, your weight class dictates the implements you’ll use to compete in Strongman. Here’s how to know if and when to cut weight.
Reap The Benefits Of Other Sports
Reap the benefits of broader training horizons! 9 week program and quotes from Amit Sapir included
WATCH: Mike Mastell Discusses His Experiences with Strongman and Biochem...
An elite level competitor shares the major factors that have influenced his training.
9-Week Program to Transition from Strongman to Powerlifting
Follow these principles of program design to build the muscular abilities that were untrained for your previous strength sport.
The Do's and Don'ts of Injury Prevention and Recovery
Beware of these injury warning signs and adjust your training program to adhere to your body’s needs.
Off-Season Program Design for Strongman
Looking to get the most out of your time between competitions? This program provides guidance on how to lay out your strongman training.
Technical Breakdown of the Yoke Walk
Turn a jerkity stagger into a confident cakewalk. I ain't yokin'.
Strongman Routines to Win You A Pro Card
Which of these three progress-sapping categories do you fall in?
Training for Novice Strongman
The newest elitefts columnist breaks down how to get started in strongman.