I Wanna Hold It 
			
			
		
		
 			
        
	Let’s travel back to 1995 at Maryland Athletic Club, where a 29-year-old man named Kirk Karwoski was heading into the gym to hit a 1000-pound squat for two.
    		
		
		        				
    		    		
    		
    		
		    
								Mental Health First Aid Training for Strength Coaches
			
			
		
		
 			
        
	After 20 years of mistakes and heartbreaks, I’ve learned that we need to do better when it comes to mental health training for our student-athletes. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution, but we can start to do better by being more empathetic.
    		
		
		        				
    		    		
    		
    		
		    
								Live and Learn (and Pass On, Too)
			
			
		
		
 			
        
	Live and learn from your failures and mistakes. Be willing to learn, and maybe more importantly, be willing to be wrong. Now go and pass that along.
    		
		
		        				
    		    		
    		
    		
		    
								It Has Something to Do with the Struggle 
			
			
		
		
 			
        
	What do I ask a man who built a physique back in 1965 and if he walked into any contemporary gym today in his Mr. America condition, every lifter in the place would stop to behold a build somehow created with nothing fancier than barbells, dumbbells, steak, eggs, and elbow grease?
    		
		
		        				
    		    		
    		
    		
		    
								Antoine Vaillant's "Play The Tape To The End" Preview
			
			
		
		
 			
        
	IFBB Pro Antoine Vaillant and his sponsor Universal Nutrition uploaded a preview for a full length video about Antoine's substance abuse set to release on August 4th, 2015.  Having previously spoken out about his issues with drugs and a negative lifestyle and committing to change, Antoine shows that Universal Nutrition stands behind its athletes when […]
    		
		
		        				
    		    		
    		
    		
		    
								You Ain't Shit But Neither Am I
			
			
		
		
 			
        
	In a world in which society is more connected than ever before, where has individual connectivity gone?
    		
		














