The Overlooked Essentials for Your Ultimate Adaptation
If only I had known these essential ingredients for getting stronger, leaner, and more energetic when I was competing in bodybuilding, it would have made things a whole lot easier.
Learn How to Caslow Your Own Powerlifting Program
A quick setup description of how I plan training is generally built on five movements at each workout.
Chronicles of an Intern: The Interview
I created these chronicles for anyone who feels they might be working at a dead end job where they can't maximize their potential.
Hard to Train…but Training Hard: Part IV
There have been many, many times that I’ve looked at something someone was going through and said “Thank you God for my wheelchair; because I really couldn’t have handled THAT.”
A Response to "Olympic Lifting: Why Do We Suck?"
I'm taking that freedom to respond to what I believe was an article full of misinformed judgment on training for the sport of weightlifting.
Fat Loss Isn't Easy: Myths and Facts about Losing Weight
Weight loss is easy; fat loss—without losing too much muscle—isn’t so easy.
Packing the Neck: An Article Inspired by Clint Darden and Facebook
Despite the title of this article, the first time I heard of this technique was from Jim Wendler when he was describing correct squatting technique.
Under The Bar: Competence
You learned your skill, but more importantly you learned that is only the beginning of mastery - not the end.
The Art of Hustling and a Few Fat Loss Tips
It has been my experience that muscle heads who train hard and actually are willing to read about it and study it are usually very success oriented people.
Hard to Train…but Training Hard: Part III
Growing up, I hated things that made me feel "different" or "not normal".
Incorporation of Strongman Training in Athlete Lifting Cycles
There exists a multitude of components to consider when incorporating Strongman training into a standard lifting cycle.
No Limits, No Nonsense
When designing programs, we all have certain “rules” we abide to, whether they're drenched in personal bias by us as coaches (including exercises in our programs that we're comfortable with/have had past success with), someone told us that a certain exercise all of a sudden has little value or isn’t safe anymore, or the exercise in question has withstood the
How to Win Meets and Influence Squats and Deadlifts
I would like to share with you a movement that has been extremely beneficial to my athletes.
Explosive Nutrition: Part II
In Part I we discussed that when it comes to performing well aerobically, explosively and mentally, carbohydrates provide the fuel our bodies prefer, not fats.
Partial Movement Training For The Deadlift
This article will explain how to use partial Deadlifts to improve your pull and also some pitfalls you should avoid.
The Education of a Tactical Meathead: Case Study on Implementing a PT Pr...
You need to be flexible and adapt your programming as necessary.
Developing an Effective Basic Strength Training Program
Developing athletes and increasing athletic performance starts in the weight room.
Awesome Inverted Row Progressions: Part 3
I've received quite a bit of positive feedback about part one and part two of my series on inverted rows, so I thought I would continue on and provide a few more variations for you to put in your toolbox.
How to Prevent a Train Wreck: Playing the Devil’s Advocate
No matter the athletic background, the list of injuries and impairments encountered is practically endless.
Woman to Woman: Who Wants Muscle?
For a woman to get ripped it takes more mental strength than physical!
Tales of a Fit Mom: Training Partners
I've been back to training for one month now. Not working out...training.
Dr. Yessis Project: Part 1
This past week I accompanied our starting quarterback and our quarterbacks' coach to California to visit Dr. Yessis.
How Strength Training Makes You A Better Person
I've long been a believer that strength training can make you a better person.
Genetics vs. Hard Work: The Final Round 6
Most of us have felt at least at some point in life the joy of hard work.
Athletic Bodybuilding: Five Ways to Build a Bigger and Stronger Back
The greatest way to build lean, strong muscle is to train like an athlete.
Moving Ahead
We are all in the same boat—looking for jobs, trying to make money, just finishing school, so what can and should be done to move ahead in this profession and land that dream job?
The Education of a Tactical Meathead: Training While Deployed
The fitness levels required for deployment life are much different than the PT test.
Genetics vs. Hard Work: Round 5
Steroids will be a thing of the past if one tiny gene is able to be shut off like a light switch.
Advice for the Over-worked Strength Coach: An Outsider’s Perspective
Ensure these factors are achieved, and your athletes will have success under the bar.
5 Tips for Anyone Who Wants to Improve Performance and Look Better Naked...
This translates into being able to gain strength and lean mass more easily and perform at your highest levels.
Under The Bar - Relentless Pursuit
"To hate is to show you still care, who needs that, focus on what's really important." - Henry Rollins
The Education of a Tactical Meathead: Training at Home Station
You must condition your body to handle the enormous repetitive loads that will be imposed on you long before you reach selection, or else you will almost surely break down with injury.
Weightlifter's ADD
I'm one of those people who spends a great deal of their time trolling the Internet for the newest, latest, and most unconventional ways for getting stronger.
Equipment 101: EliteFTS Collegiate Rack
The more you know about your equipment, the better you can use it.
3 Tips for Anyone Who Wants to Improve Performance and Look Better Naked...
There is so much debate in the fitness world right now about cardio.
A Weightlifter Consumes a Strength Coach
What is this sport I love so much? It’s a circle of obsession, frustration, success, and injury.
Bridging the Gap: From Functionality to Fascia
How does one synthesize the seemingly distant worlds of Olympic lifting, powerlifting, speed enhancement, Strongman training, and applied functional science, functional movement systems, and anatomy trains?
Kirschen's Bench Plan for the Powerstation Pro/Am
This will be my first time using this program, you can follow along and see how it works in my training log.
The Education of a Tactical Meathead: Background
You're not an expert just because your Under Armor shirt is a size small and you wear fatigues.
Does Your Lockout Suck? Read This.
If you believe you always miss at the top, then you’ll always miss at the top!
The Super Secret Secret to Becoming a Great Strength Athlete
In this article, I will unveil the truly hidden secret to becoming a successful strength athlete.
Linear, Undulating and Nonlinear Programming: Which to Choose?
One of the most important factors of a program is periodization.
Box Squatting for Bodybuilding, Part II
It seems that "Box Squatting for Bodybuilding" garnered a lot of interest, so naturally I'm now bringing you part two.
Powerful Pre/Post Warm-up Routine
The fact is if you perform a simple and fast warm-up your training session will be so much better.
6 Tips for Anyone Who Wants to Improve Performance and Look Better Naked...
How do you know if you're carbohydrate intolerant?
Power Circuits For More Strength, Muscle, and Fat Loss
Whether you’re training for a sport or simply hitting the iron to look ripped and shredded, training with explosiveness is the key!
Midsection Madness for MMA
The definition of one’s core has gotten lost in translation over the years and we need to better understand what it really is.
Explosive Nutrition: Part I
In sports, being explosive is really just the quality of being able to generate great power over a short time frame.