How to Become a Barbell Instructor With Kettlebells
Strength is a skill…and you’ve decided that it’s time to add SFL skills to your toolbox. But you have limited barbell experience and zero...
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StrongFirst
Mar 12, 20194 min read
What Chocolate Chip Cookies and Guinness Beer Can Teach You About Barbell Basics
On the flight home from teaching a StrongFirst Lifter certification (SFL), I was thinking about the programming section and some of our...
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StrongFirst
Dec 31, 20185 min read
Building on Strength: Year-end Review and 2019 Preview
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” Hal Borland As we...
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StrongFirst
Nov 20, 20184 min read
How Mastering the Pause can Boost your Bench Press
How do you boost your bench press? By mastering the pause between your concentric and eccentric movements. Master SFG Dr. Michael Hartle...
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StrongFirst
Aug 21, 20186 min read
Barbell BDSM: the Secret Marathon Training and Recovery Strategy
With August upon us, members of the StrongFirst community from the New York City area and elsewhere have already begun their preparations...
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StrongFirst
May 15, 201810 min read
A Look Inside the StongFirst Lifter (SFL) Barbell Instructor Certification
Which came first in your strength training experience—the barbell, or the kettlebell? Kettlebell, barbell, and bodyweight (the third...
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StrongFirst
Apr 17, 20188 min read
Quarterly Update: Back to the Barbell
“He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze...
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StrongFirst
Nov 28, 20174 min read
What You Need to Know About the Lats and Your Front Squat
During the StrongFirst SFL Certification, I might mention the word “lats” one or two times. Once you understand the anatomy and the...
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StrongFirst
Jul 25, 20175 min read
How to Get Properly Loaded in the Deadlift and Swing
Not so fast—”getting loaded” means something completely different at StrongFirst. Getting “loaded” means an active eccentric to the bar...
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StrongFirst
Nov 1, 20166 min read
The Dangers of Circumducitur Cervicalis Syndrome and How to Prevent It
Circumducitur cervicalis syndrome is also known as rotating cervical syndrome. Do neither of those names sound familiar to you? Well,...
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StrongFirst
Aug 23, 20167 min read
How to Prepare for, Pass, and Get the Most Out of the SFL
The SFG is StrongFirst’s most well-known certification, and is widely considered the gold standard for kettlebell certification. But...
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StrongFirst
Jul 28, 20165 min read
Zen and the Art of Barbell Training
Recently, I met up with an old friend from high school for dinner. We hadn’t seen each other in approximately eighteen years, so you...
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StrongFirst
Jun 16, 20167 min read
The Difference a Body Positive Approach Can Make
If you are particularly fortunate, you know that being as healthy and strong as possible is extremely important and are ready to do...
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StrongFirst
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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StrongFirst
Dec 17, 20133 min read
Build a Barbell Military Press on a Kettlebell Foundation
The barbell military press is a classic test of upper body strength and a powerful strength builder. At StrongFirst, we teach it on a...
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StrongFirst
Aug 26, 20134 min read
Why Kettlebells, Barbells, and Bodyweight Demand Different Programming
At every Barbell Certification and Bodyweight Certification I get the same question: “If StrongFirst is a principle-based school of...
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StrongFirst
Jun 3, 20132 min read
Kettlebells and Deadlifts, Part 2
Several months ago, I wrote how a girevik should go about converting the posterior chain strength he or she has built with swings and...
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StrongFirst
May 9, 20133 min read
Why You Should Study Barbells in Addition to Kettlebells
I started training with barbells when I was seventeen years old during my senior year in high school. Our weight room was the size of a...
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