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StrongFirst
Jan 30, 20185 min read
All-Out Competition, or Fat-Loss and Status Check: Two Other Reasons the Tactical Strength Challenge
The Tactical Strength Challenge is a twice-yearly event with participants all over the globe. For one day in April and October, people on...
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StrongFirst
Jan 12, 20176 min read
The Pursuit of Mastery: Setting the Right Goal Can Be the Key
As students of strength, it’s safe to say we’re all chasing some performance-related goal. Whether that’s becoming a StrongFirst...
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StrongFirst
Jan 10, 20176 min read
No Plan B: Make the Decision to Be Strong
Recently, a fellow trainer decided to seek my help. He’s a knowledgeable trainer; however, barbell work isn’t the focus of his training....
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StrongFirst
Aug 25, 20163 min read
My SFG Experience: From Now On, I’m StrongFirst
I open my eyes while, bathed in sweat, I slowly regain my breath control. I’m lying on the artificial grass contemplating the high dome...
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StrongFirst
Jul 26, 20166 min read
4 Essential Mental Tools for Passing the SFG Level I Cert
Ten years ago I signed-up for my first Ironman triathlon. At that time, I had never swum more than 500 yards, never ridden a road bike,...
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StrongFirst
Jul 5, 20168 min read
How to Exercise the Vital Muscle of Patience
There are too many quotations and clichés about time. Philosophers ponder the subject and we all watch the seconds, minutes, hours, and...
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StrongFirst
Apr 7, 20165 min read
Overcoming Mediocrity Through Strength and Purpose
Musicians, artists, and actors relentlessly, religiously hone their craft, greasing their own groove, making automatic the fundamentals...
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StrongFirst
Mar 24, 20166 min read
Standing on the Shoulders of StrongFirst Giants
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton Standing on the shoulders of giants means...
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StrongFirst
Nov 24, 20154 min read
An Outlier on the Normal Kettlebell Curve
Unlike many of my predecessors who have written articles about kettlebells, I have no acronyms after my name. I am not a trainer of any...
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StrongFirst
Nov 17, 20157 min read
How to Prepare for and Pass Your SFG Level I
If attending the SFG Level I Certification has entered your mind as anything from a dream to a plan, you have some work to do. Training...
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StrongFirst
Mar 6, 20153 min read
The Tactical Strength Challenge as Celebration of Life
Willard (Jim) Sloan entered to compete in the StrongFirst Tactical Strength Challenge (TSC) last October. People enter the TSC for a lot...
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StrongFirst
Jul 3, 20143 min read
How I Got a Nearly 10% Bigger Bench Press in 2 Months
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...
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StrongFirst
Dec 31, 20133 min read
The Way You Carry Your Strength Matters
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...
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StrongFirst
Oct 8, 20134 min read
The World’s Standing Advertisement: “Wanted—A Man”
Originally from “Pushing to the Front” (1911) by Orison Swett Marden. Included in the collection “The Art of Manliness Manvotionals” by...
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StrongFirst
Aug 19, 20133 min read
Better One Day as a Lion
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,...
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StrongFirst
Jul 15, 20133 min read
Class Envy: Strength Envy from the Upper Class
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...
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StrongFirst
Apr 8, 20133 min read
Do Not Be Afraid to Be Alone
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,...
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StrongFirst
Mar 13, 201310 min read
A Strong Woman and Her Endless Possibilities
I think I knew I wanted to be strong when I threw a boy for distance for the first time. It was June of 1997, in a little basement of a...
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StrongFirst
Mar 7, 20137 min read
Is Greatness Possible Without Obsession?
A while back I read a blog written by Ben Stein, Physics Meetings…The Truth about What Happens When Physicists Meet. He talked about...
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