Is Anyone Strong(er)?
Is it mathematically and scientifically probable that within the last twenty years, humans’ DNA changed so drastically that their total, collectively, is many hundreds of pounds greater?
Bodybuilding for the Powerlifter: Why and How to Use the Maximal Effort ...
You’re not a competitive powerlifter or bodybuilder. You want to move big weights in the gym, look good naked, and still have fun training and eating. You need the maximal effort method.
Upcoming Meet: Super Training Classic 2019
Live in the Sacramento, California, area? Looking for something to do February 9th and 10th? Well, consider yourself a busy man or woman since there's a big meet coming up with plenty of big-name and insta-famous powerlifters and bodybuilders to meet and admire. Can't go wrong with a weekend like that!
Powerlifting for the Bodybuilder — The Triceps
Just as powerlifters can benefit from bodybuilding movements, so can bodybuilders benefit from powerlifting movements. Today we’re looking at the triceps – a muscle group that I really struggle with and, as a result, have spent a lot of time studying and training.
Teaching the Squat, Bench, and Deadlift to Athletes
Do you teach them the squat, bench, and deadlift the same way you would teach a powerlifter? If not, what differences are there?
Reasons Why You're Weak — Inefficient Technique, Outcome-Focused, M...
Without question, the number one reason most lifters don’t lift the weights that they are able to is…
WATCH: Unilateral Specialized Power Training
To improve athletic power, functional core strength, and body composition, check out these video exercise executions and training strategies that you can use right away.
Finding Strength: Team BSS Training and Fitness
Located in Boardman, Ohio, the Schumakers have created a competitive playing field for strongman competitors to learn and refine their craft.
WATCH: Do You NEED A Dynamic Effort Training Day?
Power output is what you’re looking for. Will a speed day produce it?
Should Powerlifters Do Curls?
Your biceps aren’t the prime movers for any of the three powerlifts. A lot of people think this means you shouldn’t train them. Are they right?
Mental Characteristics of Successful Powerlifters
In my years of powerlifting, I have seen some really gifted people go nowhere, and some really poorly suited people do very well. Mindset is everything.
An Unconventional Motive for Muscularity
There are a whole shitload of really good reasons you should get as jacked as you possibly can.
Oslo Performance Center — 'More Than Just A Hardcore Gym'
Co-owners Haavard Sundt, Espen B. Andersson, and Finn-Tore Carlos Comacho have opened the doors to their Norway training facility. With a business strategy in place, this is how they plan to expand their gym and the service it provides.
WATCH: My Worst Injury in Powerlifting
Injuries suck, but we all get them. It’s part of the game. But there’s one injury that kept me out of the gym for months at a time. The doctor told me I’d never bench over 400 pounds again. He was wrong.
General Mistakes All Powerlifters Make
There are things that are right in powerlifting. There are things that are wrong in powerlifting. And then there are things that work for only you. Learn to tell them apart.
Big Wave Surfing and Powerlifting are Similar, Dude
Is driving out of the hole on a squat PR any harder than burying the rail on a sweet wave? Hell yeah, it is!
Band Pull-Apart Super Series for Healthy Shoulders
One of the biggest issues we face at our gym is shoulder health.
Five Things Powerlifters Can Learn from Bodybuilders (Part 2)
This is part two of a two- part series discussing lessons that bodybuilders and powerlifters can share with each other.
Five Things Bodybuilders Can Learn from Powerlifters, Part 1
No matter what niche your lifting passion falls into, there are a few universal truths on which every lifter can agree.
Energy System Development for Powerlifting
Energy system development is seemingly one of the hottest concepts in the fitness industry lately.
How Powerlifters Rearrange Furniture: Candid Footage Captured at the Com...
I have a feeling Martha Stewart and her interior design team would be proud.
The Wonderful World of Calisthenics
Typical bodybuilders and gym rats have forgotten about the old school ways of developing a great physique. Back in the old days, great physiques were made without the use of free weights or machines.
