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The Best of 2020
The best-of-the-best content from 2020 all in one spot. Read our top articles, programs, and coaching logs! Watch our most-viewed YouTube videos! Check out our most popular products!
Juji Trains at His "Favorite Gym on The Planet"
Jon "Jujimufu" Call recently trained at the elitefts S5 Compound with elitefts CEO and co-founder Dave Tate. To see his head-to-toe workout and an exclusive look at the S5 Compound, read on!
Outlast the Fitness Industry Copycat, Critic, and Cutter
The only way to REALLY keep your clients away from the snake oil is to teach them about it, but you’ve got to do a couple of things before you have their trust and attention…
WATCH: Table Talk Compilation Series — JL Holdsworth
Stories of Westside, vomit, blood, cysts, spine health, circa max training, pizza, and more…
WATCH: Table Talk — Problems with Gear and the Qualities of Great Power...
Joining Dave for another video, Maliek discusses the challenges faced by lifters who attempt to compete both raw and in gear.
WATCH: Off Topic with Dave Tate and Jim Wendler — Near Death Experience
Being able to say no changes everything.
WATCH: Best Secondary Movement for the Squat
This week Dave answers the question: If you could only pick one exercise as a secondary movement for squats, what would it be and why?
WATCH: Reno Hardcore with Guest Chris Duffin
Kabuki, mental aspects of training, masculinity, geared vs. raw lifting, RPE — it’s all here in this video with two all-time great powerlifters.
WATCH: Dumbbell Rows vs Barbell Rows for Back Development
These two back exercises are a staple of every bodybuilder’s program but there are many ways to screw them up. Are you performing them correctly?
Three Powerlifting Fads That Are Hurting Your Total
Training isn’t meant to be flashy — it’s meant to be effective. Resist the temptation of these “hip” techniques and stay on track to bigger PRs on meet day.
Reno Hardcore: YouTube Episode No. 1 with Chad Aichs and Jesse Anderson
"I put my time in..but I still LOVE powerlifting. It's something I'm going to do for the rest of my life."
WATCH: Dan Green and Dave Tate Discuss Powerlifting Training
From beginner to immediate to advanced, your methods must progress and become specific to your needs.
WATCH: Table Talk — The Worst Beginner Mistake
This mistake is really, really simple, even if no one wants to take ownership of it.
WATCH: Table Talk — Jim Wendler Travel Stories and 7 Quick Questions
The seminar era produced stories about cabs and airports and churches and bomb shelters. This is one of my favorites.
WATCH: How to Coach Yourself
Your training partners and coaches aren’t always going to be there. When they’re not around, what will you do?
YouTube Olympics vs Peaking for Competition
A lot of lifters show huge discrepancies between their strength in training videos and their performance in competition. If you design your program correctly, your best lifts will happen where it counts: on the platform.
WATCH: Table Talk — How to Stay Disciplined When Training Stops Being Fun
You can love training more than anything else in your life but that doesn’t mean it’s always going to be fun. What will you do when training becomes the most difficult part of your day?
WATCH: Clint Darden Shares Weight Gain Secrets
Gaining weight is comfortable. Said no one ever. These methods will have you sweating, grasping for air, and searching of the nearest sink and fan.
WATCH: 1,000 Videos and Growing — The elitefts YouTube Channel
As our content department continues to grow and deliver industry-leading material, stay up-to-date on all of our multimedia productions.
Ask DeFranco's Gym: Is It Advantageous to Borrow Bodybuilding Metho...
DeFranco urges you to toss the old-school mentality.
WATCH: SuperTraining, Mark Bell Visit CT Fletcher
The man of a million insults and vulgar catchphrases trains and talk with the SuperTraining crew.
WATCH: 14 weeks Out of Masters Nationals with Justin Harris
Watch back and bicep training footage of Justin as he preps for his first show since 2007.
Ask Defranco's Gym: How to Get Huge Pecs
Defranco changes his views on incorporating pec flyes into training and demonstrates form.
The Difference Between Olympic and ATG Squats
Do these both have value and do Olympic lifters even care?
Clint Darden: Questions in the Compound, Part 2
If you do not love something, you are probably are not going to be good at it.
The Angry Coach: Open Letter
Put down the shitty bodybuilding magazines, get off the fancy internet articles and videos, and take my advice.
How Powerlifters Rearrange Furniture: Candid Footage Captured at the Com...
I have a feeling Martha Stewart and her interior design team would be proud.