With each year comes new opportunities and new plans. There is much we can accomplish within the length of one year. One of my students...

Greetings, my fellow students of strength. I am honored and privileged to be counted among the StrongFirst community. I recently passed...

As coaches and trainers, we have all seen articles and books on the art of coaching. You may have even attended a workshop or seminar....

Mastering the dance of center of mass. Who wouldn’t sign up for a class about that? With a thick handle and off-set center of mass, the...

This program will build strength into your weighted pullup. At StrongFirst, we never rest. We constantly research, refine, experiment....

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

Note: This article continues the series started in Should You Build Your Slow Fibers? and continued in How to Build Your Slow Fibers,...

I attended the SFG Level II Certification in Budapest last year for re-certification. As you know, the Level II has a military press...

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?”...

As the saying goes: “To press a lot you must press a lot.” It takes a lot of reps to build up to a respectable press. The challenge is...

For years, kettlebell instructor Missy Beaver has been placing a set of swings between sets of everything else. She has had great success...

I always really struggled with my pressing. I’m not just talking about building pressing strength. I’m talking about the actual execution...

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

The 2-1-3 workout is a complex made up of 2 cleans, 1 press, and 3 squats—with double kettlebells. It’s another beautifully simple...

This is a program I have used for improving the double kettlebell press. It was inspired by Steve Justa’s singles routines, which call...

I’ll never forget the first time I witnessed the Beast Tamer Challenge. It was during my SFG Level I Certification in Philadelphia last...

The commercial with the meathead that keeps rambling, “I pick things up and put them down,” makes me chuckle every time I see it. For...

StrongFirst continues to present our readers’ solutions to putting together a six-week program based on the Moving Target Kettlebell...

Several months ago, StrongFirst published Moving Target Kettlebell Complex, a workout we sometimes put the students through at the SFG...

At the 2014 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony an enormous sign hung above the stage proclaiming: “IMPOSSIBLE.” Paralympian Alexey...