“To hate is to show you still care, who needs that, focus on what’s really important.” – Henry Rollins

After a while, you begin to see the shots before they are thrown.

I will not be the same person I was before Dad passed.

Sales suck, workload is high and it’s hot and humid outside. Stress? What do you think?

Today is a super high carb day for me, so I’ll try to document this as it goes.

Passion, like love, is difficult to define.

Right now, I’m on a “keep it simple” diet.

This two-part column will be my way to bring everyone up to date with what’s going on with my training, and some of what’s going on at elitefts.com.

I can’t always find the words to express how grateful I am, but I hope that the changes we make to the company will express what words cannot.

Dave Tate answers your business and training questions while…. On The Mill. Topics include reading material, mentoring and bicep pain.

Dave Tate’s first book, Under the Bar, was billed as a book that wasn’t about training but kind of was. It wasn’t about business but kind of was, and it wasn’t about life but kind of was. His second book, Raising the Bar, is very similar but with a dark twist.

It was Friday night. I set my alarm for 5:00 a.m. This was nothing new, but when I woke up in five hours, I would be starting my trek to one of the strongest gyms in the Midwest—the EliteFTS compound.

Have you ever been asked a question or heard a statement that made you think or say, “WTF?!?”

Here is a question I was just asked on the Q and A. I do not watch or read the news in regards to political issues so my answer is based solely on the issues I deal with on a day to day basis with no BS or political agenda. It is what it is…

Under the Bar: December Update

AC: Dave, you’re an Elite powerlifter and own one of the most successful strength training equipment companies in existence—and by extension a website that has become one of the best educational companies in the field. So, what’s the plan from here?

As a kid in high school, I never particularly liked math; I was OK at it I guess, but it wasn’t my favorite subject. One thing I did like about it, though, was that I immediately knew where I stood. Back then, my ninth-grade brain wanted some things to be at least certain.

Under The Bar: Diet & Training Update #3

I’ve been asked several times to document the template I used for my last strength phase of training.

One of the biggest promises I have ever made in my life was made to a woman I knew for only a few days and will probably never see again. Yet, that promise had a major impact on many lives and will continue to for many years to come.

If strength and powerlifting are the topics, then I want to hear from those who are in the trenches day in and day out

Needless to say I spent the next hour or so tossing ideas around and keep coming up blank.

Since my first Under the Bar article and now after the release of the Under the Bar book I have been asked one question more than any other.

There are several reasons why we have not run meets over the past few years and they are all time and business related.

Risk is one factor that can and will make or break you. There are many types of risks you can take and trying to organize them in an easy way is not as easy as you may think.

Over the past couple years I have seen a shift in the type of questions I receive each day.

I learned more about training during my preparation for this meet than I have any other one in the past. This is because it was one of the worst training cycles I have ever had. We will start with the meet and work backwards.