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True or False: Cardio Sabotages Your Strength Training
You know what makes me feel like a total badass when I'm sitting around with a hot cocoa on a snowy winter afternoon? Being able to say, "Oh yeah... Continue reading
You know what makes me feel like a total badass when I'm sitting around with a hot cocoa on a snowy winter afternoon? Being able to say, "Oh yeah... Continue reading
Absolute Strength, Absolute Speed, and Everything In Between
When working with high level CrossFit athletes and assessing their relative strengths and weaknesses, I often categorize them as either “faster ... Continue reading
When working with high level CrossFit athletes and assessing their relative strengths and weaknesses, I often categorize them as either “faster ... Continue reading
Strength: Easy as Pi
When my athletes ask me how to get faster, or get more powerful, or how to make plays worthy of SportsCenter’s Top 10, I always answer the same:... Continue reading
When my athletes ask me how to get faster, or get more powerful, or how to make plays worthy of SportsCenter’s Top 10, I always answer the same:... Continue reading
Specificity In Training for Strength
For the powerlifter, sport practice is the squat (to depth with competition stance and equipment), bench press (with a pause on the chest with competi... Continue reading
For the powerlifter, sport practice is the squat (to depth with competition stance and equipment), bench press (with a pause on the chest with competi... Continue reading
Being a Smartman in Strongman
New York City’s Global Strongman Gym hosted a strongman show in early December in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. I competed i... Continue reading
New York City’s Global Strongman Gym hosted a strongman show in early December in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. I competed i... Continue reading
True or False: Muscle soreness means you're getting stronger
Whether you're hitting the gym again after a too-long holiday break, or you've hopped on the resolution bandwagon with some new ambitious goal... Continue reading
Whether you're hitting the gym again after a too-long holiday break, or you've hopped on the resolution bandwagon with some new ambitious goal... Continue reading
Tapering for Competition
Athletes train to compete. More importantly, they train to win. Why else would they put in hours of training in a day just to come in second? Whether ... Continue reading
Athletes train to compete. More importantly, they train to win. Why else would they put in hours of training in a day just to come in second? Whether ... Continue reading
When Your Career Turns Around
Life is full of funny little coincidences, isn’t it? I’m sitting down to write this article on Sunday, July 7, 2013, and the subject we... Continue reading
Life is full of funny little coincidences, isn’t it? I’m sitting down to write this article on Sunday, July 7, 2013, and the subject we... Continue reading
Strength Training for Football Linemen
Every high level lineman has brute strength, explosive hips, quick feet, hip mobility, mental toughness, and intelligence. The first five of these six... Continue reading
Every high level lineman has brute strength, explosive hips, quick feet, hip mobility, mental toughness, and intelligence. The first five of these six... Continue reading
The Evolution of Powerlifting
I have been competing in powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting since I was 13 years old. That means I have been in the Iron Game for over 27 years, a... Continue reading
I have been competing in powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting since I was 13 years old. That means I have been in the Iron Game for over 27 years, a... Continue reading
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