Get Your Grip Back
My first thought is if you aren't already using it, start hook gripping. Painful, yes. Essential in this situation, perhaps.
By the Coach for the Coach: Be a Better Coach
I've been doing a lot of soul searching about what the goals are for this article series.
Sick of Your Gym; Part 4 The Gift
Jim and I have been doing a lot of seminar traveling lately and nothing we have ever done in the past could have prepared us for the "The Gift."
Bench Terminology and Execution for Dummies
Once you learn the motions and the feel, you’ll exceed even your own expectations.
War at the Rack
We know that each and every time we get ready for the gym to train, there is battle on the horizon.
Interview with Vladimir Issurin
What is the history of the block periodization concept, and how has it evolved into what it is today?
Top 10 Ways to Know You Are Huge
Lately, it has occurred to me that too many people are under the impression that they’re huge when they’re clearly not.
Training Principles: The Science Behind Improving Athletic Performance
There are many different schools of thought, each with their own ideas on how to train athletes in order to increase athletic performance. So how does one know which particular program will work for any given athlete?
EFS Classic: Top Five Lifts for Football
If you’re a football coach or a strength coach for football, check this out. It may give you some ideas.
Discipline and Regret
I was first introduced to powerlifting in 1983 by my sixth grade geography teacher, Mr. Spero Tshontikidis. In addition to teaching, Mr. Tshontikidis was a competitive powerlifter in the ADFPA.
Remove the Extensor Block for a Faster Sprint
Just like the most effective bar path in powerlifting is a vertical line, there are optimal directions for movement in sports.
Plyometric Considerations for Young Athletes, Part I
Plyometrics (jump training) is a great tool for improving an athlete’s speed, power, explosiveness, elasticity, eccentric strength, and other aspects of the neuromuscular system such as rhythm, balance, proprioception, movement coordination, and agility.
Plyometric and Strength Program for Provincial Men’s Basketball Team
The following plyometric and strength training program is designed for use during the pre-competition phase
Dad Strength
This is what life is for dads—being able to carry your kids, wife, or whole family through anything.
EFS Classic: You Can’t Handle the Truth
If you’ve been around this industry long enough, you surely heard more lies told and myths espoused than you could ever remember.
The Company You Keep
They say you can tell a lot about a person by the company he keeps. If you associate with positive, motivated, driven people it can only rub off on you and make you more successful in anything you do.
The Need to Train Heavy While Dieting
Build some mental muscle while you conserve your physical muscle and you will be a much better lifter and/or bodybuilder because of it.
They are NOT Angry Birds! (Part 2.1)
We are two different people and his experiences will not be the same as mine; they will be his own. I want SO badly for him to not to go through the things I did, that it’s taken me a long time to see that he won’t.
Manual Labor and Strength and Conditioning: Is There a Connection?
This article is a bit of a ‘shout out’ to my dad for making me do hard manual labor when I was a kid.
Advanced Squat Cycle
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Paul Childress recently and talk about how he sets up his squat cycles before a meet.
The Ten Commandments of Athletic Development
Here are the ten commandments of athletic development as I see it, independent of which training system you’ve chosen to follow.
Applicable Strengths: Our Top Four
My job as a coach is to build the foundation of strength, make them faster, improve the balance of the athletes and increase mobility.
What is Strongman and Why Do You Do it?
I love competition and competing in strongman gives me a focus for my training, goals to strive for, and periodic tests of how I am progressing.
Strength 101: Part II - The Methods of Strength Development
A lifter uses multiple lifting techniques because the body has many different modes of adaptation.
Athletic Bodybuilding: Five Ways to Build a Bigger and Stronger Back
The greatest way to build lean, strong muscle is to train like an athlete.
The Super Secret Secret to Becoming a Great Strength Athlete
In this article, I will unveil the truly hidden secret to becoming a successful strength athlete.
Power Circuits For More Strength, Muscle, and Fat Loss
Whether you’re training for a sport or simply hitting the iron to look ripped and shredded, training with explosiveness is the key!
Why You Need More Power
Power, as it relates to strength and conditioning, is an often misunderstood concept for everyday lifters.
Mistakes Made and Truths about Strength Learned
In my pursuit to become one of the best powerlifters in the world and get everything I could out of my body, I learned enormous amounts of training and strength information.
The Side Press: A Guaranteed Improvement in Strength and Flexibility
Any coach out there has some finite goals they use to measure the levels of strength of an athlete.
Partner Training: A Different Approach to MMA Strength and Conditioning
What’s going on “upstairs” allows you to utilize your physical skills to the best of your ability.
Deloading for Optimal Strength and Speed
When you train hard for a long duration of time, you eventually have to take one step back in order to take two steps forward.
Partners in Strength
If you played sports in high school or college, you know some of the things that make those experiences unforgettable are the roar of the crowd, the blaring of the band, hearing your name announced over the sound system, and the bond between teammates.
Three Really Cool Strength Movements
You probably see a lot of people who look like they’ve never worked out a day in their life.
The Young, Skinny Guy’s Guide to Gaining Mass and Strength
Don’t make the same mistakes I made when I was struggling to leave “young and skinny” territory.
Building Mass and Strength: Part 1
You can’t talk about building mass without talking about diet first.
Core Competencies
Carson discusses the two core competencies—breathing and rolling—that he believes are most important when developing athletes in any discipline.
Fast Track to Speed Development
Trying to improve your speed? Jerry discusses how to do just that and provides some sample workouts.
More Muscular Development Training Bytes
Previously published in MuscleDevelopment.com, Steve and Tom summarize some recent key studies in the world of physical development.
Parallel Bar Dips: Old School Power Builder
A big name in the strength world has written extensively about the importance of increasing triceps strength to improve bench press performance.
Weight Loss and Strength: A 10-Week Experiment with Shelby Starnes and ...
As Jim Wendler would say, get “north of vag” and stay there. Seriously, anybody can do this.
Part One: A Basis for Using the “Full Olympic Lifts” in Training
Lately, I’ve been reading many articles and different points of views pertaining to the Olympic lifts and their use in training athletes
On the Prowl to Figure it Out
When you mention to someone that you’re interested in doing a show, the whole world wants to help and give you advice.
Six Ways to Use Sandbags in Your Football Strength and Conditioning Pro...
Here are six ways to easily implement sandbags into your football strength and conditioning program.
The Mindset Behind a Great Bench Press
What does everyone want? A bigger bench press of course. Let’s face it—people don’t walk up to you and ask, “So what do you curl?” Everyone wants to know how much you can bench. Well, I can bench press a lot, and I’m going to share some tips with you.
