I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Paul Childress recently and talk about how he sets up his squat cycles before a meet.
Here are the ten commandments of athletic development as I see it, independent of which training system you’ve chosen to follow.
My job as a coach is to build the foundation of strength, make them faster, improve the balance of the athletes and increase mobility.
I love competition and competing in strongman gives me a focus for my training, goals to strive for, and periodic tests of how I am progressing.
A lifter uses multiple lifting techniques because the body has many different modes of adaptation.
The greatest way to build lean, strong muscle is to train like an athlete.
In this article, I will unveil the truly hidden secret to becoming a successful strength athlete.
Whether you’re training for a sport or simply hitting the iron to look ripped and shredded, training with explosiveness is the key!
Power, as it relates to strength and conditioning, is an often misunderstood concept for everyday lifters.
In my pursuit to become one of the best powerlifters in the world and get everything I could out of my body, I learned enormous amounts of training and strength information.
Any coach out there has some finite goals they use to measure the levels of strength of an athlete.
What’s going on “upstairs” allows you to utilize your physical skills to the best of your ability.
When you train hard for a long duration of time, you eventually have to take one step back in order to take two steps forward.
If you played sports in high school or college, you know some of the things that make those experiences unforgettable are the roar of the crowd, the blaring of the band, hearing your name announced over the sound system, and the bond between teammates.
You probably see a lot of people who look like they’ve never worked out a day in their life.
Don’t make the same mistakes I made when I was struggling to leave “young and skinny” territory.
You can’t talk about building mass without talking about diet first.
Carson discusses the two core competencies—breathing and rolling—that he believes are most important when developing athletes in any discipline.
Trying to improve your speed? Jerry discusses how to do just that and provides some sample workouts.
Previously published in MuscleDevelopment.com, Steve and Tom summarize some recent key studies in the world of physical development.
A big name in the strength world has written extensively about the importance of increasing triceps strength to improve bench press performance.
As Jim Wendler would say, get “north of vag” and stay there. Seriously, anybody can do this.
Lately, I’ve been reading many articles and different points of views pertaining to the Olympic lifts and their use in training athletes
When you mention to someone that you’re interested in doing a show, the whole world wants to help and give you advice.
Here are six ways to easily implement sandbags into your football strength and conditioning program.
What does everyone want? A bigger bench press of course. Let’s face it—people don’t walk up to you and ask, “So what do you curl?” Everyone wants to know how much you can bench. Well, I can bench press a lot, and I’m going to share some tips with you.
The Good Morning Movement is one of the best movements to include in any strength program. Here are our top 8 Good Morning varieties.
Unless you live under a rock or in France, you know that incorporating Strongman events into training has become a popular way to add variation to any program.
What happens when you get a potential client who is all about doing the most hard core exercises, who moves mountains and is willing to go the distance to achieve his goals? As I imagine, you’d probably be happy to have a motivated, determined, and disciplined trainee.
Having been head coach of the Warren Central powerlifting team for almost ten years, I can tell you without hesitation that training teenagers has to be one of the most frustrating, and at the same time, rewarding jobs of my life. Many of the guys I have coached came into our weight room as freshmen having never even seen a weight only to leave after their four years having won district, region, and even some state titles.
“I tell ya. His legs are as strong as an ox, but he throws a punch like a 7-year old girl!”
At Synergy Athletics and on nearly every training forum, people ask, “What exercises do I need to become more explosive?”
