I’ll be honest. I’m not too up to date on the current going-ons in the strength world today. But I saw several other people mentioning this, specifically that it was broadcast live over the weekend. Years back, as a fan of Game of Thrones I was made more aware of …
12 Carrying Exercise Positions
Overall, carrying weights is an underrated exercise. It deserves prominence up there with squats and deadlifts as a way to build bodily strength. And it tends to be very applicable to life as sometimes we need to pickup and move heavy things. Nor is it just about strength, but can …
Deadlift Isometrics
Using a barbell and a power rack, you can do deadlift isometrics that can directly increase your deadlifting ability. But you must understand your weak points to know which isometrics will work best. For most people, the sticking point in the deadlift is right below or above the knees. If …
The Once per Week Workout Plan
Glenn writes in regarding one of my more popular books, Deceptive Strength: “It’s easy to read as it doesn’t go into minute detail like so many books these days do. So easy to understand and lots of good ideas to help expand on what I’m doing, although I’m still trying …
6 Strength Training Measuring Sticks
How do you match up? While you shouldn’t necessarily compare yourself to other people out there, it can be useful from time to time.These six measuring sticks can be helpful guidelines for how you might want to structure your training and what your weak points might be. Deadlift – Bodyweight …
An Old Lift for Improved Gains
A new guest article was put up at Breaking Muscle a couple of days ago. Old-time Strongman for New Strength: The Jefferson Deadlift I might like the Jefferson deadlift more than any other version of the deadlift. Yet this amazing exercise is seldom seen in most gyms. My goal with …
5 Day Structural Attack
The biggest and most pervasive training idea out there is that you have to FORCE your body to adapt to get stronger and build muscle. This is not true. Your body adapts to what you do regardless of whether force is used or not. This is the idea behind biofeedback …
Strongman Competition WIN!
I’m very pleased to announce I took 1st place in the Men’s Light Weight division at the Santa Cruz Strength Strongman Challenge 2 this past Saturday. It was a hard-fought battle and I’ll be sharing every detail and video I have with you here in this article. Preparation for the …
Practicing vs. Training vs. Testing
The following is an excerpt from Practicing Strength and Movement: How to Gain Any Skill FASTER! which is the new manual now available. In working around the idea of “strength is a skill” I came up with the following continuum. Previously I have pointed out the difference between training and …
What I have Achieved…and YOU Can Too
Like I told you in my last article about practicing what I preach its one of the most important things that I do. So I wanted to take a moment and share with you the achievements I have accomplished and how you can do the same or similar ones by …
John Y. Smith
John Y. Smith was a strongman born in 1866 who lost both parents at the age of four. He spent next 25 years working on ships where he grew up, only to retired at the age of 29 and start weightlifting a year later. Unlike most oldtime strongmen, John Y. …
Bob Peoples on the Deadlift
Another post in Strongman Profile series has just been put up on Breaking Muscle. Strongman Profile: Bob Peoples Schools Us on the Deadlift Bob Peoples deadlifted 725lbs at 181lbs bodyweight and at the age of forty. This was back in the 1949, on his farm, with limited training equipment, and before …
Elephant Wrestling and Deadlifting by Hermann Goerner
Another article in the Strongman Profile series has been put up on Breaking Muscle. Strongman Profile: Hermann Goerner Teaches Us the Deadlift (and Elephant Wrestling) Hermann Goerner is not a household name, but he could easily be considered once of the strongest people of all time. Even amongst old-time strongmen …
Isometrics or Full Range Lifts
Is it better to train using full range lifts or isometrics? First of all, you can use isometrics in two main different ways. You can get incredibly strong and activate your entire body with just isometrics training, like Steve Justa for example. There is a great book called “Functional Isometric …
PR Report 9-14-13
No major new goals hit this week but good progress all around. I’ve made some changes to my routine after reviewing some of Goerner the Mighty, specifically on the addition of more varieties of deadlifts in my training. This includes many grip intensive ones like single finger deadlifts and more. …