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.
Did EliteFTS Influence the March Tournament?
I don't know about you, but that's motivating as hell for me.
The Eastside Squat Cycle
Following the dynamic day, we will work up to a max using the same accommodating resistance as the previous week.
Why You Need More Power
Power, as it relates to strength and conditioning, is an often misunderstood concept for everyday lifters.
Back to Basics: Back Training Considerations
Joe provides a few pointers on some exercises that are widely discussed and debated.
Olympic Lifting: Why Do We Suck?
We are the United States, home of the free and apparently land of the weak
Finding the Right Tire for You
There are two for sure ways to know what a tire weighs: get it weighed.
I’m Injured—Now What?
The focus of this article is to discuss what you do after you've sustained an injury.
Ten Prowler Variations
We have come to love but also hate the Prowler, but none of us can deny the benefits of this equipment in terms of building strength, endurance, speed, and also mental toughness in our athletes.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
From time to time growing up, I would hear these words come out of someone’s mouth, but I never thought about what they meant.
Now Available: Metroflex Gym Powerbulding Basics
If your goals involve gaining muscle, getting stronger, losing body fat or just improving your overall conditioning, this book can help you.
What Women Should Never do (but often do) While Trying to Get in Shape; ...
Over empathizing or hand-holding never helped, motivated or aspired anyone to change.
Teaching the Power Clean
The power clean is the best lift for power and explosiveness and should be included in all strength and conditioning programs.
Functional Muscle
Bodybuilding is a sport and the only people who should train in a predominantly bodybuilding oriented style are bodybuilders.
The Litvinov Variations
The Litvinov workout changed how I train and got me to stop wasting my time doing useless stuff at my crappy commercial gym.
If You Are Fat, Stop Telling Me how to Diet!
I’m constantly amazed by how many fitness gurus give nutrition advice that they can’t follow themselves.
Prepping for a Powerlifting Meet
Friday I kept protein and fats the same again, however carbs were completely eliminated.
5 Reasons Why It’s Best To Do Chins, Not Have Chins
If you can’t do chins, you are either hurt, fat or weak.
A Greedy Approach to Training
Greed can be a good thing when it’s used under the right circumstances, such as in our training.
Dud to Stud: Weeks 1-4
I lost 4 pounds and can already notice a significant difference in my appearance.
Hard to Train…but Training Hard: Part II
Here’s how we move past other exercise complications to ensure that my bench will continue to increase.
Peaking for a Meet
I designed this program to have in front of me week in and week out until judgment day arrived.
Simple Technique to Overload Lat Pull Downs
In this short article, I'll show you a technique for overloading lat pull downs on the cable machine.
A Debate Between Powerlifting and Olympic Lifting as the Main Athletic T...
In the world of strength training, there are numerous methodologies that are used to increase the performance of athletes.
