No, I’m not talking about the progressive rock band. (I’m actually a fan and just had the opportunity to see them live for the first time a couple months ago. Really looking forward to the new album coming out tomorrow too.) What I’m talking about is strength training tools. And …
What are Assistance Exercises for?
Yesterday, I talked about how many people do assistance exercises wrong. And that was to do them without rhyme or reason, simply because you think or heard they were a good idea. Because this idea of assistance exercises often gets attached to the idea of isolation exercises (like those hamstring …
Thick Bar Training
Thick Bar Training. If you’re here I’m guessing that you are familiar with thick bars and perhaps even use them. All the old-time lifters used them, often to build a super strong grip. Using their strong hands with a thick bar they could then lift a weight that the average …
Introducing the Yoga Trapeze
I haven’t offered many training tools on this site for one reason. There’s only a select few things that can help you build strength, hand balancing and acrobatic ability. Today I’d like to introduce you to one of those few things. This is the Yoga Trapeze. (Forgive the cheesy music. …
Strength and Health
Strength and health are tied together. At least that’s the way it should be. That’s the reason that probably the greatest physical culture magazine was called by that name. Yet today more than ever people seem to divorce the two. There should be little if any difference in training for …
New Article – Battling Ropes
A new article on one of my favorite new training tools has just been published to the site complete with a video. This is the Battling Ropes created by John Brookfield. If you can you need to try out this training. Better yet, do it on a regular basis and …
Partials and Power Racks
Just finished a new article that covers the power rack and partials. One of my newest training tools and training methods. Power Rack Article Read it and then start doing it. In strength, Logan Christopher
Updates on Articles
I’ve reorganized the articles section on this website to make it easier to navigate with categories rather than just in chronological order of me writing them. I’ve also added two new ones that go along with the Training Tools page. So today you can check out: Why the Barbell is …
Clubs and Cables
It looks like a lot of people enjoyed my last post listing my top 5 training tools of 2009. There were many comments and questions so I’m going to try to respond to them today. Many people had some variety of leverage tool in their top five. Clubbells, maces and …
My Top 5 Training Tools of 2009
I figured I would do something special for the end of the year and that would be to list my top 5 training tools of 2009. It was hard to pull from all the things I use and do but I believe this is a fair list, when I look …
Various Training Tools
There are bodyweight guys. There are kettlebell guys. There are clubbell guys. There are barbell guys. Some of its marketing but I think the biggest reason behind this sticking to one system is exactly what happened me. I use to go to a commercial gym like most people seeking to …