Strength Is a Choice Not always an easy one, because it usually requires doing something difficult that one can’t do easily; but that is...

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

There is a restaurant in California that serves a mean burger and uncompromisingly refuses to change it in any way. No, we will not hold...

Today, I want to talk to you about the way you carry your strength. If you are already strong, this will be an opportunity for...

Back in the late nineties, I had the pleasure of strength coaching a seventy-some-year-old gentleman named Milton. He had a sparkle in...

Originally from “Pushing to the Front” (1911) by Orison Swett Marden. Included in the collection “The Art of Manliness Manvotionals” by...

The subject of this blog came from a conversation with a friend about how “everything we need to know we learn from the iron.” Although,...

I despise class envy. In any form and in either direction. Today’s blog is about strength envy directed by today’s upper class toward the...

A few weeks ago, I was testing some of my lifts in preparation for attending an upcoming StrongFirst Barbell Certification. Despite...

Since time immemorial, young people jockey for position in their peer groups. In less enlightened ages, you had to be stronger, tougher,...

Ron Swanson from Parks & Recreation thus spoke about poise: “Sting like a bee. Don’t float like a butterfly. That’s ridiculous.” The...

That is totally what I would shout at a teeth-baring mountain lion, interrupting a lovely Malibu hike. Or to some crazy machete-wielding...

A smart-aleck newspaper columnist recently made fun of the “guys who bench a lot and then stare at the wall.” You have missed the point,...

A while back I read a blog written by Ben Stein, Physics Meetings…The Truth about What Happens When Physicists Meet. He talked about...

I probably shouldn’t write this. It’s not the politically correct thing to say. Some people will be offended. But that’s okay, as well as...

Why do I choose to be Strong First? Because strength kept me out of a wheelchair. From my twenties to my early forties, I was a jogger...

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been twelve years since I first met Pavel in New York City. At the time, I was a karate student simply...

“If you look around to all of your closest friends and realize you are the smartest, hardest working person among the group, then it’s...

The Soft American. That was the title of an article forwarded to me by my friend Professor Tom Fahey. The author of the article was...