What’s Missing in Box Programming
At the end of the day, 99.9% of people who show up at a box do not want to increase their snatch or compete at the games. Here’s a better way to help them.
Intent Is Everything: Does Your Training Have a Purpose?
Working hard without intent is wasted energy, and what’s the use in that?
The Nebobarbell Knee Wrap Method
Our way of wrapping knees has evolved over time and it is now required that every lifter in Nebobarbell know how to wrap knees the proper way.
Dynamic Effort and Practical Application to Football Sports Performance
In layman’s terms, dynamic effort can be described as fast, explosive movement. This seems simple, but many people get lost between “fast and explosive” and “movement.”
The 2018 Special Olympic Nationals with CJ Piantieri
I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud of CJ. He may not fully understand what he’s overcome, but I do.
Skinny and Weak? Here Are the Top 5 Things You’re Doing Wrong
I’ve made a career out of helping genetically average dudes pack on lean muscle and strength, and combat the dreaded “skinny fat” look. After working with so many guys who face similar frustrations, I was able to narrow down this list down to five mistakes.
So You Want to Be A Collegiate Strength Coach: Untold Truths of the Job
Here are some rarely discussed things to keep in mind when asking yourself if you really want to become a collegiate strength and conditioning coach.
WATCH: Equipment Feature with Mike Bartos — PR Platform
You can use this platform for standard deadlifting or utilize its numerous positions and setups for band, reverse band, rack pull, and stacked band training.
Training, Therapy, and Coaching at Rekovery Athletics
Owned and operated by Ken Nowicki, this facility services its members with the highest level of soft tissue, neuromuscular, and fascial stretch therapy available, through an individually-tailored injury assessment and treatment process.
No Man Is an Island: Recognizing Those Who Have Inspired Me
No one ever gets anywhere alone. These are the people that have supported me and paved the road to where I am today.
WATCH: Dedication to Powerlifting Federations
Should you spend your powerlifting career competing only with one organization, or go wherever you feel like for each meet?
Specialized Band Rotation with Dr. Eric Serrano
Muscles never work in complete isolation, especially during competition, which makes this specialized band rotation a great way to minimize risk of injury and improve performance.
WATCH: Menstrual Cycle Myths
An extreme lack of knowledge on women’s health issues has led to many fallacies that need to be corrected. Here’s the truth about several common misconceptions.
How to Heal Any Injury Overnight: Safely and Effectively Training the In...
Day by day, week by week, here is how you can deal with the quickly-changing and very challenging aspects of getting over an injury.
3 Critical Deadlift Lessons Most Lifters Never Learn
The game of powerlifting is and always will be a choice of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. These lessons challenge us in many ways, not least of which is the challenge to our ego. Will you follow them?
My Five Essential Supplements
From a health standpoint, these are the supplements I find most valuable. There are also three others that I believe make a world of difference if you train for elite performance.
6 Lessons of a Fired Strength Coach
Last week I went into a meeting with my direct supervisor and came out jobless. Here are the things I’ve learned and the mistakes I’ve made that led me to this point.
The Three Disciplines of Getting Stronger
How do you continue to progress as a lifter when life gets tougher, progress is slower, and motivation is lacking?
WATCH: Welcome to the Pit — Dave Tate Coaches the RDL
One of the most common squat issues is weakness in the hamstrings. This exercise is one of many that can help solve the problem.
Getting the Most Out of Your Extra Workouts: Rules to Follow and Types o...
If you are looking to move up the ranks then extra workouts are the way to add extra volume, bring up weak muscle groups, and improve your general physical preparedness, mobility, flexibility, and body composition.
The Top 5 Accessory Lifts to Improve Your Strongman Press
You will have weak points on events, and not focusing on bringing them up will leave you in the dust. The big pressers always have monster triceps, just as they do in powerlifting, so that’s what we need to work on with these movements.
Stop Doing That, Start Doing This: Shoulder Warm-Up Education
Let’s go over three shoulder pre-training movements that you are probably doing that you shouldn’t be, then let’s give you some better alternatives.
United States Strongman Nationals 2018: 9th Time’s the Charm
I’ve competed at nine different national championships across four different weight classes and three different divisions, including both amateur and pro — but I’ve never won. Until now.
Founder, Farmer, Tinker, Thief: The Four Phases of Fitness Entrepreneurs...
As a business owner, the path from Founder to Thief is the path to self-actualization.
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Injuries and Trying to Stay at the To...
Has Dan Green’s peak in powerlifting come and gone?
Championship Nature Series: Coming Back
What each athlete must remember is that it’s not the mistake that defines you as an athlete; it’s how you respond to the mistake that defines you.
WATCH: Jeremy Frey's 2018 elitefts Sport Performance Summit — Conve...
To be used as a standalone exercise or as a way to build the weightlifting clean from the floor, the conventional deadlift is one of the most important training movements for your athletes to learn.
The Coach's Guide to Programming and Periodization: Residual Effect...
