BFP - Alwyn Cosgrove Interview (part 1)
Here is part 1 of an interview I did with Alwyn on Oct 27, 2007.
Under the Bar: Passion Part 1
This two-part column will be my way to bring everyone up to date with what’s going on with my training, and some of what’s going on at elitefts.com.
4 Best Ways to Use a Mini Sled
This is a great product variation to the single sled when it comes to extra workouts, recovery - and especially prehab/rehab.
Training On-the-Go
Although they aren’t brand new, there’s a reason Blast Straps have continued to challenge athletes into 2010.
The Vision: Competition
The first installment of this series - The Vision - was published during our 2009 holiday rush.
Links of Solid Metal Lead to Strength, Speed and Stability
No, I am not talking about the bling around your neck, what connects your wallet to your jeans, or even the crazy S&M stuff you may secretly be guilty of!
Training for a Shot at the 2012 Olympics
Chad Smith launched his 2010 season at the Lumberjack Invitational at Northern Arizona University. He clenched second, tearing at the heels of defending U.S. Indoor champion and No. 4 in the world, Dan Taylor.
Damn, My “Insert Anything Here” Hurts
You didn’t get injured today, but you exponentially increased your potential for injury because your next workout and warm up will be pretty much the same.
The New Lifter
Read all you can on the sport. A great place to start is the EliteFTS.com articles section.
Fat Bar Training Protocols: Part I
When Dave Tate posted his question on Facebook regarding the newest Fat Bar and Fat Gripz products, he was trying to find out how people liked training with them.
Pursuit of Perfection
If you’ve always wanted to own a business or start a gym, just “build it and they will come.”
Six Ways to Use Sandbags in Your Football Strength and Conditioning Pro...
Here are six ways to easily implement sandbags into your football strength and conditioning program.
Celebrate 2010 with Champagne and Man Ranch
In the mean time, have a taste of Man Ranch…umm…I mean of my Top 5 favorite Wendler Visions.
Give Them What They Need
Too often, we get caught up in all the bells and whistles of lifting and forget the building blocks.
Training Blast & Dust
With strength training or training for powerlifting, you are in the process of trying to combine many training methods to develop many different abilities.
Turning Dreams into Reality...
On November 30th I will finally open my own gym—Daman’s Strength Training. This has been a dream of mine ever since I walked into my first gym when I was 12-years-old. I walked down to the gym every day after school with a few friends.
From The Mill 12/16/2009
Dave Tate answers your business and training questions while.... On The Mill. Topics include reading material, mentoring and bicep pain.
EliteFTS: Top 8 Good Morning Exercises
The Good Morning Movement is one of the best movements to include in any strength program. Here are our top 8 Good Morning varieties.
Smith’s Got Your Back: Warm-ups for Squat Injury Prevention
Squat injuries happen more frequently without a proper warm-up. Dr. Ryan Smith discusses a few simple movements he uses that can save you from painful complications.
Explosive Upper Body Training for Football Lineman
“I tell ya. His legs are as strong as an ox, but he throws a punch like a 7-year old girl!”
Top 75 Training Books
Dave asked for the best book on training that you’ve read. Here are your 75 responses:
The 10,000 Hour Phenomena: If You Want More, Be More!
Ten thousand hours. According to Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Outliers, that’s how much time industry leaders have committed to their chosen vocation.
Introduction to Preparing Athletes for the Challenging Sport of Rugby U...
For those not familiar with the sport, rugby union is a professional, widespread sport in Europe and countries in the southern hemisphere (Australia).
Dual Rack Ropes
Years ago, when I was regularly conducting seminars, I began to notice a common element in many of the university weight rooms I’d visit. I’d always see towels folded over the tops of power racks and taped at their ends.
How I became a staunch advocate of self-meditation medication
Alcohol: This is a slippery slope, so you’d better know your limits and your reactions.
Want to Train at elitefts? Make a Plan or Suffer the Consequences
My first experience in the EFS gym…
1100 Pound Abs
The other day in the gym, the topic of ab training for strength came up. I figured there was nobody better to ask than 1100 pound squatter Matt Wenning.
Correcting Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction, Part 1
The sacroiliac joints (SI) are a common source of lower back problems for a wide range of people including housewives, professional athletes, and elite lifters. The SI joints don’t discriminate.
The BS of the Strength and Conditioning Field
This article isn’t going to make me any friends, but hopefully it will open the eyes of some people and help them look outside their fields of thought and expand their thinking. During the last seventeen years, I’ve been exposed to several concepts and ideas as they pertain to strength and conditioning, including Olympic lifting, powerlifting, core training, assessment based training, Western periodization, Westside methods, tempo and volume based workout regimens, and others.
The Hip Flexor Solution
Due to a recent influx of hip flexor questions, I decided to put together a few thoughts on the issue.
Alleviating Ailing Ankles
Anyone who has worked with field and court sport athletes has undoubtedly dealt with his fair share of athletes with ankle injuries.
Beginner Deadlift Considerations: Conventional or Sumo?
The deadlift is the lift that a new powerlifter initially moves the biggest weights with and makes the most immediate progress.
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is finally here. Families greet each other with warm handshakes or welcoming hugs as they gather for hearty Thanksgiving dinners.
Complicated
Recently on the Q&A, someone asked me about my thoughts on tweaking the DC training program. He was having some difficulties getting his numbers up but was worried about not following the program to the letter.
Of Politics & Idiocy, Part 2 Strength & Conditioning at the Coll...
This is part two of a two-part series.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Justin Cecil
Justin Cecil is a full time staff member at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indiana, and serves as the head strength and conditioning coach at Lawrence Central High School.
Three Football Speed Training Myths Busted
Where the hell did we go so wrong when it comes to football speed training? When did it become acceptable to pass off the hard work that entails training for football speed and replace it with fairly easy cone drills and gadgets?
So You Wanna Be a Fighter: Part 2
Let’s be very clear—I don’t know shit. Not about constructing the ultimate training paradigm, not about recovery, and certainly not about conditioning. But what I do know is that I love physical training, and I have a great passion for learning about the strength and conditioning field.
Under The Bar: The S-4 Weekender Program Part 2
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:
Want to Squat Like a Man? Lift Like a Woman
Every day you can go into a weight room anywhere in the country and two things will be certain
Paying the Correct Price
“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
How to Open a Warehouse Gym, Part 2
In part one of “How to Open a Warehouse Gym,” you learned of my struggles as a student of fitness, a personal trainer, and an employee of a mega-sized “health club,” where most worthy trainers are treated like cogs in the big malfunctioning machine of the fake fitness facade.
EliteFTS Spotlight: Josh Bryant
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.
Strength and Conditioning for High School Hockey
I don’t care for the term “sport-specific.” To me, this buzzword is a clever way to market strength and conditioning programs to parents who don’t know any better.
