The antelope was grazing, oblivious of the superbly camouflaged cat stealthily closing in. The predator flowed like mercury, hugging the...

Smart runners know a little strength training goes a long way to helping improve performance and reduce risk of injury. Smart coaches...

From winning a jiu-jitsu world championship, to serving in the Italian Army, to running close protection security for diplomats and...

Life happens. It can be unpredictable and hard, and extremely satisfying. For many of us, training is a big part of our lives. But...

Ah, the trusty pull-up. Once a staple of every child’s PE class, it has fallen by the wayside as physical education in schools has...

Strength is a skill…and you’ve decided that it’s time to add SFL skills to your toolbox. But you have limited barbell experience and zero...

The (dreaded) snatch test. Five minutes (of suck) that many StrongFirst instructors consider the most stressful in their certifying or...

Kettlebells. Barbells. Bodyweight. Three different modalities that share a common theme: they are designed to help us get stronger. We...

There’s a lot more to getting stronger than the actions of simply, and progressively, lifting more. Much of it has to do with caring...

Have you ever seen one of the “Army Strong” commercials? Well in the UK, there’s no stronger or more capable military unit than the Royal...

The pistol squat is one of the hallowed movements among fitness lovers—especially bodyweight aficionados. While they’re not for everyone,...

“Your appearance now is what we call residual self-image. It is the mental projection of your digital self.” Morpheus from the Matrix The...

Adapting to load is what makes us stronger. But because training loads can be manipulated in so many ways—intensity, magnitude,...

Training for a world record requires grit. Many may approach the challenge preparation by continually pushing for more “burn.” But there...

As we continue our pursuit of strength, we are regularly threatened by a stealthy nemesis that rears its head between us and our goals....

I first came across the term courage corner when reading StrongFirst CEO Pavel Tsatsouline’s book The Russian Kettlebell Challenge....

We believe that strength has a greater purpose—and that purpose goes far beyond the ability to lift weight or move loads. Being...

A common path for our students pursuing the StrongFirst Elite designation is to start with the kettlebell instructor certifications...

On the flight home from teaching a StrongFirst Lifter certification (SFL), I was thinking about the programming section and some of our...

By Fabio Zonin, Master SFG and Pavel Tsatsouline Earlier this year, we launched “Reload: Your Barbell Strength Blueprint,” a concise...