If you aren’t training with a group of serious lifters, you’re missing a lot of what you need to get stronger.

Dr. Rusin returns to the elitefts headquarters to get an update on Dave’s progress through two training phases.

Based on Dave’s bench cues and progress made, I’m revising my bench goal for Reebok Record Breakers in November, from 200 kilos up to 210 — a huge jump, especially considering it’s by far my worst lift.

In the world of strength training, you often see trust: between training partners, between lifters and their equipment, and between competitors and judges. But not all trust is created equal.

It’s been my privilege to know Dave Tate and be a part of elitefts since 2007. I’ve been away for a few years now, but I’m back.

Without focus, you won’t make it far in training, business, or life.

From 1970 to present day, this is the progression of elitefts.

How many times per week should you train the main lifts?

This documentary is the culmination of years of intimate interaction with a child with autism. Interaction as a father, a mother, an educator, a trainer, and a friend.

To gain a greater understanding of Dave’s current capabilities, Dr. Rusin watches a full training session of six movements.

Using a planned deload is one effective way to manage fatigue during a training cycle, but strategic exercise selection can help reduce the need for “off” weeks.

With the discovery phase nearly complete, Dr. Rusin has identified three key areas that will be imperative for Dave moving forward — hip stability, posterior chain upper quadrant stability/thoracic spine cage mobility, and program formation.

If you want to be relevant in the sport for years to come, you need to know how to tell the difference between the coaches and the players.

Is there any value left to this method or has the lifting world moved on?

There are a lot of ways to use the SS Yoke Bar and good mornings. Here’s what Dan is doing with both in his current program.

Whereas the previous screen was intended to identify red flags, this assessment will consist of clinically-based testing to produce both a medical diagnosis and a functional movement capacity diagnosis.

Continuing their conversation, Shoop and Dave talk about the past and what brought them back together.

If you’ve read Under the Bar you know who Bill Shoop is — he’s the high school football coach Dave credits with changing his life forever.

Back for his second series of videos with Dave, Dan shares how he’s currently eating and explains the approach he uses under the guidance of Stan Efferding.

The psychology of a world-class strength athlete can provide a powerful foundation for success in business, but when mishandled it can also be a disaster in the professional world.

Not only was I there to defend my “title,” but I was also there to finally reach a milestone only achieved by a handful of lifters: a 2300-pound total.

You can make this system as complicated as you want it to be, but you can also make it a simple as you want it to be. Understand the basics first.

This one still makes us laugh. Funny how some things change while others stay the same. Enjoy…

Following these guidelines and using isometrics in multiple positions, you can increase strength not only at a weak point but throughout the entire movement.

The initial assessment is complete and it’s time for some hands-on evaluation of Dave’s movement, using these seven key movements. The compensation patterns and pain indicators observed in this step will be used in the next phase of the process.

If you’re looking for a serious answer to a question about building a bloat, you’ve come to the right place.

Choosing equipment? Finding a building? Designing the gym layout? No, there’s a step before all of these things.

The other day I was sitting in my office working on the 2006 marketing plan and in busts Jim with a huge grin on his face and a handful of reports.

If you’re a beginner or intermediate lifter, this probably doesn’t apply to you. But for advanced lifters, knowing how to alter workload without changing volume might be a big help.

Direct and to the point, this short podcast led by Andy Rose focuses on only two key questions about the fitness industry.

Since retiring from powerlifting in 2005, Dave has tried a lot of different approaches to his training. There’s one clear winner.

Can you alternate specialty bars for different dynamic effort waves? What about for different weeks within the same wave?

Dave has responded to this question many times but, like the sport of powerlifting, the answer evolves. Based on the sport today, here are guidelines for expectations, performance, and how to design a program.

It isn’t the number of competitions they’ve won or what degrees they have that can tip you off to who’s good and who’s not. There are three types of coaches in this industry and you need to be able to tell them apart.

Taking five hours to do a bench workout and trying new stuff on meet day both make the list, but neither of them are number one.

Due to time constraints or an inability to recover optimally, many lifters seek an alternative to the traditional template. The question isn’t whether or not you can use a modified split, but whether or not your results will be optimal.

Nick Showman built his facility with a purpose and, in the process of growing, has found a niche in softball, welcomed serious lifters, and expanded the services he and his coaches provide.