Why Use Sled Towing in Training?
Whether you want to work your hamstrings or your quadriceps, the attachment point of the sled is critical.
Calories Redux (Bulking and Cutting for the Natural Athlete)
Think you have to gain mass before you can add lean muscle? Think again.
Strength and Conditioning for Rugby: Must Haves
After recently being let go by the Australian Rugby Union, I've had time to contemplate what is important in rugby strength and conditioning—basically the "must haves" rather than the "nice to haves."
People Do What Works
It's often a challenge to train an unmotivated client or a client with special needs. However, if you can apply some basic behavioral fundamentals, you can be empowered to take control of your training sessions and help your client reach his/her goals.
Power on Ice: Training Routines of the World’s Best Bobsled and Skeleton...
These guys and gals are jacked. They are serious about their training and every bit as strong and fast as they look… and then some.
Develop Speed with the Tear Regime
With this method, speed won't only be admired and pursued...it will be attained.
5/3/1 and 40
A training program is not "one size fits all." As Jesse Rosenberger discovered, you will have your own keepers, mistakes, preferences, and throwbacks.
Six New Uses for the Prowler®
If you are like most, you have a Love-Hate relationship with the Prowler®. However, if you are only using it to work up a case of the Prowler® flu, you are missing out on these other great uses. (Plus, you may even get to keep your breakfast).
Training for Fitness Versus Training for Performance
Time serves as the main tenet behind goal setting and management. Time is also what separates the training of two qualities that are misinterpreted by fitness professionals and clients alike.
Shifting Paradigm: Strength/Power/Speed
Strength, power, and speed are all interesting concepts on their own, and each has its place in a strength and conditioning program.
Setting Up a Strongman Program
Setting up a strongman program is no different than any other type of program.
Strengthening Your Core (Values)
With many great things, the precise point of origin is not always obvious.
Meathead Inc. – Prowler® Parenting
After about a half-hour of this sheer craziness, we all found ourselves laying on the front lawn of our new house laughing and talking while attempting to catch our breath.
How to Use the Sled for Virtually Everything
How many of you in the “elitefts™ family” have a sled, Prowler®, or homemade version of one of these?
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.
The Secret to Increasing Strength & Conditioning
Are you stuck and can’t seem to find a way to break though to the next level? Read on…
Lessons from My Father
This article is about the things I learned from my father growing up and how they’ve impacted my fitness.
Surviving Smolov
From August to October of 2011, I did the Smolov squat routine for no reason other than I just wanted to.
Programming Step by Step
I hope this article gets everyone thinking in very simple terms and approaching programming your training with this step by step approach.
10 Strongman Ways to Irritate Your Neighbors...Guaranteed
After reviewing this list, I realize how devious I’ve become in my old age.
Four Pre-Season Football Conditioning Drills with the Prowler
Are your football conditioning drills getting you into game shape or simply sprint shape?
Cardio for Meatheads
When it comes to cardiovascular exercise, many gym goers either flat out don’t care or they toss in a lackadaisical 30-minute session on the elliptical following their weight work.
Real World Testing for Football Players: It Isn't Just a Numbers Game
Players spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours each year preparing for combines at all levels.
Partial Lifts, Sleds, and Concentric-Only Lifts for Super Football Stren...
If there’s one area where most football players really drop the ball, it’s in-season strength training.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Football Strength Training Programs
Just as all great football teams have common traits (good defense, team work, great coaching), all football strength programs share common qualities that set them apart from the pack.
Seven Steps for Building the Perfect High School Lineman
Here are the seven steps for building the perfect high school lineman.
Limited Edition Military Prowlers Benefit Wounded Warrior Project
The Prowler is a great tool that can dramatically improve your athlete’s conditioning levels – just make sure you’re thinking critically about the ways you’re implementing it into their training programs and the results will speak for themselves.
Six Lateral Strength Exercises for Crazy Football Speed
Here are six lateral strength exercises you can use in your training program to ensure that you’re building real world game speed.
Top 10 Football Training Tools for Under $75
When it comes to football strength training, I’m a simple man.
Beast Reality Volume 1, Issue 2: APA 2010 New England Winter Iron Bash a...
Do you ever have those surreal moments in life? They seem to occur more frequently as I grow older.
Shove it! Top Pushing Moves
Whether you’re a professional MMA athlete or an “everyday population” client, make sure you include effective, functional pushing exercises into your workouts.
Ten Prowler Variations
We have come to love but also hate the Prowler, but none of us can deny the benefits of this equipment in terms of building strength, endurance, speed, and also mental toughness in our athletes.
“Fab Five Finishers” for MMA Conditioning
If you’ve ever witnessed or participated in a metabolic circuit designed for combat athletes, you’ve seen hard core.
Five Football Conditioning Workouts for Offensive and Defensive Linemen
There are still way too many football teams that base their entire conditioning program around jogging or jogging-related running.
Slosh Sled Dragging: Advanced Chaotic Sled Dragging
Don’t be fooled, this is highly metabolic and will jack up your heart rate very quickly.
Treadmill Pushing: The Solution to the Prowler-less Gym
Keir discusses treadmill pushing and how it offers the same benefits as sled pushing (albeit in varying degrees) but with a number of additional advantages.
The Prowler Flu: There's No Vaccination
It’s amazing, these guys can lift things as heavy as nine of me put together…but they stand no chance against the prowler.
SPP and the High School Athlete
Each year, schools and parents spend thousands of dollars to send children to the top sports camps, coaches, and programs. However, there isn’t any camp or coach that can replace the athlete’s own strength.
Practical Applied Stress Training (P.A.S.T) For Tactical Athletes
In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in how the tactical community – for example SWAT teams, special operations military and others – approaches it’s PT training designed to better prepare them for the job.
Prowler & Kettlebell Conditioning
Working the prowler is downright brutal for conditioning and VERY applicable for combative athletes.
Prowler Tricep Extensions
To set this up, we attached a sled strap to the Prowler and then attached the blast straps (see picture).
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