These creative methods will reignite your boring routine. They work as long as you do.
Are you looking for something new to take you bench up a notch? Here are two.
Are you a geared lifter looking to enter your first raw meet? Read this…
No time but need to shed some fat? These quick sessions will leave you in a puddle of sweat.
These alternate setups for non-traditional microcycles in a powerlifting program have allowed my clients and I to target the specific needs of individual athletes.
You can follow someone else’s program and just lift, or you can develop your own training philosophy by figuring shit out for yourself.
I adjusted my powerlifting and kettlebell training to adapt to the needs of this highly-intensive challenge.
The month of raw training has ended. Now it’s time to learn your gear and hit big doubles.
Team elitefts™ coach Clint Darden drops a solid Raw Powerlifting Program he has used with many of his clients.
This basic template gives you five, 14-day microcycles to revamp that old-school program and give you new-age gains.
Follow these weightlifting programs to increase your speed and endurance.
Go from Steve Urkel to Brian Shaw by eliminating these weaknesses.
All sport injuries have a basic cause. Understand the risks and program around them.
Dr. Squat turns The Real Deal into a more destructive, pugilistic powerhouse.
With a program based on adapting to your weaknesses and strengths, this article explains how to customize your training for raw lifters.
A purpose-driven guide to fitting training in your life without having to resort to bedroom push-ups.
The second segment of my guide to off-season programming. It's what you choose to do between competitions that matters.
We invade Robert Morris University during football two-a-days to grill a prominent strength coach.
SWOT analysis is crucial in developing a business plan, but can it also be applied to your powerlifting?
Being open to criticism from an experienced coach may be what you need to build a better program.
One can not ignore the necessity of regulating training volume. Rest in peace, Mike Mentzer.
This program combines undulatory loading with a conjugate approach for an open-fisted slap of strength-building goodness.
Not any old training system will give you an 860 raw squat at 220.
Three months out of the gym, how much have you really lost?
Teach your kids to be the best they can be, not the best on YouTube.
Updated with Dave Tate's FULL presentation (video) on supplemental strength from the LTT8.
Realize that basketball isn't just basketball, soccer isn't just soccer, and football isn't just football.
Program your training based on goals, energy systems, and sport requirements.
Different people, different needs, but three programs that guarantee success.
Having trouble locking out the top of a heavy pull? This program will fix the problem in ten short weeks!
When designing programs, don’t follow any blind allegiance to a certain template.
For those training without a competition planned, are you making the best use of intelligent programming?
Are you trying so hard to categorize your training under a marketed label that it is no longer optimal for your strength needs?
Try these simple adjustments to drive your progress forward.
My goal in training is simply to be able to train my ass off for as long as I can.
Looking at CrossFit competitions, there is only one constant and that is that there are no constants
Naspinski once again visits block periodization and offers tips you can apply to your training in the coming year.
It is not the percentages in 5/3/1, or the use of bands in Westside training that make these programs special.
Baseball players tend to be a part of those particular athletes that do not see the connection of increased strength and power with increased performance on the field.
Jensen’s conclusion to the Flexible Periodization Method series.
Do you have an emotional attachment to any exercise or piece of equipment?
Isometric lifts, lifts where the muscles contract without causing movement at the involved joints, might be an under-appreciated tool for lifters and athletes.
After reading the review summary of the video of the elitefts roundtable on programs and programming, I felt I had to put my ideas down to join the discussion.
The problem must be identified before the solution is drawn.
Program management is a beautiful concept that can help lead your team to a successful season.
Training is not a process that should be equated to randomly throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.
It is imperative that we don’t become narrow-minded and biased when choosing how we train our athletes.
Training is best when aged slowly, like a fine wine.