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Apr 14, 20167 min read
How to Intelligently Define, Determine, and Test Your 1RM
After the publication of my article The 5TRM Back Squat Program, I received many comments and emails with questions about the real...
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Mar 15, 20165 min read
How to Properly Program for In-Season Football
One way for me to connect with my athletes is to continue to be an athlete. In addition to playing for the love of the game, two-hand...
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Mar 8, 20165 min read
The Subtle But Essential Role of the Triceps Brachii in the Deadlift
Huh? Shouldn’t we be talking about posterior chain, glutes, hamstrings, lats, or erector spinae? Yes, we will in the future, but for this...
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Jan 26, 20164 min read
The 5TRM Back Squat Program
A few months ago, one of my students expressed the desire to include the barbell back squat in her strength training protocols. She had...
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Dec 15, 20154 min read
300 Seconds: A Guide to Maximizing Your Rest Intervals
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...
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Jul 28, 20154 min read
Chuck Taylor Redesign: A Survival Guide
Among the changes: CUSHIONING. The History Chucks have long been favored among lifters for their no-frills, retro-cool style and flat,...
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Apr 7, 20153 min read
The Patience of Strength: the Russian Science of Rest Intervals
“Give them great meals of beef and iron and steel,” wrote Shakespeare in Henry V. “They will eat like wolves and fight like devils.”...
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Jan 27, 20154 min read
Should You Train Your Slow Twitch Fibers?
Slow twitch fibers got a bad reputation in the power world. Slower, weaker… what self-respecting lifter or wrestler would want to train...
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Dec 4, 20143 min read
Kettlebells and Deadlifting: A Match Made in Heaven?
Kettlebells are a waste of time! Or so I thought, until I became friends with Pavel. Like many powerlifters, I dismissed kettlebells...
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Nov 30, 20144 min read
Heads Up! The Neck Position in Kettlebell Swings and Snatches
A few years ago, a strange idea emerged from the clinical world: the insect head. White coats started telling lifters to lock their heads...
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Oct 2, 20145 min read
Getting a Bigger Press: 3 Big Tips and 10 Ideas
If you are around online forums, social media, and fitness blogs, you may have heard this: “Yeah, who doesn’t need a heavier press, huh?”...
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Sep 25, 20145 min read
The Secret to Big Deadlifts: Do the Small Things
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...
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Sep 1, 20142 min read
The 5-Week TSC Deadlift Plan
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...
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Aug 19, 20143 min read
Forward to the Past: the Best Strength Systems
2015 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the classic film Back to the Future. What makes this anniversary special is 2015 is the...
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Jul 31, 20148 min read
10 Essential Tips to Prepare for Your First Powerlifting Meet
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...
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Jul 15, 20143 min read
StrongFirst Deadlift Team Pulls Strong Again
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....
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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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Jun 10, 20142 min read
The Lateral Arch: A Secret Weapon for a Big Bench Press
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...
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Feb 11, 20146 min read
4 Tips for Getting Tight and Instant Strength Gains
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...
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