WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Hip Position, Not Strength, to Fix Your Deadlift Lockout
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Hip Position, Not Strength, to Fix Yo...
Want to know how to have a better deadlift lockout? Look at what Pete Rubish has done in recent years and you'll see it.
WATCH: Westside History with Mark Bell and Dave Tate
WATCH: Westside History with Mark Bell and Dave Tate
Training goals after powerlifting, quality time with children, training at Westside, leaving Westside, thoughts on training methods, the purpose of life, the challenges of being a mentor, and more — all in this video.
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — How to Choose Secondary and Accessory Training Movements
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — How to Choose Secondary and Accessory...
A good training program has three main parts: the main lifts for technique, the secondary movements for strength, and the accessory exercises for muscle-specific work.
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Powerlifting Longevity and Meet Strategy
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Powerlifting Longevity and Meet Strategy
A lot of strong lifters have come and gone through this sport, posting two or three big totals to then never to be heard from again. The best lifters are there, year after year, finding new ways to stay healthy enough and hit PRs. How?
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Adrenaline Levels in Training
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Adrenaline Levels in Training
How do you get your mind in the right place for a big lift in training? Should you treat it like meet day?
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Keeping the Endgame in Mind During the Rehab Phase
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Keeping the Endgame in Mind During th...
If you're forced to take time away from the gym, where should your focus be? Maintaining strength? Maintaining size? Getting healthy?
From the Weight Room to the Boardroom
From the Weight Room to the Boardroom
At times, we can be paralyzed by the complexity of our professional lives and it can be very valuable to find simple, yet proven philosophies that help us find our way.
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Limiting Factors for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Lifters
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Limiting Factors for Beginner, Interm...
What holds you back as a beginner is not going to be the same as what holds you back once you reach the intermediate or advanced stages.
2017 Sports Performance Summit — Dave Tate Speaks
2017 Sports Performance Summit — Dave Tate Speaks
You may have heard or read a few things about Dave's second hip replacement and the PRs that led to his surgery, but no one has heard the full story. Until now.
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Building a Base as a New Lifter
WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Building a Base as a New Lifter
If you don't start on the right path, you might spend years training hard and making no progress.
How Is Dave Tate Still Doing Dave Tate Things?
How Is Dave Tate Still Doing Dave Tate Things?
Every medical professional gauges how much slack on the leash they can give you without negative effects because everyone’s threshold is a little different. What’s Dave’s? And why?
The 2017 elitefts Sports Performance Summit in Review
The 2017 elitefts Sports Performance Summit in Review
Buddy Morris, Mark Uyeyama and Justus Galac gave insight from the point of view of an NFL strength coach, Dr. Eric Serrano handled nutrition, and Dr. Ken Kinakin discussed muscle testing.
WATCH: Table Talk with Nate Harvey — Why Do Football Players Run Long Sprints in Practice?
WATCH: Table Talk with Nate Harvey — Why Do Football Players Run Long Sp...
The easy answer is that it builds mental toughness. The strength and conditioning answer, however, involves understanding the differences between lactic acid, glycolytic, and oxidative work.
From Deadlift Cues to Overcoming the Blues — One Year with elitefts
From Deadlift Cues to Overcoming the Blues — One Year with elitefts
I couldn't believe it when I saw that it has been a year since I joined elitefts. In honor of the anniversary, here are five lessons from my first year.
WATCH: Table Talk with Mark Dugdale — How to Balance Training with a Physically Demanding Job
WATCH: Table Talk with Mark Dugdale — How to Balance Training with a Phy...
You can control the physical demands placed on your body in the gym, but you can't always control what happens outside of it. How can you ensure you're recovered and in an optimal state once its time to train?
WATCH: Table Talk with Mark Dugdale — Should I Hire A Bodybuilding Coach?
WATCH: Table Talk with Mark Dugdale — Should I Hire A Bodybuilding Coach?
It may be tempting to put your entire trust in someone with experience, but there are a few things to consider first.
The Pursuit of Elite
The Pursuit of Elite
Surrounding myself around top-level powerlifters for over 30 years, I've noticed a trend.
RPR: Wake Up Your True Performance Potential
RPR: Wake Up Your True Performance Potential
The purpose of this tool is to identify problems and compensations in an individual’s movement patterns and to restore neurological balance to allow the body to perform the way it naturally should.
WATCH: Table Talk with Mark Dugdale — Training Evolution and the Genetic Ceiling
WATCH: Table Talk with Mark Dugdale — Training Evolution and the Genetic...
