RESULTS: How Well Do You Know Team elitefts?
We try to avoid cliches, but in this case, there's no way around them. These are faces only a mother could love.
WATCH: Getting the Most Out of Rest-Pause and Isometric Training
These two intensification methods are often used, but are you getting the most out of them?
An Open Message To All Competitors And Coaches
Recognize your role, accept your responsibilities, and quit making excuses to hide your flaws.
Conquering the Elite Total at WPC Worlds
With several years under his belt, the biggest meet of Schillero's career earned him a highly-coveted powerlifting honor.
WATCH: Bench Press and The Seven Granddaddy Laws
The first of six segments from the Destination Dallas seminar, the fundamental principles in this video will guide your training.
Team Report: Relentless Detroit 2014
In an event designed to foster hope, three members of elitefts use their talents for more than PRs.
Andy Deck Battles Hard for Maryland's Strongest Man
At this competitive Mid-Atlantic strongman slugfest, it was a battle for top placing.
4 Simple Ways to Increase Volume
Use these special techniques to boost your volume without crushing your recovery.
Beyond the Point of Adaptation for Youth Sports
Do you really need to train your youth athletes like Bulgarian weightlifters?
WATCH: Brian Schwab Becomes 165-Pound Single-Ply WPC World Champion
Schwab tackles the challenge of international competition and brings home a world championship win.
Training the Mind-Muscle Connection
Get those stubborn muscles flexing with this neuromuscular innervation protocol.
Duffin's 3-Step Fix for Amit's World Record Squat
With only three weeks to GPA Worlds, IFBB Pro Amit Sapir seeks out another world record holder to mend a glaring hole in his technique.
Deconstructing the Deadlift
It took me over 30 years, 80,000 deadlifts, teaching and watching thousands of lifters and learning from the "best of the best" to give you the information presented in this article.
Four-Year Model for High School Athletes
Guide your student athletes through the proper phases of preparation, acclamation, realization, and proficiency to bring home a championship.
WATCH: Three Keys to Strength
When you're dealing with serious challenges, having these three factors in place is even more crucial.
Losing, Failing and Quitting
Choosing how you view the outcome, will determine if you advance in your goals.
Basic Guidelines for Injury-Free Progress
Those extra 15 sets of leg extensions are fun, but do they help you?
Is the CPAP the Ultimate Performance Enhancer?
Truth be told, we can never be sure if the program we are on will give us the best possible result, as each program has a different efficacy for different individuals.
WATCH: Gathering at the Compound
Guests from Northeast Ohio and Indiana join the S4 Crew for a weekend of training.
What’s the Big Deal About a PR, Anyway?
Recently, I was talking to a friend at the gym, and I heard “I want to end on a good note.” What the f*ck does that mean—end on a good note? Shouldn’t all training sessions end on a good note?
Andy Deck Runner Up At Maryland's Strongest Man
Andy Deck takes second place at Maryland's Strongest Man Contest.
Don't Blink
In addition to winning local bodybuilding shows, Skip holds the Rocky Mountain staring contest title.
Handling the Missed Lift
We all do it. We miss a lift and then look around at our training partners. Sometimes you speak up immediately and sometimes they have first say.
Does Overtraining Cause Injuries?
All sport injuries have a basic cause. Understand the risks and program around them.
The Ins and Outs of Knee Wraps
Team elitefts shares tips and tricks to get the most out of knee reinforcement.
Why Box Squat?
You don't build a competitive resume without knowing a few things about box squatting.
Inside the Mind of One of the Top Gym Owners in the Country
In California by way of Scotland, Alwyn Cosgrove is changing the personal training business one rep at a time.
The Demon of Discouragement
Stepping back and looking over the years of your career, the reasons for your steady progress become apparent.
The Team elitefts Original Soundtrack
What does it take to crank your training intensity? Team elitefts goes all Siskel & Ebert on that.
The Difference Between Olympic and ATG Squats
Do these both have value and do Olympic lifters even care?
To Inflame or Not to Inflame: Is Arachidonic Acid the Answer?
We examine the data to determine if ARA is a quick n ' easy way to gain muscle mass.
Coaches Should Ditch These Nonsense Training Beliefs
Being a coach requires more than just body-slamming fans who storm the field.
Nootropics: Smart Drugs for the Dumb Meathead
While performance enhancers garner a great deal of media scrutiny, compounds that increase cognitive ability often go unappreciated.
From Skinny Man to Strongman with These Deadlift Technique Hacks
So you think you can redeem your deadlift?
Why Kai Didn't Win (and Why It Doesn't Matter)
In a sport that has gone from high school stages to large Vegas venues, winning the Mr. Olympia has become much more than just having the biggest and best conditioned physique on stage.
Small Business Strategies and Tactics
Learn everything you need to know about business from Donald Trump, Tony Soprano, and David Allen.
The Repercussions of Psychological Abuse in Sports
Helping boys become young men does not require verbal brutality.
How Not to Behave and Why
Avoid these career-crushing errors that most strength coaches inadvertently commit.
Power Training for Team Sports
Effective training programs to use on your team during the competitive season.
5 Necessary Attributes of Pro Potential
Maybe winning the Mr. Pontiac Michigan is as far as you'll be able to take it.
The FatBusters Analyze Dietary Trends
When there's something weird hangin' in your fridge, who you gonna call? FatBusters. When you hit an ab shot and it don't look good, who you gonna call? FatBusters. I ain't afraid of no carbs.
Misconceptions About Lactic Acid
Three more reps…yeah, three more. That’s it! Feel the burn. FEEL THAT BURN!
Setting Up Westside for the Raw Lifter
With a program based on adapting to your weaknesses and strengths, this article explains how to customize your training for raw lifters.
Arachidonic Acid Trip
To inflame or not to inflame – that is the question. Whether ‘tis more anabolic in the body to suffer the sets and reps of outrageous volume or to take rest against a sea of sessions and, by opposing, end them?
Do You Have The Truman Factor?
Little known fact: despite those whole "atomic bomb incidents," Truman deadlifted sumo.
Everyone's an Athlete
Referred to as a hybrid gym, Brian Saunders opens 11athletics to offer the best equipment and environment for any strength enthusiast.
WATCH: How Schwab Developed His Training Philosophy
The Minimalist Method: Keep what is useful, discard that which is not.
WATCH: Schwab's Secrets to Two Decades at the Top
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge an injury.