Competition Results: 7 elitefts Athletes, 3 Meets, 1 Weekend
Check out how some of your favorite lifters did this past weekend at Great Lakes Raw, IPA Buckeye Brawl, and APF Raw Power Challenge.
Learn to Train X: Drop Your Nuts to the Bar Deadlift Set-Up with Ted Toa...
Don’t want to see Ted drop his nuts on the bar? Then look away! Keep your eyes off the bar! Besides, that’s exactly what Ted does when he sets up to do the deadlift: He doesn’t look at the bar.
2018 IPL Midwest Open — 2131-Pound Total at 242 Pounds
The 825 opener flew, and I told JP to call 881 on my second. This is when I knew I would “earn my regrets” because I actively prepared myself to become injured due to this decision.
Finding A Personal Record Through Consistency
Powerlifting is one tool I use to measure my strength. Through relocation, job change, a virus, a motorcycle crash, and children (the list goes on), there’s one thing I learned this past year: consistency.
DB Floor Presses with Ted Toalston
Take the load off your shoulders while still pressing massive weight with DB floor presses.
How To Use The SS Yoke Bar For Your Triceps
Now you can use the yoke bar to help your bench. What can’t you use it for?
WATCH: Ted Toalston's Four Steps of Meet Handling
When your training partners make it to the big meet, what can you do to help them have the best day possible?
WATCH: A Message from Team elitefts
There's more to our athletes than big numbers and world-class physiques. Find out what really matters to Team elitefts this holiday season.
2014 APF Senior Nationals Preview
The winners of this weekend qualify for the WPC World Championships…who will they be?
Motivation From Within
How far would you push yourself when you believe the only person who will ever know is you?
elitefts™ Roundtable: Programs & Programming
At this year’s UGSS, many elitefts™ team members gathered together to discuss the particulars of proper programming.
What is a Perceived Max?
I usually pride myself on having common sense and being able to understand things.
Toalston Earns First-Place and a Huge PR at 2010 APF Senior Nats
Enjoy the early accomplishments of a young (and pre-male pattern baldness) baby-faced Ted.
Under The Bar: The S-4 Weekender Program
I’m still not quit sure how it happened, but over the course of the past twelve months, we have attracted a group of competitive powerlifters into our gym. It was not that long ago that I retired from the sport and spent my weekends training with one or two other guys, and that was it.