Training through chemotherapy took everything Clint Darden had. All in all, he believes it was important that he did. There was nothing else he’d rather do and no place he’d rather be.

As I close in on turning 50 this next March, I admit that death has had a much more profound impact on me, to the point of almost making me dwell on it… and taking a 3,000-mile-long trip to spend time with my mother-in-law who has stage-4 cancer didn’t really help much, either.

When you're dealing with serious challenges, having these three factors in place is even more crucial.

This is the face of hardcore.

When I wrote my first article, I really didn’t know what lay ahead.

I don’t have to squat 1000 lbs—or even 500 lbs—to tell you what I learned about life, death, and strength in just a few email messages from Bob Youngs.

Sometimes we need to step out of our comfort zone to be able to see who we really want to be.

I hope you enjoy the book as much as those who have read it so far.

Luck and miracles won’t lift weights for you.

Dana Shedd is a 13 year-old athlete. She’s just like any other athlete a strength coach may train, except she has cancer.

Let me cut right to the chase here—I’m asking for your help. And it has to do with cancer.