Assuming you have the basics like a straight bar, rack, bench, box, boards, bands, and chains—you have plenty to rub out a successful and safe max effort session. Go team solo!

Contrary to popular belief, it’s not the super-heavy lifts that cause most of the problems when training alone.

If you aren’t training with a group of serious lifters, you’re missing a lot of what you need to get stronger.

There are benefits to having a crew and there are benefits to relying on only yourself. Which are most important for you?

If getting a crew together to train is out of the question, there are things you can do to make training on your own suck a little bit less.

If there’s one thing I learned over the course of the past five years, it’s how to train by myself and be successful.