In this part, you’ll understand how you can start a private or home gym of your own — on a budget. It’s not as expensive as you might think.
Most people walk into a gym and expect to see a power rack. It’s as natural a thing as the grass is green or the sky is blue. Over the decades, the power rack has remained a gym staple due to its versatility and reputation.
Purchasing equipment is a big investment for rec centers and fitness establishments alike. Making sure you’re getting what that you’re clientele needs is equally as important.
Don’t compete for fish in chum-filled waters. Instead, go where no one else has ever gone before. Be the next Takeru Kobayashi. Be the next CrossFit. Be the next elitefts. Become whatever it is you want and change the game.
The best part of strongman is that you don’t know what to expect — and that’s what makes it so fun! Rather than worry about having the “right” equipment, Matt Mills says you should jump in and compete.
Cardio can help you cut weight, get shredded for the stage, and increase athletes’ performance. But with so much cardio out there, where do you start? Start here with elitefts team members’ top-3 cardio items, based on their sports or areas of expertise.
In this video, Equipment Sales Director Matt Goodwin shows off the elitefts Power Bar and its specs, focusing on the bar’s gnarly knurling. It’s amazing how it easily fits into just about any gym — garage, private, or commercial. It’s no wonder it’s a favorite!
There are four components of a weight room atmosphere: coaching, equipment, training, and athletes.
The first thing that you need to do is decide on what your limiting factors are: time, equipment, physical abilities, skill, and audience.
A look back at competitors, experts, and officials that participated in the World Championship.
Mentoring athletes is a given. Here are four other benefits of the profession.
Don’t worry. His gym isn’t really closing.
Matt Ladewski opens elitefts-equipped facility to clients looking to get stronger.
Although he has setup hundreds of the finest weight rooms in the country, for Matt Goodwin this gym install became a very personal mission.
I often think about what I would do differently if I coached again.
The idea for this article came about from a conversation I had through the Q&A with the Angry Coach.
Video as much as you possibly can of your training sessions so that you can go home and analyze your lifts.
If you were to ask any coach, trainer or lifter “What’s the most important muscle group in sports?” The posterior chain will always come out on top.
We don’t know the guys who run EliteFTS.com. What we do know from reading the articles and asking questions is that they have helped us become better strength students.
Getting ready for a big meet is stressful. There are a lot of things to consider, especially when using equipment. I am not going to write out all of my workouts, but I am going to give you a few points that I have learned over the last 20 years, and hopefully you can avoid some of my mistakes. Then again we are a bunch of hard headed powerlifters so who knows. This is based on a 16 week program.
