On-Court Results with APRE Cluster Method
We’ve utilized Mann’s method with great results as written and with a few tweaks — breaking up the fourth set is just what our basketball players needed to bust through their strength plateau.
elitefts Classic: Falling Forward in the Squat
Novice and advanced lifters make this mistake all the time, in the gym and at meets. To fix this, figure out if the problem is mental, physical, or technical.
Training Women: There Is A Difference
Men and women have different needs. Pay attention to these eleven factors when programming for your female clients.
Your Guide to a Mountain Dog Back
This five-principle compilation walks you through the ins and outs of Mountain Dog Back Training.
Are You Getting Enough O2? — Oxygen's Role in Muscle Growth
On the quest for hypertrophy? Take note of these facts before shunning cardio.
WATCH: Table Talk — The Three Biggest Mistakes Intermediate Lifters Make
If you ever want to reach an elite level in this sport, you have to get the rookie mistakes out of the way. These are the most common problems I see in intermediate lifters.
Implementing 5/3/1 Principles in a Conjugated Program
These options can help you combine the best parts of Wendler’s program with your regular routine of max effort and dynamic effort training.
WATCH: Darden Q&A From the Compound — Weightlifting for Strongman, D...
Clint answers your questions: Olympic weightlifting for Strongman performance? Sumo or conventional deadlift stance?
Swede's Diet Strategies
There are simple rules to follow to keep your nutrition 90% perfect, without letting diet control your life. This is how I do it.
'Tis the Season: The Pros and Cons of Being Huge
It’s not all glitz and glamour in the world of gluttony — but there are some perks.
Food Prep Hacks for the Busy Bodybuilder
A little creativity can go a long way when time and sanity are on the brink.
The Four Steps of Establishing Your Program
The success of your program depends on your ability to balance what your head coach wants to do, what you want to do, and what your team really needs.
Are You Pissing Off the Right People?
Do great work and take note of who discourages your success. There are critics to listen to and there are critics to ignore.
Mobility for the Desk Jockey
If you’re anchored to a desk at work, performing these daily exercises will keep your body moving the way it’s supposed to.
The Power Triangle
Proper posture and alignment in these three areas of your body will not only reduce pain and keep you healthy, but will also eliminate the energy leaks that are holding you back from maximal strength.
Virtual Existence: Are You Clark Kent, Pretending to be Superman?
It’s pretty damn easy to disguise yourself behind the anonymity of a keyboard, but the character you create online isn’t the person you get to be in the real world.
The Mental Woes of Breaking in New Gear
The whole process is a mental fuck if you let it be. From poly to canvas, here’s my most recent battle with unanticipated obstacles.
Happy Holidays and Mind Your Own Business
Something else to steal: my views on how to maintain “bodybuilder status” this holiday season. Yeah, I’ve dramatically changed my opinions on the topic in these past couple of years. Take notes.
WATCH: Table Talk — How Can You Become Part of Team elitefts?
There are a lot of strong lifters in the world. That’s not all we’re looking for.
The After Action Review
A vehicle for advancing operational efficiency in sport may render a level of operational improvement commensurate with the aptitude of the organization’s employees abilities and commitments.
WATCH: High Volume Back Training with Dave Tate and John Meadows (Full T...
Training in the S4 Compound means knowing when and how to turn up the intensity. In this back session, Dave and John do exactly that.
Meet Day Mistakes: How to Plan for the Finer Points of Performance
You may be hearing these four tips for the first time or you may need a reminder of things you already know — it doesn’t matter. Whether you’ve done two meets or twenty, avoid these mistakes at all costs.
The Balls to the Walls Paradox
Pull back, be patient, and wait for the right time. There are many times I should have taken this advice.
8 Training Types to Progressively Integrate Social Networks
These training types are rooted in movement that naturally progress the child from private training to play dates with a friend.
Improve Performance on the Field: Individualize, Prioritize, Optimize
Communicating with your athletes and ensuring you have a mutual understanding of goals and systems is vital to improving the physical capabilities of your players.
All Movement Begins in the Brain
No matter the athlete, the ability to move is the most important function to build. Sometimes, it’s best to slow things down.
Rehab and Training: Forward-Thinking Prevention, Retrospective-Thinking ...
You’re always going to be in one of the three phases of training. Your goal is to find a way to stay in Phase One as long as possible while avoiding Phase Three at all costs.
The Pyramids of Giza: A Prowler Challenge
This three-part competitive conditioning challenge will leave you searching for a puke bucket. Can you handle it?
Personal Training Is NOT Easy
To be a successful trainer, it takes more than showing up and looking the part. It takes more than you think.
