Ed Coan and Dave Tate explain their rationales and favorite accessory movements and variation lifts for training weak points.

This article is for the grizzled veterans who are now getting up in years. If you’ve fallen off the exercise wagon here are seven easy tips to get your training back on course.

Being in this sport for long means making mistakes, but for Clint, there’s one that he considers worse than all others.

Get a bigger bench and boulder shoulders with this easy movement.

Early in your powerlifting journey, this is the only weak point you need to concern yourself with.

You need a lot in a strongman program: basic barbell lifts, accessory work, practice with the events, conditioning, flexibility, mobility, and recovery work. Use these ideas to build your own training program.

As simple and extremely important as this principle is, I continue to see so many lifters overlook or misunderstand it year after year.

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.

This week Dave answers the question: If you could only pick one exercise as a secondary movement for squats, what would it be and why?

By designing his training program to address each of his technical, mental, and muscular weaknesses, I was able to help Dario claim the record he deserved.

Consider what areas of the body are affected, analyze what lifts aren’t improving, and come up with a plan for recovery. Now is not the time to give up.