Are You Training in Your Now or in Your Then: Residual Self-Image
“Your appearance now is what we call residual self-image. It is the mental projection of your digital self.” Morpheus from the Matrix The...
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Feb 11, 20192 min read
Podcast Episode #21: Dr. Stu McGill
StrongFirst Podcast Episode #21 Summary Dr. Stu McGill joins the show for a second time to talk about breathing and when to use what kind...
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Oct 9, 20181 min read
Podcast Episode #11: Pavel Macek
StrongFirst Podcast Episode #11 Summary In this episode of the StrongFirst Podcast, your host Craig Marker talks with Pavel Macek, Senior...
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StrongFirst
May 7, 20186 min read
Data for the Data-Averse
“Not everything that matters can be measured, and not everything that is measured matters.” Elliot Eisner We live in the age of “Big...
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Nov 16, 20175 min read
Tammy’s Story: A Journey of Discovery, Growth, and Strength
Tammy Baskett is a 61-year-old dedicated student of strength and a massage therapy client of mine, but it hasn’t always been this way....
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StrongFirst
Sep 5, 20175 min read
G-Tox: A Proven Tool for Accelerated Grip Recovery
At StrongFirst, we recognize tension and relaxation as two sides of the same performance coin. But we often find it easy to focus...
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StrongFirst
May 2, 20176 min read
To Every Season: A Simple Way to Structure a Year of Training
Rhythm (you either have it or you don’t, that’s a fallacy….) Sorry, music flashback—that was my jam back in the day. Rhythm—not the...
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StrongFirst
Mar 21, 201710 min read
An Ounce of Injury Prevention Is Worth a Kilogram of Cure
Nothing can set your training back more than getting injured. When you are young, minor things heal quickly. But as you get toward...
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StrongFirst
Mar 14, 20176 min read
Pushing for a Better Pull?
Early on in my education with kettlebells, I would hear occasional stories about people who followed a pressing-intensive program (Rite...
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StrongFirst
Mar 22, 20168 min read
Empowering Self Advocacy: Taking Charge of Your Back Pain
Key Messages: Studies on “non-specific back pain” are not helpful, just as studies on non-specific head pain would not be helpful, nor...
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StrongFirst
Sep 22, 20154 min read
Daily Dose Deadlift Plan
If you know me well, you know that I LOVE strength training. If you’ve ever even had dinner with me, you know I LOVE strength training....
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Sep 4, 20144 min read
Tempo Runs + Kettlebells = Your Next “Recovery” Day
Each summer as the weather gets hot and the training gets brutal, I find it important for myself and my athletes to get outside the four...
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StrongFirst
Jul 9, 20135 min read
The Miseducation of Stretching
“I want to be more flexible” is a statement I get from many of the young athletes I train. My immediate follow up of “Why?” is usually...
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StrongFirst
May 4, 20134 min read
Confessions From a Recovering Bodybuilder
This is a little embarrassing to admit, but I was an obsessed bodybuilder for about six years of my life. My training was completely...
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StrongFirst
Nov 1, 20123 min read
Are You Training Through or Toward an Injury?
A few weeks ago, I saw a post on a fitness forum from a trainer complaining about a pain in his wrist accompanied by a “snapping” sound...
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