The final answer to What is Functional Strength?Yeah right. But hopefully this article will clear up what it is and what it means to your training. I want to extend a thanks to all of you who wrote in with your thoughts on the topic. I can guarantee you that …
What is Functional Strength? Part 3
I was going to get to my thoughts on the topic of functional strength today, but I’m going to have to hold off. Busy times with the holiday, my friend’s wedding and everybody in town. So to hold you off here’s the thoughts of Aldo that he sent in. It’s …
What is Functional Strength?
Ask and you shall receive. Eric Spence sent in this excellent question. “Logan ,with such an emphasis upon bodyweight and kettlebell lifting. I am an ex-college football player. I remember seeing some big ,powerful, fast, flexible athletes. This was at a time in which kettlebell/bodyweight training was not the norm. …
Ask Your Training Questions.
What would you like to hear about? Head on over to https://legendarystrength.com/question.html and ask away.If you ask a question I’ll do my best to answer it whether its on bodyweight exercise, kettlebells, feats of strength, how I train, conditioning, nutrition, or any specific exercises. Let me know what YOU want …
More on Odd Object Lifting
Big Red was an anchor weight. Instead of letting it sit unused my brother got a hold of it and we started using it to lift. We decided to paint it one day to cover the rust and give it a bit of personality (hence the name). It’s roughly …
Odd Object Lifting
Been re-reading the strength training classic Dinosaur Training. If you don’t have the book, get your hands on it. Plus Brooks Kubik, has a new website. One of the things I’ve added into my training is the lifting of a heavy odd object. I’ve got a unique tool named Big …
How to Hold a Handstand
A few things to cover today. First a questions from Brian. “my handstand stays in air for less than 3 seconds. at times i do better and most times i do worse. i tried the wall to gain back strength but i never seem to get better. Its been 3 …
Bodyweight Exercise for Strength Article
Yep, one more article up on the site. Bodyweight exercises should form the basis of anyone’s routine, at least in the beginning. By this I don’t mean you should do exclusively bodyweight training but you need to have the basics down before moving on to anything else. Bodyweight Strength Training …
How to Bend Nails
Yet another article is up on the site. This one delves into the feat of strength known as nail bending. Even if you’re not interested in bending nails for the sake of bending nails, you might want to try it out for the strength you’ll build in your hands, wrists, …
Strongman Manifesto soon to arrive
I’m just finishing up a special report called the Strongman Manifesto that you’ll be able to get early next week at no cost. Just wanted to let you know its coming. I’ve been writing it for several months off and on but its just about complete. To give you a …
Weightlifting and Hand Balancing
Does lifting weights help to hand balance? The answer is yes and no. Let me qualify all the following by saying there are many different ways to lift weights. Whether you are doing power lifting, Olympic lifting, bodybuilding, or just good old fashioned strength training with barbells and dumbbells. How …
An Odd Feat of Strength You Gotta See
There is a new video and article up on the site. If you enjoy odd feats of strength you’ll definitely want to see this one. Towing A Truck ‘Mighty Atom’ Style Grow Powerfully, Logan Christopher
Exercise Technique
There is a lot more to getting strong then just hard work. I don’t want to downplay hard work though. Too many people think they are working hard when they are barely pushing themselves. Are you guilty of this? I have been in the past, for sure. But today I …
When Your Strength Training Comes in Useful
As you know I was down in LA attending a seminar this weekend. What I did not tell you was that I got stuck there until Wednesday night. And not by choice. I was planning on leaving Monday. Yep, my car broke down. Pretty bad place and time. I was …
Destructive Training Habits
No I’m not talking about spending 4 hours in the gym that wear you down instead of building you up. That kind of stuff will be talked about some other time. What I am talking about is a certain kind of strength training. The kind that leaves behind a pile …