Too many people focus on hitting the big 1RM and forget the little stuff that gets them there.
elitefts coach and 2019 Stronger Sports Training Success Summit speaker Julia Anto has seen far too many social media lifts with poor form — enough to start up a video series to correct lifters’ form. In the first video of the series, she fixes the sumo deadlift.
There’s a simple system to getting your athletes on board with your program’s principles and goals. It starts with an acronym — FORM.
With only three weeks to GPA Worlds, IFBB Pro Amit Sapir seeks out another world record holder to mend a glaring hole in his technique.
We give you three easy fixes and a program to put your stubborn deadlift back on track to PRs.
It’s not about whether it’s right or wrong…it’s about if you’re doing it right!
I have some worthy advice to share from Rick Hussey with you.
If you haven’t been reading the training logs, you’ve been missing out on some great “in the trenches” training advice.
I know that Tim had dabbled a bit in powerlifting a few years ago, but neither he nor Shiloe had become ‘paralyzed by perfect form.’
I can’t figure it out, but it seems to me the word “technique” is a bad word in powerlifting.
By this point in the process, I wasn’t anywhere near an expert, but things were starting to click.
The good news was that my shoulder felt fine with the much-needed grip change.
The first thing I learned here was I wasn’t using the proper intensity and mindset in my warm-up.
Read all you can on the sport. A great place to start is the EliteFTS.com articles section.
Maybe you just don’t know how to f&*%ing bench! Then we suggest you read these tips.
When it comes to weight training, there are generally two schools of thought when it comes to exercise form. First, you have the typical personal trainer “fitness experts” who say that you should perform all lifts with light to moderate weight and use very slow and controlled movements.
When Elite asked me to write an article about pull-ups, I thought, no problem. This will take about one line—grab a bar and give it a tug. That’s it. Finished. Done! Then I thought, well, no…
Lifting weights is easy, but preventing injuries when lifting weights is not always as simple. Because of this, it is not uncommon to find many injuries in weight training. To help prevent injuries and make your workouts more productive, here are seven key factors that you should take into account when weight training.
