“Everything in excess is opposed to nature”—Hippocrates Perhaps you, the reader, are familiar with Easy Strength by Pavel and Dan John,...

Note: In my last article, How to Intelligently Define, Determine, and Test Your 1RM, I promised to follow up with a more advanced...

Group classes require an instructor be a combination of entertainer, drill sergeant, and life guard. You have to keep people engaged,...

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

“I never went to the gym to workout. I went to the gym to learn and the workout was a byproduct.”—Dr. Ed Thomas In my work with Dr....

When I saw the announcement of the Plan Strong workshop in 2014, I knew it was something I had to attend. I signed up immediately and was...

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...

Are You Really a Scientist? “Knowing the other and knowing oneself, In one hundred battles no danger. Not knowing the other and knowing...

Posture What would happen to the sprinter if she were slouched over? A waste of her remarkable muscle power. The full contact karateka’s...

“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Usually because the manure is deeper.” —Gene Dudgeon PART 1: TALL PEOPLE...

So you want to improve your jumping ability? First, get strong and symmetrical. Then start “greasing the groove” (GTG) with all sorts of...

Disclaimer: One of the advantages of being both a senior doctor and a strength coach is being able to see a wide spread of people —...

The original Russian term rabotosposobnost literally translates into “work ability.” A better translation would be “potential...

The words “work capacity” have joined the fashionable jargon of the industry. What exactly do they mean? Some folks envision a sweaty...

In the beginning he was Christopher Bellew. By the time he was at college he had become Chris Bellew. Later, in the Bohemian crowd of San...

“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...