Young strength coaches, go back to the basics to improve your athletes’ performance.
Evaluating your training protocol is only the first step. The real differences are made by enacting them into the practicals of training.
Being stalked by the orthopedic reaper (not to mention the internal reaper) has been a challenge for Jack and I, but we have found ways to overcome every obstacle.
As we relocate a group of connected individuals outside of the gym, the mindset attached to training evolves.
The TRAIN logo emphasizes what we stand for. It’s what we do.
As elitefts team members, we’ve seen the impact that this community and time training together has had on our lives and lifting careers — we’re bringing more people into that fold.
The owners of this Livonia, Michigan facility have made a commitment to bettering the world of strength sports, providing a home to many lifters and raising money for Relentless Detroit.
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.
You don’t need 45 minutes of mobility work for a 30-minute work out. Here are some general guidelines and an approach to effectively employing preventative and corrective work.
You can have the holy grail of training programs, but if it doesn’t fit your job, it isn’t any good.
No matter which of the many training programs out there you choose to use, or whether you train raw or equipped, one thing will always remain the same.
In this video, Maliek and Dave discuss the problems with percentage-based training and share alternative methods for strength programming.
Always being told what to do is not how one becomes great and it is most definitely not how one becomes a great lifter.
In this type of training, we’re taking things one step further — we share the entire training experience with at least one partner at the gym.
Box squats have been around for years but the debate still hasn’t been settled.
A loose forward must be one of the fittest players on the field. This requires a specialized approach to the strength and conditioning program.
In this second part, we are going to look at more research regarding 1RM testing and break down multiple falsehoods about why young athletes should not strength train.
If you want to build total fitness, you need to know about something Jim Wendler calls The Push-Pull Concept — and it has nothing to do with benching or deadlifting.
Now is the time to assess the technology that’s at our fingertips. It’s also the time to become picky with what type of and when to use technology with regard to our powerlifting success.
Telling a kid not to lift but then turning around and having him sprint, cut, and jump in those terms really does sound stupid, doesn’t it?
With dynamic effort work, we use the guidelines that Bryan Mann has written about extensively. I’ve tweaked his approach to fit our small budget and large team setting.
The healthier you can keep your spine, the longer you can train heavy and grow muscle. Here are my top-10, spine-friendly exercises.
It takes a long time to be elite—truly elite—in this sport. Don’t try to change the standards. Change the way you work.
If you had asked me when I was 20 if I was going to still be training at almost 50, I would have said absolutely. I just didn’t know these five things would change.
As simple and extremely important as this principle is, I continue to see so many lifters overlook or misunderstand it year after year.
When the tall, piper-cleaner thin baseball player showed up, I didn’t think he’d last long. I was wrong.
In this first installment of the three-part series, let’s dig into the rationale behind reverse dieting and why it is so important for not only your growth as a competitor but your long-term health.
During my trip to this Columbia, Maryland gym, I witnessed first-hand the hospitality of Jon Ward and his strongman crew.
Every lifter has their own reasons to love or hate this sport. Here are mine.
I don’t know how many questions we’ve gotten about how to train certain weak points. Of course, almost every question is in regard to a weak muscle group or a certain portion of a lift.
Kicking off the new series, Dave Tate and Jim Wendler take on a topic of heated debate.
Think about it. How do you prioritize these aspects of your training?
You have questions, team elitefts has answers. Today’s topic: intra-workout supplementation.
I had used the APRE Method with great results in the past. After trying some new things in the summer, we decided to implement these changes in the fall.
Stepping on stage is reserved for a special breed of lifter, but the lessons you learn from competing apply to all training goals. Here are the things my rookie bodybuilding season taught me.
In a perfect world, you’re always getting stronger and your PR’s are always moving higher. Well, this world isn’t perfect, and you need to remember that if you want to get stronger.
This New Jersey gym brings together the best training methods to spread the Strongman culture.
The purpose is simple: bridging the gap between Strongman and the public.
Technology moves forward, but we are the same. Physically, we are all made of the same DNA as the humans who came before us. Let’s train like it.
As I see it, there are three directions that this profession can go. I know I favor one and I’ll explain why.
The goal was to create a training model that would maximize hypertrophy in minimal time and that would be “low tech, high effect” in its design.
Once the orange ones lose their painful effect, you need to get yourself blue balls. Yeah, I said it. Blue balls.
If you train smart and put in the work, your nagging pains will not stop you from hitting a PR.
Chad shares how difficulties in a personal situation had him look to lifting for answers.
If you do not follow these principles in your programming, you are building a house out of sand.
In this type of training, we’re taking things one step further — we share the training experience with a partner.
Get the most out of working with your rehab expert so you can move better with less pain.
To improve athletic power, functional core strength, and body composition, check out these video exercise executions and training strategies that you can use right away.
You’re sick of spinning your wheels. Trust me, I get it. I’ve been there. Here’s how to stop being timid and weak.
Life is meant to be lived. Stop sleepwalking through life and waiting for things to happen.