Do genetic ceilings exist? How can you know if you've reached yours? Is it possible to break through?
Life Imitates Powerlifting
Life Imitates Powerlifting
The lessons I have learned from powerlifting help me with situations I come across in my life. I recently experienced this while on my first mule deer archery hunt.
WATCH: Table Talk with Mark Dugdale — Exercise Execution, Pre-Workout Food, and Recoverability
WATCH: Table Talk with Mark Dugdale — Exercise Execution, Pre-Workout Fo...
Mark and Dave share their combined knowledge in both powerlifting and bodybuilding, gained from multiple decades honing their respective crafts.
 What Data Collection Could Mean for Your 2017 Powerlifting Total
What Data Collection Could Mean for Your 2017 Powerlifting Total
Just like you have lifting data, you also have life data. As the New Year has begun, let's review 2016.
WATCH: Rapid Fire Table Talk — Westside Before Bands, Programming By Gender, and Sex Swings
WATCH: Rapid Fire Table Talk — Westside Before Bands, Programming By Gen...
Looking for an unconventional use for bands?
WATCH: Rapid Fire Table Talk — Military Press for Powerlifters, Grip, and Home Gyms
WATCH: Rapid Fire Table Talk — Military Press for Powerlifters, Grip, an...
Have you ever eaten an entire box of Pop-Tarts in one sitting?
WATCH: Table Talk Compilation Series — Justin Harris
WATCH: Table Talk Compilation Series — Justin Harris
All in one spot, check out the entire 7-part discussion with Dave Tate and Justin Harris. Pre-workout energy, GPP, muscle loss while dieting, and training age are just a few of the topics discussed.
WATCH: Rapid Fire Table Talk — Training at Night, 3x10 vs 10x3, and Illness
WATCH: Rapid Fire Table Talk — Training at Night, 3x10 vs 10x3, and Illness
Dave’s back at The Table, and this time he’s answering your questions back-to-back with no preparation.
WATCH: Table Talk Compilation Series — JL Holdsworth
WATCH: Table Talk Compilation Series — JL Holdsworth
Stories of Westside, vomit, blood, cysts, spine health, circa max training, pizza, and more…
The elitefts Definitive Guide to Board Pressing
The elitefts Definitive Guide to Board Pressing
Dave believes the most important and widely used purpose for boards is to increase/correct the mini-max or sticking point.
WATCH: Table Talk Compilation Series — Maliek Derstine
WATCH: Table Talk Compilation Series — Maliek Derstine
All in one article, we revisit Dave and Maliek’s discussion on sticking points, longevity, equipped powerlifting transitions, and challenges a lifter must face when following a percentage-based training program.
Wishing You Happy Holidays and a Joyous New Year
Wishing You Happy Holidays and a Joyous New Year
It’s in the spirit of appreciation that elitefts.com has made contributions to the following organizations who do so much to improve the quality of life in our communities.
WATCH: Strength Training — Simple or Complicated?
WATCH: Strength Training — Simple or Complicated?
Training programs, nutrition plans, supplement protocols — sorting through all this information to find really works may seem difficult. It doesn’t have to be.
WATCH: How to Rehabilitate A Recurring Hamstring Injury
WATCH: How to Rehabilitate A Recurring Hamstring Injury
If you misidentify the cause of the injury, not only will you fail to solve the problem, but you may actually make it worse.
How Are YOU Performing the Dimel Deadlift?
How Are YOU Performing the Dimel Deadlift?
Even the best of the best display small form errors while performing common lifts — Clint Darden challenges Dave Tate.
WATCH: How Much Protein Do You Really Need to Build Muscle?
WATCH: How Much Protein Do You Really Need to Build Muscle?
100 grams per day? 200? 300? And is it possible too have too much?
WATCH: Motivational Rant at UGSS
WATCH: Motivational Rant at UGSS
You will meet people who change your life forever. I’ve found most of mine within the four steel walls we call a gym.
WATCH: True Age vs Training Age
WATCH: True Age vs Training Age
There are rules about training age that apply whether you’re 15 or 50.
WATCH: Coach Kav Returns to the S4 Compound
WATCH: Coach Kav Returns to the S4 Compound
Every topic they discuss leads to one crucial point: We’re all here to make this industry a better place. What are you doing to make that happen?
Thanksgiving Message From Dave Tate
Thanksgiving Message From Dave Tate
Dreams I’ll Never See. Thanksgiving Letter from Dave Tate, Founder Elitefts.com Inc.
