Compatible Coaching in a Non-Compatible Setting
How to alter programming to fit the needs of your athletes.
WATCH: 9 Exercises That Will Help Build Your Bench Press
From his seminar at Destination Dallas, Bryant discusses pressing matters.
The Demon of Discouragement
Stepping back and looking over the years of your career, the reasons for your steady progress become apparent.
Training to Peak for a Meet
After two decades of competing, The M2 Method author has fine-tuned meet prep.
The Problem of Oversimplification
With a complex organism such as the human body, answers to questions must contain a broad analysis covering various components.
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.
What "Live, Learn, Pass On" Really Means
In this audio clip, Dave explains how to apply the motto to real life.
Dave Tate's Guide to Supplemental Movements with FULL Video
Updated with Dave Tate's FULL presentation (video) on supplemental strength from the LTT8.
Overlooked Factors in Athlete Programming
Realize that basketball isn't just basketball, soccer isn't just soccer, and football isn't just football.
Desired Sport Outcomes Require Solid Programming
Program your training based on goals, energy systems, and sport requirements.
The Exercise Hierarchy of Effectivity
Whether you like it or not, all exercises are NOT created equal.
Programming Predicaments
When designing programs, don’t follow any blind allegiance to a certain template.
Programming Predicaments (Part 2)
For those training without a competition planned, are you making the best use of intelligent programming?
Programming Predicaments
Are you trying so hard to categorize your training under a marketed label that it is no longer optimal for your strength needs?
Training with Purpose: Hard Work, Smart Work, or Both?
Which are you: raging bull or exercise scientist?
Kentucky Strong: Three Common Strongman Programming Mistakes
Try these simple adjustments to drive your progress forward.
Ruck & Maul: In Season, Gym Based Programming
Do not just blindly follow this training template with your teams, but experiment with elements of it and come up with what works best in your own environment.
Learn to Train 7 Roundtable (Part 3): John Meadows
Team elitefts Learn to Train 7 roundtable panelist John Meadows talks about changes in programming and fasted state cardio.
Developmental Strength: Modifications & Some Choices
Every client has the right to an effective program. It’s all about applying accommodating, modifying, and offering support.
Training with Purpose: Possible, Useful, Appropriate
By examining your training and categorizing your movements, you can prioritize to achieve results.
Coach G: What Is Your Philosophy?
Selling your program to the various sport coaches and administrators is one of the biggest tests you will face as a strength coach.
American Football Physical Preparation Manual: Interview with Coach X
Ryan Williams Interviews Elitefts.com™ Coach Buddy Morris on their new ebook.
Ruck & Maul: Specific Training for Rugby Props & Football Down L...
To achieve this impressive physical resume requires one of the highest work ethics in a team and a resilience and tenacity to pursue strength and power goals like no other member of a rugby squad.
Training Logs: Do More Than Just Track
Remember in math class when your teacher told you to show your work? Well, you need to do it again.
Musings of a Strength Coach, Part II
If you are a strength and conditioning coach, or looking to break into the industry, it’s time you think about these relevant points.
Training with Purpose: Training Isn't Religion or Politics
Shutting out information simply because it doesn’t come from a narrow scope of influences that appeal will limit long-term progress.
Training with Purpose: Modifications and Variation in Training
You’re only limited by as much information and ability as you have to logically modify your programming.
In-Season Vs. Off-Season Considerations and Programming for Rugby
An in-depth look at how one strength and conditioning coach sees the training world.
Training for "Hard-Court" Success
Basketball is a sport that presents the strength and conditioning coach with some daunting challenges.
Kentucky Strong: Three Little Things That May Make You a Better Lifter
Are you falling victim to one of these three common lifting mistakes?
Training with Purpose
One Size Does Not Fit All, Pt. 1: Programming and Qualification in Powerlifting
Four Tips from a High School Strength Coach
Working with high school athletes presents the strength and conditioning professional with a unique set of challenges.
LTT3 Lost Footage: Dave Tate
You can read a set of encyclopedias and not remember a thing or read just one insightful paragraph that changes your life. Same thing with video!
Kentucky Strong: The Circus Dumbbell: Technique & Programming
It’s an event that can bring even the strongest of men to their knees. However, this program might be all you need to get the better of it.
The Cube Method: Yeah or Nay?
Jennifer Petrosino takes an outside look at this four-day block rotation program.
Training Economy: More than Lifting
If you are hurting for both time and equipment, learning to adapt and make the most of your training program is paramount.
From Dust Mode to Something Like Block Periodization
This program mash-up got Ryan Williams out of his training rut. What can it do for you?
If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Somewhere in the Middle of the “Curve”
It’s time for New Years resolutions. What will your goals be, and where will they lie on the curve?
How Do Bodybuilders REALLY Eat and Train?
Each athlete is different, but there are several aspects that most competitive bodybuilders agree upon when it comes to diet and training practices.
With Great Programming Comes Great Progress
Many factors can influence your progress. Josh McMillan points out a few aspects that are key to making strength gains.
Developing Your Own Training Philosophy
To be a great lifter, you must be willing to find out what works for you in a program and what doesn’t. And you must be willing to devote the time to doing so.
Q&A with Jeremy Frey
From powerlifting and programming to strength coaching advice, Jeremy Frey has the answers.
Under the Bar: Four Ways to Tell if Your Coach has a Clue
The basics of training are scientific and finite. Does your coach or trainer actually know the facts?
