There I was, fifteen years later, staring down my greatest friend and my worst enemy.
Are you doind the right things and listening to the right people?
The training program explained here is one based on the principles of Westside.
Barbells are the most awesome items in any gym. Check out what these guys use and why.
Life is 90% how we react to it. The question is, would you let heartache destroy you, or would you fight back like Andrews?
The barbell has been vilified and unfairly characterized as an “unsafe” and “unnecessary” outdated member of the “fitness center.”
Jim and I have been doing a lot of seminar traveling lately and nothing we have ever done in the past could have prepared us for the “The Gift.”
I’ve heard the saying, “The more I know, the more I realize that I don’t know much.” This saying couldn’t be truer for me.
Once you learn the motions and the feel, you’ll exceed even your own expectations.
What is the history of the block periodization concept, and how has it evolved into what it is today?
One of the best parts of working for EliteFTS (besides the diet advice from Dave) is helping people create their own home gyms.
The deadlift can be considered as one of the best tests of overall body strength. It is a multi joint movement that in simple terms involves picking up a barbell from the floor and standing to the erect position.
I am usually an upbeat person and I love fitness/strength/conditioning and recently got involved in powerlifting since attending an elitefts™ seminar.
This article is a culmination of my 35 years of learning about strength, including the cliff notes to all my training logs and a brief look inside my mind.
There’s nothing more functional than training with barbells.
Recently, I was able to observe a high school football team lifting. While the coaches sat in the corner and talked, the athletes proceeded to do their version of a power clean.
I was first introduced to powerlifting in 1983 by my sixth grade geography teacher, Mr. Spero Tshontikidis. In addition to teaching, Mr. Tshontikidis was a competitive powerlifter in the ADFPA.
So how exactly does one get mixed up in the sport of powerlifting?
Steve Pulcinella is in the house! Well, he’s actually at the EliteFTS Compound. He’s here to please the fans, and we asked him to hit some heavy barbell rows for us. He kindly obliged.
My father once told me that a good teammate is someone who can carry his own weight and some of yours too when you need him to.
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Paul Childress recently and talk about how he sets up his squat cycles before a meet.
The following is an analysis of the strength requirements and the relative importance of maximal strength for different disciplines in track and field.
In this article, I’ll share with you a routine that has helped my clients, both men and women, get better at tire flipping.
The time has come, my friends, to vent some long overdue steam on the fluffy, cotton wool-wrapped, namby pamby so called “health and wellness” centers.
Each year, schools and parents spend thousands of dollars to send children to the top sports camps, coaches, and programs. However, there isn’t any camp or coach that can replace the athlete’s own strength.
After an injury to his bicep during a random barbell curl, Carter makes his case as to why biceps curls should be a standard part of your training program.
The Good Morning Movement is one of the best movements to include in any strength program. Here are our top 8 Good Morning varieties.
Honestly? I can’t believe I just wrote this title, nor can I believe I’m going to post this article.
Team DOS just received the new Econo Prowler a couple months ago with the intent of using the hell out of it.
Alcohol: This is a slippery slope, so you’d better know your limits and your reactions.
My first experience in the EFS gym…
The deadlift is the lift that a new powerlifter initially moves the biggest weights with and makes the most immediate progress.
Thanksgiving Day is finally here. Families greet each other with warm handshakes or welcoming hugs as they gather for hearty Thanksgiving dinners.
This article is the continuation of the Weekender Series that has documented the training of a few of our featured training log lifters, as well as the weekend group training in our weight room:
Every day you can go into a weight room anywhere in the country and two things will be certain
“Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.” —Napoleon Hill
Josh Bryant is a speed, strength, and conditioning coach. He is also a personal trainer who has works with many clients in person at Metroflex Gym in Arlington, Texas and via the internet.
How many people do you see in the gym trying to make an exercise more difficult, believing the more difficult it is, the more effective the exercise will be?
There are a few factors that must be addressed before you decide on a competition. First and foremost, are you physically ready for a competition?
Here at Lexen, we train raw for much of our upper body development, but by using both environments (the shirt and raw training), you can actually make personal records in each.
Since I enlisted in the U.S. Army, I’ve wanted to be a coach. My drive is directly related to my high school experiences as a student athlete and the positive impact one person can have on another individual.
As I sat here reading the new articles on EliteFTS.com, I wondered why many of the authors weren’t female
Let me first tell you briefly about myself for those who do not know me.
I’ve been reading the site for a while, but we have our own training studio business, and in the past couple of years, it’s been about a hundred-twenty-five miles an hour, every single day.
I’m still not quit sure how it happened, but over the course of the past twelve months, we have attracted a group of competitive powerlifters into our gym. It was not that long ago that I retired from the sport and spent my weekends training with one or two other guys, and that was it.
When I went to local meets and saw 600-lb squats, I thought about how cool it would be to achieve that strength. Boy, times they do change.