WATCH: Team elitefts Shares What Change Led to Their Greatest Improvement
If you're looking to make the changes necessary to reach your goals, look to the guidance of these champion lifters. What do you need to change in your life?
Do Powerlifters Need Direct Abdominal Work?
Some say torso stabilization comes from bracing during heavy compound movements. Others disagree.
WATCH: Exercises to Build a Impact Crater-Making Deadlift
Unconventional movements to boost pulling power.
Holdsworth Wins World Championship
Overcoming knee injuries and numerous life changes, Holdsworth sees how he ranks in the bench and deadlift categories.
WATCH: Deadlift Greats and What I Learned From Them
Despite being his most difficult lift, Josh Bryant explains how deadlift legends helped him defeat that weakness.
WATCH: 9 Exercises That Will Help Build Your Bench Press
From his seminar at Destination Dallas, Bryant discusses pressing matters.
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?
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.
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.
WATCH: Three Keys to Strength
When you're dealing with serious challenges, having these three factors in place is even more crucial.
WATCH: Gathering at the Compound
Guests from Northeast Ohio and Indiana join the S4 Crew for a weekend of training.
Two Decades at the Top: Schwab's Secrets to Longevity
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge an injury.
Cross-Country Journey Keeps Legacies Alive
Former Army Football Captain Mike Viti hikes 7100 kilometers to honor 7100 service members KIA in the Global War on Terror.
WATCH: The Incident
What is it REALLY like in the elitefts offices? We show you a typical day-in-the-life of Senior Content Manager, Steve Colescott.
Smitley Totals 10X Bodyweight Raw!
At the RPS Lexen Extreme Fall Classic, Smitley cements his legacy with an impressive day of lifting.
WATCH: Advanced Programming for Leg Hypertrophy
Do you want quads that sweep like a janitor and hams that hang like horse’s balls?
Kirschen Annihilates Bench PR in Gardiner, NY
Just a pound away from the Satanic record, Dave begins his plan to dominate the underworld.
WATCH: Egg Cups as a Delicious Portable Protein
Hey Chubby, put down that Egg McMuffin and cook yourself a healthy, muscle building alternative.
Weekend of World Records and World Champions
Two new team members, on the same weekend, out doing massive things.
The New Piece of Equipment That Will Trump Your Bad Training Environment
Don’t worry. His gym isn’t really closing.
The Difference Between Olympic and ATG Squats
Do these both have value and do Olympic lifters even care?
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.
How Chris Duffin Engineered His Life
Duffin’s response to a difficult childhood was to forge the life he imagined for himself.
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.
The Importance of a Proper Warm-Up
With a program known for strength increases, with a minimal injury rate, this guy knows a thing or two about a proper warm up.
Turning Ordinary Bros to Powerlifting Pros
Anyone can recruit world champion ringers to their powerlifting team, few coaches can create them from scratch.
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.
WATCH: The Battle of the Red Cups
This is not about cups. This is about the quality standard to which we hold all our products.
WATCH: Unrecognized Legend of the Sport
Brian looks back on his 20-year lifting career and shares the biggest moments of his success.
Building the Perfect Monster
If you watched the previous installments, the techniques in this video will lock down your structural needs for a bigger squat.
WATCH: Hypertrophy-Based Back Training
Dave and the BIG DOG bring on scapular Armageddon by inflicting trapezoid tyranny and latissimus dorsi demolitiion with just a touch of rhomboidal wreckage.
What Is It REALLY Like Inside the elitefts Offices?
Although there are many misconceptions, this documentary shows a possibility of what it may be like in our London, Ohio headquarters.
WATCH: Pulcinella's Advice for Teen Lifters
You're still growing hair in funny places, so you don’' know any better. Listen up.
WATCH: The Team Talks About the Team
Fifteen years of team members share their experiences and reasons of being a part of elitefts.
WATCH: SS Yoke Bar Throwdown
Dave "MF'n" Tate tries to take Derek "Mountain Puppy" Dolgner to obedience school…but the puppy breaks his leash.
The Intricacies of Peri-workout Nutrition
Skip this interview if you want to stay ignorant about nutrition.
Is Hand and Elbow Position Sabotaging Your Squat?
Correct your shoulder mobility, integrate your lats and brace your core to hit a new squat PR.
Steve's Strength Tips: Fix Your Kicks
The opinions shared by the author are not necessarily those of elitefts, it's owners or staff.
Why "Chest Up" in the Squat is Wrong
Fixing your thoracic spine position, can immediately add 10-15 percent to your squat.
Darden's Guide to the Super Yoke
Darden rolls like a tank through the streets of Cyprus leading the bicep nation.
Friday Technique Video: Bands Setup
This man will kick you so hard in the chest, you will crap your ribs out. Literally. Out of your butthole.
Pause to Re-evaluate Your Squat
This one movement will eliminate the most common weakness found in squats.
Ladewski, Starnes, Meadows Hit the Posing Dais
Results from a weekend of most musculars and quarter-turns.
The Alternating Conjugate Periodization Model
This program combines undulatory loading with a conjugate approach for an open-fisted slap of strength-building goodness.
Dave Tate Takes Control of Mountain Dog Training
Dave drags an exhausted two-week-out John Meadows and his zombie ass through a back training session.
Friday Technique Video: Mastering the Sumo Deadlift
This man can punch you so hard your teeth will hit your girlfriend like shrapnel. Listen to him.
Creative Ways to Prepare Ground Meats
Tired of eating the same bland burger? We show you how to beat your meat!
