If you don’t have a wrist roller setup at your home, I’ll show you a couple of great forearm exercises with dumbbells you should be doing if you are looking to strengthen your wrist, fingers and forearm. In my opinion, these work much better than the wrist curl which is …
Q1 2013 Testimonial Contest Winner
Every three months I hold a contest for the best testimonials I receive. The prize is your choice of $100 cash or $200 in product credit. This winner is drawn at random from the best testimonials I receive during that period of time. Here is the winning testimonial: “I love …
How to Avoid a Plateau in Convict Conditioning
Recently I received a question on breaking through plateaus in Convict Conditioning (actually it was specifically about the sequel, Convict Conditioning 2, but the ideas apply for both these books and more). In this case a guy had a hard time with hanging grip work from CC2. Although I think …
Podcast: Barefoot Running with Zane Christopher
In this podcast interview my brother Zane Christopher on the topic of Barefoot Running. Zane has run been barefoot running for a number of years and has even done completely barefoot marathons (completed in 4 hours 14 minutes at Big Sur, and 3 hours 47 minutes in his latest one). …
George Jowett
George Jowett is probably best known for anvil lifting feats, but he was also a famous strongman, bodybuilder, an innovator and an author of numerous books on physical training. His childhood story is somewhat similar to Sandow’s, since he too suffered a serious injury when he fell from his mother’s …
Full Squat vs Parallel Squat
A common question about squats is whether you should only go on parallel or do a full squat instead. A full squat with flat feet on the ground is a natural position for humans and everyone should be able to do it. If you cannot get in that full squat …
Which is Better – Deadlift or Squat?
Which exercise is better – the Deadlift or the Squat? Some will claim one over the other, and you can find my answer in the video below. It all depends on you personally and a few other factors including: What you are built for Your personal preference Your goals For …
Handstands with Unsual Finger Positions
This comes from Hand Balancing Made Easy. Before reading this book I knew of a few different handstand variations, but this book opened my eyes to so much more. This variation is like a step between doing handstands with hands flat on the floor and doing a handstand on your …
Types of Isometric Exercises
I received this email from Thomas regarding his isometric training and its evolution with a number of different teachers I’ve been introducing to you in the recent past. As a devoted student he’s been working with many different types of isometric exercises. Hi Logan, Bud, Steve and Stone Paul, I …
Thomas Inch
Thomas Inch had a promising future even in his teenage years, since he won the “Britain’s Strongest Youth” title at 16, followed by “Britain’s Strongest Man” in 1910. Perhaps he was most famous for lifting a dumbbell that weights 172 pounds with one hand, with particularly thick handle ( 2 3/8 inches). …
One Hand Stand with Blocks
This is a cool and fun video showing one hand stand skills with blocks. Go ahead and watch it below. You’ll notice a very straight line in Yuval Ayalon, and the shifting of the legs and weight from hand to hand as each block is removed or stacked up. In …
Kettlebell Challenge Workout
The following is a guest article from Forest Vance on how to do Kettlebell Challenge Workouts. A big mistake a lot of folks make who are training for general, “aesthetic”-based fitness goals like fat loss, muscle gain, etc. – is that they set zero performance-based targets. So – let’s say …
Bob Hoffman
If you like the ways of old strongmen and you haven’t heard about Bob Hoffman, you must’ve been living under a rock. Bob Hoffman was a weightlifter, athlete, nutritionist born in 1898 on a farm in Tifton. His father liked to show off his muscles and definitely had an influence …
Podcast: Health Experimenting
In this podcast I detail some of my latest health experiments and some of the issues caused by them. This is further development off of the recent Killing Parasites article. [display_podcast] Why you should experiment with your health, and how this is like strength training. Some of my first experiments …
How Do You Kill Parasites In Your Body?
How do you kill parasites in your body? It’s quite simple really, at least from the research I have done. By taking certain herbal formulas you can easily eradicate these pesky critters from your body. I’ve currently just started this detox plan myself. First lets start off with why I …