What Are You Thankful For?
What Are You Thankful For?
I asked the team this question but it didn’t stop there — that would be too easy.
WATCH: Box Squat Carryover and How to Work with A Nutrition Coach
WATCH: Box Squat Carryover and How to Work with A Nutrition Coach
Getting better at a box squat and making the most of your diet may sound like they have nothing in common. They do.
WATCH: Is GPP Actually Important?
WATCH: Is GPP Actually Important?
You hear a lot about GPP and aerobic capacity, but does it actually make a difference for a powerlifter or a bodybuilder? Dave and Justin weigh in.
Why My Home Gym Is Better Than the S4 Compound
Why My Home Gym Is Better Than the S4 Compound
My home gym has been one of the best investments I have ever made. Let me explain how I got here.
WATCH: Sources of Pre-Workout Energy with Justin Harris
WATCH: Sources of Pre-Workout Energy with Justin Harris
Are all sources of pre-workout energy created equal? In this video, Dave and Justin discuss the best way to find motivation in the gym.
Our UGSS Experience with John Meadows
Our UGSS Experience with John Meadows
As gym owners, we’ve followed elitefts for a long time, but this was our first chance to train at the compound and meet members of the team. It solidified every reason we love this company.
How to Wreck Your Training with Pre-workout Supplements
How to Wreck Your Training with Pre-workout Supplements
Highly caffeinated pre-workout supplements are robbing people of their strength potential. You read that right.
WATCH: Auto-Regulation vs Percentage-Based Programming for the Off-Season
WATCH: Auto-Regulation vs Percentage-Based Programming for the Off-Season
You can be certain that every great lifter you admire has mastered auto-regulation. If you want to be great, you’ll need to do the same.
WATCH: Scary Exercises and More Halloween Questions with Dave
WATCH: Scary Exercises and More Halloween Questions with Dave
There’s only one thing you should truly fear this Halloween: not getting stronger.
A New Kid Under the Bar
A New Kid Under the Bar
Erasing the zoo schedule from the dry-erase board that served us for a 14-week prep was unsettling. Where our training has gone, is miraculous.
WATCH: Table Talk — Lessons from Training with John Meadows
WATCH: Table Talk — Lessons from Training with John Meadows
What happens when an expert in powerlifting and an expert in bodybuilding train together for five years?
WATCH: What Are Your Halloween Questions for Dave?
WATCH: What Are Your Halloween Questions for Dave?
Dave covers training and weight gain principles through Freddy Krueger, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Hershey’s Bars.
WATCH: Table Talk — Should Elite Totals Be Updated?
WATCH: Table Talk — Should Elite Totals Be Updated?
Does being an elite powerlifter mean something different today than it did 10, 15, or 20 years ago?
The Deconstruction of a SHW Powerlifter
The Deconstruction of a SHW Powerlifter
I have two options: keep going in the same direction and die, or make changes to my life and start dropping weight.
WATCH: Table Talk — Bench Press Bar Path
WATCH: Table Talk — Bench Press Bar Path
Should you press in a straight line or in an arc, finishing with the bar over your face?
WATCH: Table Talk — The Widowmaker Squat Challenge
WATCH: Table Talk — The Widowmaker Squat Challenge
A high-rep squat set is a MFer challenge, there’s no doubt about it.
WATCH: Table Talk — The Current State of the Fitness Industry
WATCH: Table Talk — The Current State of the Fitness Industry
What do you think of the fitness community today and all the shitty gurus on social media?
WATCH: Table Talk — Can You Use Competition Lifts for Max Effort Work?
WATCH: Table Talk — Can You Use Competition Lifts for Max Effort Work?
If you feel you need more work on the competition movements, can you use them as max effort work instead of doing specialty exercises?
WATCH: The Story Behind the Logo — TRAIN
WATCH: The Story Behind the Logo — TRAIN
The TRAIN logo emphasizes what we stand for. It’s what we do.
WATCH: Dave's Squat Tips for NBS Lifters
WATCH: Dave's Squat Tips for NBS Lifters
What began as a heavy squat session in the S4 Compound became an impromptu coaching session with Dave. Here are the five things he told these lifters to fix.
WATCH: Off Topic — Should You Periodize Your Conditioning?
WATCH: Off Topic — Should You Periodize Your Conditioning?
In building your aerobic base, is it enough to simply add Prowler pushes, hill sprints, and sled drags to your program? Dave and Jim explain the purpose behind GPP.

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