No, this isn’t a psychology lesson on stress. I am neither discussing different types of headaches, nor the strength properties of a...

After the publication of my article The 5TRM Back Squat Program, I received many comments and emails with questions about the real...

One way for me to connect with my athletes is to continue to be an athlete. In addition to playing for the love of the game, two-hand...

Huh? Shouldn’t we be talking about posterior chain, glutes, hamstrings, lats, or erector spinae? Yes, we will in the future, but for this...

A few months ago, one of my students expressed the desire to include the barbell back squat in her strength training protocols. She had...

300 seconds = 5 minutes. Why is this number and the resultant math to convert it to minutes important? This length of time, to those of...

Among the changes:  CUSHIONING. The History Chucks have long been favored among lifters for their no-frills, retro-cool style and flat,...

“Give them great meals of beef and iron and steel,” wrote Shakespeare in Henry V. “They will eat like wolves and fight like devils.”...

Slow twitch fibers got a bad reputation in the power world. Slower, weaker… what self-respecting lifter or wrestler would want to train...

Kettlebells are a waste of time! Or so I thought, until I became friends with Pavel. Like many powerlifters, I dismissed kettlebells...

A few years ago, a strange idea emerged from the clinical world: the insect head. White coats started telling lifters to lock their heads...

If you are around online forums, social media, and fitness blogs, you may have heard this: “Yeah, who doesn’t need a heavier press, huh?”...

So, I want to deadlift. I want a strong deadlift. I want a really strong deadlift. Oh, you too? I don’t need to inform you of the...

Did you suddenly decide to compete in the TSC and realize your deadlift is not where it needs to be? All is not lost. If you have decent...

2015 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the classic film Back to the Future. What makes this anniversary special is 2015 is the...

Over the past couple of years my focus in strength has shifted from kettlebell training to the sport of powerlifting. Why? 1. I wanted a...

An Update From Jason Marshall We had two lifters for the East Coast meet in Philly, Ellen Stein and Lisa Burke. Both won their divisions....

As a competitive powerlifter, my bench has always been my Achilles’ heel. It has been the slowest to build for me, and a source of...

It is an axiom: if you want to bench big, you must arch big. An arch shortens the range of motion, puts you into a much stronger decline...

A couple weeks back, my friend Elliot and I went to a seminar held by our good friend Mehdi of Stronglifts. After I’d given my talk, the...