As we travel on our career paths, we will inevitably encounter events that alter our course and lead us in a direction we may never have...

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

“Aren’t you Dr. Ramana? I’m sure you have forgotten but you operated on me, as well as on my wife, and we are both alive!” When it comes...

The Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris is a remarkable work of faith, art, and engineering. Enter it, and you experience an out-of-this-world...

Here’s the thing. We teach get-ups very light. That’s because students are moving around for the very first time with a weight overhead....

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?”...

Co-authored by Geoff Neupert, former StrongFirst Certified Master Instructor At StrongFirst we never focused on fat loss—and got it...

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...

As the saying goes: “To press a lot you must press a lot.” It takes a lot of reps to build up to a respectable press. The challenge is...

The one-legged squat, or pistol, demands coordination, strength, and flexibility and has many positive effects. Every one of the muscles...

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...

There are many ways to get strong. Most are mediocre, some are effective, a handful are extraordinary. One—if not the only—system in the...

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...

In the public mind, the word “toughness” is associated with endurance. A marathoner gutting it out for hours. A professional boxer...

This past November marked my greatest athletic accomplishment of my life: Representing Team USA at the FILA World Grappling Championships...

The 2-1-3 workout is a complex made up of 2 cleans, 1 press, and 3 squats—with double kettlebells. It’s another beautifully simple...

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...

This is a program I have used for improving the double kettlebell press. It was inspired by Steve Justa’s singles routines, which call...

The commercial with the meathead that keeps rambling, “I pick things up and put them down,” makes me chuckle every time I see it. For...