Everyone Needs One of These...
I’m sure that if I stay on my PC for a while longer, I could come up with more reasons, but here's what immediately comes to mind...
Under The Bar: Who You Spend Time With
Low-energy people bring you down. High-energy people elevate you.
Antagonistically Facilitated Shock Training
Antagonistically facilitated shock (AFS) training describes a novel manner in which to perform shock training or, as it’s more commonly known, plyometrics.
The Strength & Conditioning Internship: A Simple Guide for Strength ...
As the head strength and conditioning coach, the development of your assistants is a direct reflection of you as a professional.
Rolling Pins: They Aren't Just for Rolling Dough, Part 2
If you read the first article in this series (if not, you need to) and are using the rolling pin or elitefts™ stick to roll the areas of the upper body that the foam roller or PVC pipe can’t address, you're going to love this one.
Fast Tips for Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting has recently emerged as a hot topic, particularly for those seeking an effective tool for reducing or maintaining body fat levels.
Combinatory Training
I find that one of the most overlooked factors by strength coaches is the mental engagement of the trainee.
Dealing with DOMS
Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is characterized by sore muscles stemming from a workout 24 to 72 hours prior.
The Strength & Conditioning Internship: A Simple Guide for Strength ...
Organizing and implementing a quality internship program can enhance the overall goals of your strength and conditioning program, which has limited budgets and resources.
Is it Time to Upgrade Your Squat Rack?
The following squat rack review was submitted by one of our customers and contained so much useful info we felt the need to share it.
The Thinking Beast: The Necessity of Being a Consummate Individual
I won’t focus on only one field because I want to do the best I possibly could in each field.
Modified Rep System: The Perfect Rep for Strength and Muscle
When weightlifting or strength training, athletes tend to just try to get the job done and lift the weight or perform their prescribed number of reps any which way they can.
Using the Snowball Effect
It's February and you probably already quit any New Year's Resolution you set.
Minimal Equipment, Maximal Results—Barbell Training
There’s nothing more functional than training with barbells.
Surviving Smolov
From August to October of 2011, I did the Smolov squat routine for no reason other than I just wanted to.
Things I Learned Vacationing in the Developing World
Man, do I love vacation time. It's the best time of year for resting, recovering, reflecting, and replanning.
Timmy the Trainer: The Clueless Trainer Paradox
Remember, there is more to eliminating the clueless trainer paradox then simply doing what they cannot.
Guide to Implementing and Troubleshooting the Hang Clean
Olympic lifts are one of the most polarizing topics in the sports performance world.
Tunnel Vision
It’s very common to walk into a commercial gym or fitness center and see the most asinine movements being demonstrated without any rational purpose.
The MBA Meathead: Make Yourself Valuable
Today, you compete not only against the peers you see every day, but against computers, freelancers and potential replacements on other continents.
A Few Words About Discipline and Sacrifice
It is this fear of failure that often drives me and far outweighs the pain of discipline and sacrifice.
Back to a Pain-Free Bench
What's more important is bench pressing without messing up your shoulders in the process.
Logic Does Not Apply IV: Exercise for Weight Loss
If exercise does affect fat loss, we could create very simple experiments to determine the amount.
Blood Rayne: Training with Sickle Cell Anemia
How many times have you woken up in the morning with aches and pains after a heavy bench or squat session?
From Plyometric to Reactive Training and Incorporating the Entire Kineti...
With plyometrics, the first thought that comes to mind is probably jumping.
50 Exercises You Should NEVER Do
Have you even wanted to know what exercises you should never do? So did we...
Remove the Extensor Block for a Faster Sprint
Just like the most effective bar path in powerlifting is a vertical line, there are optimal directions for movement in sports.
The Seven Components of Getting Stronger While Training by Yourself
If there's one thing I learned over the course of the past five years, it's how to train by myself and be successful.
Back in the Limelight
Adding some new back exercises into your routine can help you break through plateaus, boost your strength, and give you a welcome change of pace in your training.
How Lil Wayne Screwed Up Pulcinella's Weekend
If you have any similar type stories you can post so Steve won't feel like he is the only one.
Dad Strength
This is what life is for dads—being able to carry your kids, wife, or whole family through anything.
Punched in the Face
The biggest observable energy leak that I deal with on a weekly basis is at the wrist joint.
Dud to Stud: Week 48
My favorite side-effect from adding carbs back in my diet, was the strength increases.
Personal Training 102
Be confident in yourself and the value of your service, but also be a sponge and soak up as many different ideas as you can from different people.
Understanding Forces
As we know, training can be very beneficial to anyone’s fitness or athletic goals, but understanding some of the ways in which these exercises negatively affect the body can aid in decision making in programming as well as make it easier for us as professionals to accommodate athletes and work around certain injuries.
Putting Bands to the “Test”
Over the last twenty years, the focus of strength and conditioning has been on productivity of the lower body, more specifically concentrating on manipulating the squat and bench exercises.
Programming Step by Step
I hope this article gets everyone thinking in very simple terms and approaching programming your training with this step by step approach.
For the Coach From the Coach: Create a Winning Environment in Your Weigh...
To me, the training environment doesn’t change. All the expectations and styles are present and consistent with every team.
EFS Classic: You Can’t Handle the Truth
If you've been around this industry long enough, you surely heard more lies told and myths espoused than you could ever remember.
Tips for the Raw Powerlifter
For raw lifters, the important thing to remember is that you're training for raw strength.
Education and Relentless Self-Experimentation for Trainers
My personal training philosophy is to use any and all available tools that allow me to maintain a strong, flexible, and conditioned body to maximize my health.
Heavy Music for Heavy Lifting
I’ve been asked approximately a thousand times about what kind of music is good for training and what I would recommend.
Newton’s Way of Squatting
If you have been frustrated by recurrent back issues and can no longer perform traditional squats, try one of these methods.
Skin-Splitting Training for Massive Arms
Now, how do I dig myself out of the hole I created with this title?
You're Fired: Two Words Every Trainer Should Know
You’re fired—two words that every trainer or coach should learn and not be afraid to use with their clients.