Here’s the simple plan with a four-day-a-week training split of upper and lower body. Each session has four exercises that’ll take an hour to complete.
Exercises or food you ranked high at some point may not be serving you anymore? It’s time to reevaluate what you lift and put in your mouth.
Missy Truscott is an IFBB Fitness Pro who’ll return to the Olympia stage in less than 150 days!
Dr. Mike Israetel of Renaissance Periodization is a Ph.D. in Sport Physiology and a professor at Lehman College
Are you too easy or too hard on yourself? Are you loving or hateful? How do those around you influence these conversations?
Physical prep will take your athletes only so far. Here’s a 3-check process to increase participation, inspiration, and safety.
I ask four colleges for more information to help parents and high school lifters how to be better prepared to earn a scholarship or a powerlifting club invitation.
Naomi and Tom Sheppard join Dave Tate’s Table Talk Podcast as guests in the 128th episode.
You likely see it every day in the gym and just think of it as a safety feature for your training. You’re not entirely wrong but USE it!
Let’s look at three of the biggest mistakes—extended caloric restriction, adding too much cardio, and workout selection.
Paul Oneid is a coach and the owner of Master Athletic Performance and Coaches Corner University’s co-founder.
Greg is the Head of Content at Stronger By Science and co-owner of MASS.
Dropping from the 320s to the 250s and competing as a 308 to a 242, I was forced to switch up my training split. Here’s the split!
To optimize training for an individual, let’s consider psychology, personality, and the relationship between exercise and the brain.
Ditch the boring “three sets of eight to ten reps of rehab movement,” to break the mold and bridge the gap between training and rehab.
JM Blakley is widely known for being the namesake of the JM Press and
breaking numerous bench press world records.
The art of bro lifting has infiltrated the ranks of strength coaching like never before. What in the world are we teaching these kids?
The U.S. soldier is an athlete that requires strong muscles, bones, and connective tissue to prevent injury.
The biggest mistake I see among lifters is rushing into advanced training too soon. Let’s back up for a minute.
Tired of inputting your nutrition information into an app to count your total macros and calories? Give this method a shot.
Swede Burns, the creator of the 5thSet methodology and owner of Keyhole Barbell, is a lifter and coach with over 20 years of experience.
Here are my ideas for a rotating weekly plan that I’ve been trialing this month with my exact exercises and training loads. I’m sore!
In this 123rd episode of Dave Tate’s Table Talk, Dave answers YOUR questions that you asked on his recent Instagram post.
You are a badass, meat-eating dude who likes steak; hence, you eat a 12-ounce all at once. If you can only use 30 grams, where do the other 50 grams go?
Why are we only prescribing duration for conditioning and not for exercises? After all, sport is timed by duration.
In 2016, Boris Sheiko met Louie Simmons for the first time. Here’s how they spent their time together and what they talked about.
Dave Hoff holds the all-time highest powerlifting total—dominating multi-ply for over a decade, and was featured in Westside vs The World!
It all began with Bryan buying a used monolift from elitefts. One thing led to another and nearing ten years, he’s still on the team as an athlete.
When you get to the point that you know what works and what doesn’t, or you are limited by injuries, the rules need to change.
The greatest powerlifter of all time has learned a thing or two about how to be the best in the world. He approaches life the same way.
Numerous studies have been conducted to determine the effects of resisted sprinting methods on sprint speed. Here they are.
Matt Wenning is a three-time world champion powerlifter. Today we’ll learn more about his warm-up, time at Westside, and how he programs for a variety of special populations.
This program is a combination and rewrite of a five-day cycle I followed for ten weeks (two-and-a-half blocks) after a tear in my erector and some serious knee pain.
Will the use of social media help you land your next strength and conditioning job? Doubtful.
In this 120th podcast episode of Dave Tate’s Table Talk, Dr. Ken Kinakin and Dr. Eric Serrano take a seat. BIG NEWS release!
Volunteering under a local public school district’s strength and conditioning coach, here are five things to know as you pursue this job track.
Ask any coach, power is a prioritized physical quality for athletes. How do we develop power? Variable Resistance Training (VRT).
Learn how the 20-year-old version of Doug met Louie Simmons and his lifting career blasted off the ground in this podcast episode!
A simple and practical solution for those on tight schedules. With this setup, add hundreds of pounds to your total.
The deadlift creates more fatigue and takes longer to recover from. Right? Well, research shows this isn’t as cut and dry as suspected.
Powerlifting is a small and fleeting part of Jo’s existence. Although one of his top priorities, the joy of life is family. Learn more!
A pitcher doesn’t need to be able to sprint as far as an outfielder, but the acceleration for a pitcher is in high demand.
Talk to any strength coach or trainer, and in some way, they have been influenced by Louie Simmons. Here are 7 ways he influenced me.
I refuse to be the old crusty guy in the corner complaining, BUT come on now. Why aren’t your kids bending? Long is strong.
In this 117th episode of Dave Tate’s Table Talk Podcast, Joey Szatmary (@Szatstrength ) takes a seat. Joey is the gym owner of The Lions Den in Colmar, Pennsylvania. He attended Albright College and played collegiate lacrosse. Joey’s most notable athletic feat as a poly-athlete is earning the 2019 United States Strongman (USS) Heavyweight National Champion title.
Ever find that stress on one adaptation will have too many drawbacks on all the other adaptations you want your athletes to maintain?
In this #116 episode of Dave Tate’s Table Talk Podcast, Dave invites three new elitefts athletes to the table. Meet Haley Hill, Jaden Lacaria, and Adam Zavchik!
Use the omni-contraction method and the different contractions (concentric, eccentric, and isometric) to improve your powerlifting total.
In episode 115 of Dave Tate’s Table Talk, Dave opens the flood gates to answer YOUR questions that you asked on his Instagram page.
Bigger players often suffer from a lack of condition—they need size to execute their skill set yet run the risk of overuse-related injuries.
Try backing off if you aren’t improving and feel like you’re pushing as hard as possible. You may be surprised by the outcome.
Learning from Louie Simmons, Ed Coan, Stan Efferding, Stuart McGill, and more, this is my training philosophy to guide my programming.
In 4 weeks, relieve tired muscles, add muscle or lose fat, and reenergize your CNS for the next cycle with this hypertrophy block.
JL Holdsworth and Douglas Heel join Dave to discuss their travels and share ideas on healing and performance in serving diverse populations.
Neck training is essential in all sports where the head undergoes direct or indirect pressures and shocks. Here’s the blueprint for a stronger neck.
Listen as Dave, Darryl, and Bret go down memory lane, and share stories and training gems they learned from John Meadows.