This fourth article helps set us up to be able to put together our macrocycles, mesocycles, and microcycles.
Steve Scialpi's Sumo Deadlift Program
I ran this in ’94 and got about 100 pounds in three cycles, but I caution any of you who try this to put the squat and bench on maintenance, because the volume is brutal.
My Simple and Effective Approach to Conjugate Training: Bending It to Yo...
The ability to read yourself and what you need can take years to master, but you will never master it if you don’t start experimenting.
Are Energy Drinks Bad for You?
Stimulants, sweeteners, and dyes are common ingredients in these drinks. Are they safe to consume?
A New Team
Here I am at my age, in a new town, in a new gym, with new people, starting all over from scratch.
Building A Summer Training Philosophy
These are the five ingredients you need to put together the summer plans for your athletes: core exercises and runs, team goals, position plans, individual goals, and correct grouping.
Newcomer Conjugate Method Lessons
From the early stages of my time with the conjugate method, here are the biggest benefits I’ve found.
Training, Open-Heart Surgery, and the Rehabilitation Process
While I wait for my new heart, CT Fletcher’s updates and posts about his recent heart transplant have me thinking about the recovery process.
The Power of Bodyweight Training
Resistance is resistance, no matter from which source it comes. When you do a push-up, your body doesn’t just go, “What, he’s doing a push-up? Nah, I ain’t growing.”
WATCH: How to Be a Healthier Competitor
If you think you can push your body to the extremes of its capabilities and not suffer consequences, you're wrong.
WATCH: Jeremy Frey's 2018 elitefts Sport Performance Summit — RDL T...
Range of motion should be limited by the hamstrings for this exercise, which means the bottom position may vary between athletes. That's not a problem if they follow these rules.
Find the Perfect Squat in Five Minutes
There is no squat stance that suits everyone; all of us are individuals with different conditions, and our personal anatomy can differentiate more than you can imagine. Here's a simple way to find your ideal stance.
Reflexive Performance Reset: An Athlete-Based Model
The practitioner-based model is an overworked, overburdened system that leads to scarcity problems and a largely insufficient amount of time spent serving those in need of the services. RPR overcomes every downfall of this model.
WATCH: Blast from the Past — Dave Tate's 2010 Body Transformation Tip
What does it take to completely transform your training, lifestyle, and eating habits after years of the same goal?
WATCH: Welcome to the Pit — Dave Tate Coaches the Squat
During a recent visit to Akron, Ohio Dave spent some time teaching proper squat technique to the owners and members of Welcome to the PIt.
Milestones National Autism Conference — Presenting Men’s Aspirations
Rather than attending another highly acclaimed conference centered on helping individuals with autism, it was time to present at one.
A Strength and Conditioning Program for Youth Figure Skating
This program is used for athletes ranging in age from 10 to 14 years and is based on specific goals in the primer, strength, conditioning, prehabilitation, and regeneration phases.
3 Non-Traditional Movements to Overcome Weakness in the Overhead Press
Weaknesses in rack position, leg drive, or the lower back will severely hold back your overhead press strength. Here are solutions to each of those problems.
To Swab or Not to Swab: Genetic Testing and Performance
We all share about 99.9% of the same genes. It's only 0.1% that makes us unique, but that 0.1% can make a big difference in your physique and performance.
WATCH: The Three Best Recovery Tools
It doesn't matter how hard you train if you don't recover. Clint has used a lot of different tools to help with recovery, and these are the ones he relies on most often.
Assisting Assistance Work
I’ve heard before that a program rarely fails due to assistance work, but I disagree. This is the work that carries over to our main and supplemental movements, builds muscle, creates balance, and promotes integrity throughout the entire body.
WATCH: Road Trip Rants — Explosive vs. Strong, Trendy Hashtags, and Dave...
At some point Dave will make it to his destination, but until then, he's got a few more questions to answer.
A Training Cycle Alternative for Group Athletes
Linear periodization has its place, and I've used it with varying levels of success, but overall there are simply too many drawbacks when used for group programming. Here's what I use instead.
WATCH: Jeremy Frey's 2018 elitefts Sport Performance Summit — Bench...
There's more to it than lying down and busting out reps. Focus on these points for stronger and more injury-resistant athletes.
A Message to Young Trainees: Pump Down the Volume
The garage gym is getting a lot of use as of late, I am happy to say. It is frequently rumbling with young athletes who remind me of an important fact of the early training years.
My Simple and Effective Approach to Conjugate Training
There are definitely a few programs I have used with success in my lifting career and some that I will still recommend to lifters today, but conjugate is my favorite. It is the one I try to progress all my lifters to.
WATCH: 30-Minute Shoulder-Blasting Workout
Josh Bryant's third workout designed for maximum effectiveness and efficiency focuses on the shoulders and can be performed in any gym.
The 14-Day Program: An Interview with John Bott
What did your training look like before you began this training? Give us a sample week/template that would be fairly typical of what you did.
