Many years ago, while I was competing at a USA Powerlifting competition, Michael Overdeer, then the president of the organization, said a...

In the strength and conditioning world, we frequently hear that quality is more important than quantity regarding training. For those...

Powerlifting is a brutally simple sport—he or she with the most plates on the bar wins. Of course, as strength athletes, we know there is...

The SFG is StrongFirst’s most well-known certification, and is widely considered the gold standard for kettlebell certification. But...

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

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...

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....

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The barbell front squat is a very effective squat variation, and when compared to the back squat, is just plain hard work. In addition,...

The barbell military press is a classic test of upper body strength and a powerful strength builder. At StrongFirst, we teach it on a...