A while back I was looking for a challenge, and decided to go for fifty consecutive pistol squats. I could not find anyone performing...

Last week we posted an outstanding article on training for the TSC by Jason Marshall, Senior SFG. Jason referenced the “Fighter Pullup...

There are two types of training a strength seeker must do: Perform a number of sets with moderate weights and reps, e.g. 5×5. This builds...

The StrongFirst Bodyweight Instructor Certification is likely coming to a city near you soon. Now, if you are like me you may be thinking...

At every Barbell Certification and Bodyweight Certification I get the same question: “If StrongFirst is a principle-based school of...

At social gatherings, when I’m presented to new acquaintances as a strength coach or, God forbid, “fitness expert,” the same question...

I walk around at 6 foot 3 inches and about 240lbs. Let’s just say gymnastics is not exactly a gift for me. However, I have found...

Long before the bench press was the apple of every gym rat’s eye, in the days before drugged-up muscles, pills, powders, and potions...

Having known a gentleman who had trained under Donn F. Draeger, a Western pioneer of Japanese martial arts, I did not hesitate for a...

Most of you probably remember back a few months ago when the New York Times wrote about how women can’t do pullups. I didn’t get involved...

I have a student who has been working for some time on successfully completing a single rep with the evil wheel—i.e. the ab wheel—from a...

This one is going to be simple. There is only one contender—a hollow position pull-up, strict and heavy. Note that “hollow” does not mean...