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

Musicians, artists, and actors relentlessly, religiously hone their craft, greasing their own groove, making automatic the fundamentals...

You have probably heard something about Pavlov’s dogs. But did you know his work might have a powerful application to your training? Ivan...

With each year comes new opportunities and new plans. There is much we can accomplish within the length of one year. One of my students...

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

Many think bodyweight training is simple — maybe even too simple — but when done correctly, it can be quite difficult. Using only your...

When one of the athletes I’m training insists on using poor form to complete a movement, I ask him or her, “What are you practicing?” The...

Not long ago, a question was posed on our Facebook page. The question was simple: “What is the best thing you have learned this year?”...

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...

When people hear “bodyweight training,” many think of jumping jacks, burpees, jump squats, and agility work. While there is nothing wrong...

Some of the greatest feats of strength ever recorded were done decades ago by men who had access to the most primitive equipment and knew...

If you know me well, you know that I LOVE strength training. If you’ve ever even had dinner with me, you know I LOVE strength training....

Are the swing and snatch interchangeable? Or do you have to do both? David Whitley, former StrongFirst Certified Master Instructor...

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

By now, proper abdominal training should not be a mystery. The body of experience and scientific knowledge serve up powerful methods on a...

Note: To put this article in context, read Should You Build Your Slow Fibers?, How to Build Your Slow Fibers, Part I, and How to Build...

Note: This article continues the series started in Should You Build Your Slow Fibers? and continued in How to Build Your Slow Fibers,...

You may have guessed that slow fibers take slow movements to train them. To appreciate the challenge of super slow consider the “Golden...

Training for mass without barbells is tricky business. I designed this program for just that purpose but before you write it off as just...

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