I wrote about “Strong & Useless” in my Encyclopedia of Underground Strength & Conditioning. It’s when an athlete can move big weights on the barbell but can’t do basic bodyweight exercises such as lunges, pull ups, pushups, sprints, and jumps.
I love helping my fellow Strength Coaches grow their business. Why? Because when you have greater business knowledge, you can impact and change more lives of athletes. With all the confusion out there for Coaches, it’s important to keep it
My back was going into spasms on the craziest things: doing dishes, warm ups with DB side raises, bent over row with a light barbell. It felt like a shot of lightning was hitting me in the back. I spoke
“Before my father died, he said the worst thing about growing old was that other men stopped seeing you as dangerous. I’ve always remembered that, how being dangerous was sacred, a badge of honor.” That line from the movie Act
This is an excerpt from my book, IRON JOURNEYS. He was a quiet man. He got away from the busy streets and found himself some land and built a cabin with a few old friends. He told me he paid
Deadlifts have been around since the dawn of time. Cavemen lifting heavy objects off the ground. It’s so simple, it’s complicated. It doesn’t have to be complicated, BUT, people nowadays LOVE to complicate things. I don’t know why? I assume
I am always in shock with how abundant information is, both good and bad, yet still, when left to their own devices, sport coaches are implementing crazy, stupid, BS “workouts” for their athletes. I know this article and video will
I was 13 years old. It was early June and there was 2 weeks left of 8th grade. I trekked down to my brother’s room and went through Arnold’s Encyclopedia. We had a Weider bench, some sand filled weights and
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