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Jun 17, 20147 min read
Strength and Conditioning Program for BJJ Fighters
This past November marked my greatest athletic accomplishment of my life: Representing Team USA at the FILA World Grappling Championships...
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StrongFirst
Jun 12, 20142 min read
The CPSq Kettlebell Workout
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...
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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
Jun 5, 20143 min read
Justa’s Singles Strategy Adapted to the Double Kettlebell Press
This is a program I have used for improving the double kettlebell press. It was inspired by Steve Justa’s singles routines, which call...
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StrongFirst
Jun 3, 20144 min read
Get Stronger: Chronicles of a Lightweight Beast Tamer
I’ll never forget the first time I witnessed the Beast Tamer Challenge. It was during my SFG Level I Certification in Philadelphia last...
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StrongFirst
May 29, 20146 min read
How to Program Your Way to 50 Consecutive Pistol Squats
A while back I was looking for a challenge, and decided to go for fifty consecutive pistol squats. I could not find anyone performing...
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StrongFirst
May 26, 20141 min read
He Did Not Return From the Battle
Seconds after this iconic photo was taken in 1942, this young officer leading his men into assault, Alexey Yeremenko, was killed. A...
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StrongFirst
May 22, 20145 min read
How the Neurodevelopmental Sequence Will Strengthen Your Press
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...
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StrongFirst
May 20, 20144 min read
Improve the Double Kettlebell Snatch With Chains
In the world of kettlebell training, the kettlebell snatch is considered the “tsar” of kettlebell lifts. It is a fantastic movement for...
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StrongFirst
May 16, 20147 min read
Military Deployment Prep: A Program for Hardening the Soldier
When Pavel asked me to make a contribution for an article, I was honored. His request was made in a forum post discussing the preparation...
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StrongFirst
May 13, 20142 min read
No Substitutions
There is a restaurant in California that serves a mean burger and uncompromisingly refuses to change it in any way. No, we will not hold...
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StrongFirst
May 10, 20149 min read
12-Week TNT TSC Training Program
As a child, I was taught to be careful who I listened to. Keeping in mind who we listen to is extremely important, so I feel the need to...
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StrongFirst
May 6, 20144 min read
Building the Master Quality of Strength With Kettlebells
Why a kettlebell? To bring out the athlete inside. Kettlebells are everywhere these days in the fitness world. From magazines to Internet...
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StrongFirst
Apr 29, 20142 min read
Moving Target Kettlebell Complex: Plan B
StrongFirst continues to present our readers’ solutions to putting together a six-week program based on the Moving Target Kettlebell...
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StrongFirst
Apr 25, 20148 min read
Athletic Body in Balance: What I Would Go Back and Change
In 2003, I had the honor of having my book Athletic Body in Balance published by Human Kinetics, and for the first time people could read...
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StrongFirst
Apr 22, 20146 min read
Things Are Going So Well, Help Me Screw It Up, Part 2
By Dan John, Master SFG and Mike Warren Brown, SFG Note: Continued from Part 1 All too often we see well meaning instructors fresh out of...
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StrongFirst
Apr 15, 20144 min read
Things Are Going So Well, Help Me Screw It Up
By Dan John, Master SFG and Mike Warren Brown, SFG EDITOR’S NOTE: Dan’s writings will appear in italics. The other day on the SFG forum,...
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StrongFirst
Apr 8, 20143 min read
Moving Target Kettlebell Complex, Part II
Several months ago, StrongFirst published Moving Target Kettlebell Complex, a workout we sometimes put the students through at the SFG...
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StrongFirst
Apr 1, 20145 min read
The Forgotten Benefits of the Get-up
“As above, so below.” -Unknown We like what is new. Look at how Apple has benefited every time they release the latest iPhone, iPad, or...
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StrongFirst
Mar 25, 20143 min read
I’m Possible: Training for the Winter Paralympics
At the 2014 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony an enormous sign hung above the stage proclaiming: “IMPOSSIBLE.” Paralympian Alexey...
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