I’ve been using this combination superman plank finisher as the finisher for my core workouts lately. (A finisher is an exercise meant to finish you off in essence, though I’m still not going to failure in it.) This is a combination of one arm, one leg superman planks on each …
Full range vs Partial range
Should you be doing full range lifts exclusively? Or are partials useful? Rick sent in this response to a recent email on pullups… “I ,too , have had much experience with pullups. I found adding weight and getting super strong was the single best way to increase reps. Also, contrary …
Top 3 Mental Toughness Exercises
“What would be your TOP 3 choices for exercises that literally affect mental toughness the most?”– Emil This is a tough question! I’m going to take a slightly different track and mention top three CATEGORIES of exercises as I think that may be more helpful. Endurance (Can Always Do One …
Where Qi Comes From?
Just the other day I was reading through a book that mentioned the piezoelectric effect. Are you familiar with this? It is a property of crystalline structures whereby pressure will generate electricity. I’ve heard of this several times throughout the years, but while reading about this effect this time a …
Rehabbing and Building Strong Shoulders
Emil sent in a large set of questions. But they’re good ones, and instructive to all, so we’ll go through the whole set of them. Below, I’ll break up his questions with my comments… “I’ve been following most of your content and have been using Indestructible body and Strengthen your …
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 …
Rack Pull vs. Health Lift
This video covers the difference between Rack Pull vs. Health Lift, and why you might want to choose one over the other: The key difference is in the alignment of the spine and legs. In a rack pull, you’re mimicking your deadlift position as you would normally have it, typically …
To Press a Lot You Must Press a Lot
Fil states: “I’d love help in increasing my one arm dumbbell overhead press.” While more details certainly would have helped me give more directed information, I can still talk about this in a more general way. Pavel Tsatsouline popularized an old Russian saying: “To Press a Lot You Must Press …
5 Types of Structure Training
Different types of exercises bring different types of results. That’s obvious. So if you’re looking for unconventional results (and let’s be honest, conventional results aren’t that impressive) than you have to do unconventional exercises. In the new Strengthen Your Structure course there are five groups of exercises. Partials and Supports …
The Farmer’s Walk
In my last article I discussed one aspect of Strengthen Your Structure; partial training and weight supports. A series of exercises, somewhat similar but also different in several ways, are the carrying exercises. These are similar in that your body must work to support a load in one position. Which …
Strengthen Your Structure and the 1000 lb. Club
The majority of fitness and even strength training is focused on the muscles and also the cardiovascular system. But that’s not all there is to having a strong and fit body. If you only focus on your muscles, they may be strong but what about everything else? Injuries can and …
PR Report 10-19-13
As I mentioned last week I did belief change work around heavy squats. Since doing that, squats have been in every one of my workouts and I’m making great progress. Of interesting note, in doing research on Bob Peoples for an upcoming article, he stated that he like to deadlift …
PR Report 10-12-13
Not a whole lot of action this week, as I was busy filming for the new Strengthen Your Structure course, which will be coming as part of the new Strength Health Mind Power Inner Circle. (If you’ve never filmed exercise videos before it can be quite intensive even just demonstrating …
Full Standing Rollout (PR Report 9-21-13)
In the past I’ve talked about how the first time you achieve something it is often times very ugly. Your form is far from perfect but that’s okay. As long as it won’t hurt you, and there is a difference between ugly form in achieving something and ugly form that …