Three Pounds Heavier: The Holiday Struggle
Minimize the consequences when you enjoy time with your family and eat good food this holiday season. These tips help me every year.
WATCH: Table Talk — Do Your Genetics Suck?
There’s a way to know if your genetics suck — but not until you’ve given 100%. If you don’t spend enough time trying, you’ll never know.
Passive vs Active: Why Your Plank Sucks (Plus Two Tips for Making it Bet...
Do planks feel easy? If so, you're doing them wrong. Here's how to get the most out of this stability and posture-building exercise.
Music As A Performance Enhancer
Could your favorite (or least favorite) songs work as psychophysiological performance enhancers? Let's turn to research for the answer.
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.
Recovery Training: Tedious, Yes, But Simple and Effective
It's taken me a while to grasp just how necessary these blood pumping sessions can be. Ditch the excuses and start doing these today.
Training Through Obstacles and OBB Success at APF Gulf Coast Winter Bash
Life. It's difficult. It always manages to throw you curve balls when you're expecting a straight shot.
How to Cut Weight Without Ruining Your Meet
If you’re going to cut weight, you need to control your body’s response to food and water. Use these reliable methods to make your class without hurting meet day performance.
Who Influences You?
How you learn and who you listen to will determine whether or not you keep growing in this industry.
13 Products for a Mashed-Up Meathead
I've had injuries, joint replacements, and years of pain. These items keep me able to train as I can.
How to Know If You Should Be Using VBT
Determining the time to implement velocity-based training hinges on three characteristics of your program and athletes. Give them what they need, when they need it.
My SWIS 2015 Experience
The best come together for a weekend to educate each other on business, strength training, rehab, and nutrition. My head is still spinning.
5 Tips to Come Down A Weight Class
Aside from lessening my bench stroke, carrying extra bodyfat has really no upside. Consider these five easy steps I took to finally say goodbye to Fatville.
Cheat Day Delusions
You’re going to need to meet a very specific criteria before you can indulge on a day full of crunchy, salty, sweet, rich, and savory taste-bud bliss.
Wenis and Wagina Training: Elbow Position Is Everything
Are you conscious of where you're placing your elbows during presses, rows, flyes, curls, and pullovers?
WATCH: Chris Duffin Interviews All-Time Record Holder Sam Byrd
The rivalry between Duffin and Byrd has pushed both lifters to higher numbers and bigger squats. Hear them talk about their training, history, and competing against one another.
WATCH: Table Talk — Can You Build the Deadlift Without Deadlifting?
A lot of people disagree about how often you should deadlift in the gym, if at all. For 13 years of competing, this is how I trained my deadlift.
The Training of Vince Anello: How He Became the First Man Under 200 Poun...
The five-time IPF World Champion and York Barbell Hall-of-Famer opens up about his life and the methods he used to build his incredible strength, including a 14-week deadlift routine.
10 Items No Gym Should Be Without
If you want your facility to be capable of producing successful strength athletes, you need the right equipment. Here is my must-have list.
Strong(her) Bench Press Progressions for the Novice Female Lifter
Now that we've tackled the squat, let's break down the bench set up and introduce a cue system to use during every set.
WATCH: Managing Knee Pain and Targeting Trigger Points
If you haven't suffered an impact injury, finding the cause of your discomfort will be a complicated challenge. Use these adjustments to help alleviate pain and discover the source of your lower-body aches.
How to Run A Great Strongman Contest
These eight rules of contest promotion are vital to your event's success and your athletes' satisfaction. Do it right and they'll be back next time.
Certification Craze: Profession Flaws and Our Responsibility
If we want to get better, if we want to improve the future of our profession, we need to be honest with ourselves. We need to understand and address the real issues.
Training Beginners: A Different Approach
When new athletes come into your program you don't know their abilities, training history, or technical proficiency. This is a crucial part of your program: preparing your athletes for their sport.
An Alternative Look at Concentrated Loading in the Sport of Powerlifting
This revision and reconsideration of the 'block' misnomer helped me better understand concentrated loading and produced a new way to program each lift.
Building an Iron Empire
Addressing a prominent need in their area of Dover, New Hampshire, Jen and John Rudolf have opened the doors to their world-class training facility.
The Assessment Paradox
When you test your clients, are you using the assessment to improve a fitness quality or simply to make yourself appear knowledgeable?
16 Week Strength Training Program for Ultra-Marathoners
Athletes get banged up over the years through training, especially for high-endurance events. How do you factor in all these variables when programming to keep your clients healthy , competitive, and injury free?
Failure: A Way to Train Your Fortitude
It's only a matter of time before I fail again. I used to cringe at the thought of failing, but not anymore.