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Classical P.E. For All: A Fast, Effective, Bodyweight Program

Hanging On: An Independent Trainer’s COVID-19 Response
Fitness pros, like many people with no safety net in their businesses, are feeling the severe economic effects of coronavirus.

Hanging On: An Independent Trainer’s COVID-19 Response

DIY Beast Mode Gear: How to Build Your Own Barbell
I am living in Japan where heavy lifters are rare and gym equipment is very expensive. So I decided to build my own barbell from scratch. Here's how I did it, so you can do it too.

DIY Beast Mode Gear: How to Build Your Own Barbell

2020: The Year Push-Ups Were First Invented
If your coach and trainer had never made you do a push-up ever before, you're probably beginning to think like it was only just invented.

2020: The Year Push-Ups Were First Invented

The Importance of the Jerk Balance For Footwork
This video from Bob Takano is especially valuable for those lifters who are having difficulty “feeling” the position of the bar overhead and the effects of proper footwork.

The Importance of the Jerk Balance For Footwork

Morning Mobility Check-In
Your true mobility is only as good as it is when you first roll out of bed in the morning.

Morning Mobility Check-In

Training at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic
With three to 8 weeks completely off training, you will lose some muscle. The good news it only takes 2-3 weeks to retain it.

Training at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Good Mornings Are an Excellent Auxiliary Movement
The Good Morning is an exceptional exercise for stretching the hamstrings and in some cases the ankles. It also helps for developing the hamstrings for athletic movements.

Good Mornings Are an Excellent Auxiliary Movement

The 8-Minute Bodyweight Circuit: Does It Actually Work?
An 8-minute, no-equipment workout that actually works - sound like a gimmick? Researchers reviewed the literature on bodyweight exercise and came up with this new circuit.

The 8-Minute Bodyweight Circuit: Does It Actually Work?

Individualizing Training: Structural Balance, Intensity and Autoregulation
Adopt a general training framework and use these methodologies to adapt our programming to take into account factors influenced by individualization.

Individualizing Training: Structural Balance, Intensity and Autoregulation

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Plank but Were Afraid to Ask
Bet you didn't know how much history we have on the plank. Here's what it’s good for, its variations, and debunking some of the myths surrounding this ideal pandemic-friendly exercise.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Plank but Were Afraid to Ask

16 At-Home Workout Plans For All Levels and Ages
Stuck at home while the gym is closed? Check out these exercises and workouts. Some require no equipment and others would be make-shift by design.

16 At-Home Workout Plans For All Levels and Ages

Training Load: Find Your Right Volume
Working way too hard is as detrimental as not working hard enough.

Training Load: Find Your Right Volume

The Steel Mace: The First 3 Moves to Learn
With these three movements you’ll be able to start on the road to mastering the mace.

The Steel Mace: The First 3 Moves to Learn

All Lifts Are Technical So Learn to Do Them Right
Time in the gym, any gym, will involve doing exercises and movements under load. Without an understanding of form and technique, you might as well be playing chess to grow muscle.

All Lifts Are Technical So Learn to Do Them Right

An Introduction to Running Cadence
Cadence is the number of steps a person takes per minute, so make sure your cadence is working for you.

An Introduction to Running Cadence

8 Unusual Olympic LIfting Cues That Get Results
The right coaching cues can get a room full of novices on the same page. Try these non-traditional cues to get past common lifting errors.

8 Unusual Olympic LIfting Cues That Get Results

Adaptation Is Not a Bad Word, Body Confusion Is
Don’t skip the gym and don’t fix what isn't broken.

Adaptation Is Not a Bad Word, Body Confusion Is

Why Training Partners Are Essential
Everyone needs training partners, at times, to be honest with them, to pull them, push them, drag them, or pick them up.

Why Training Partners Are Essential

28 Day Clean Eating Challenge - Real Food. Real Health. Real Results.

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Nerding Out on Muscle Growth, Strength, and Rep Schemes
A Six Pack of Knowledge podcast that covers strength, hypertrophy, training science, and much, much more.

Nerding Out on Muscle Growth, Strength, and Rep Schemes

From Muscle Dysmorphia to Building a World-Class Set of Legs
A Six Pack of Knowledge podcast that covers strength, hypertrophy, training science, and much, much more.

From Muscle Dysmorphia to Building a World-Class Set of Legs

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10 Essential Items to Outfit Your Home Gym

10 No Equipment Needed Exercises for Strong Legs

The Ultimate 90-Day Bodyweight Training Plan

A 3-Week Workout Plan to Crush Murph

How to Self-Diagnose Your Shoulder Pain

7 Exercises to Maximize Hand, Wrist, and Forearm Strength

The 8-Minute Mile Standard

300 Swings a Day for Faster Fat Loss

The Female Guide to Getting Lean

The Underpinning Reason That Stops You From Building Muscle
A Six Pack of Knowledge podcast that covers strength, hypertrophy, training science, and much, much more.

The Underpinning Reason That Stops You From Building Muscle

The Six Pack of Knowledge: Thought Leaders in Hypertrophy
Some of the best coaches with expertise in hypertrophy, bodybuilding, and physique can be found in these podcasts. New ones added regularly. A great reference source for enthusiasts and trainers.

The Six Pack of Knowledge: Thought Leaders in Hypertrophy

Build Shoulder Strength to Avoid Injury
Your shoulder flexibility and complexity can leave it more susceptible to injury if it isn't trained to be strong.

Build Shoulder Strength to Avoid Injury

Overhead Stability: A Strength Training Must
All those overhead lifts don't require strength alone. Reduce injury, improve your form in lifts, and strengthen your overhead stability.

Overhead Stability: A Strength Training Must

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The Practice of Natural Movement
Learn about the most functional of functional fitness philosophies.

The Practice of Natural Movement

Everyone's Bike: The NordicTrack S22i
This stationary studio bike by NordicTrack checks all the boxes.

Everyone's Bike: The NordicTrack S22i

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Sandbags to Help You Get It Together

Pull It Tight, Lift It Right

Energy Bars to Upgrade Your Lifestyle

The Guide to Overcoming Poor Posture

How Do You Take Your Vitamins?

Roll Yourself to Better Mobility

Groceries: The Final Frontier in Fitness

Massage Your Way to Better Mobility and Recovery

Social Media Fitness App: Not Your New Bvddy

Get Wild: Clean Foods to Fuel Your Body and Mind

Protein To Go: Au Bon Bone Broth
It's expensive but there's no doubting the quality of the final product.

Protein To Go: Au Bon Bone Broth

A Comprehensive Guide to Gym Flooring
You need a good floor. It's the foundation of your home and commercial gym. The same flooring seems to do well in both places and it doesn't have to be expensive.

A Comprehensive Guide to Gym Flooring

Keep Track of Your Nutrition On the Go
Sometimes you don’t have anywhere to keep your meals cool when you are out for the day, but with these bags your problems are solved.

Keep Track of Your Nutrition On the Go

Can Colostrum Make A Difference In Your Life?
Could colostrum be beneficial to your health?

Can Colostrum Make A Difference In Your Life?

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Recipes

The Keto Diet: Basted Egg with Lemon Ricotta

A Free Keto Diet Recipe Book: Lox Stuffed Avocados and More

Eating Well As We Age: Parmesan Crusted Walleye

20 Ways to Prepare Poultry: Chicken Potstickers

Jackfruit: Protein for Athletic Summers

Summer Barbecue: How About Clean Eating and a Vegetables Only Dish

Subscription Eating - Not Your Mother's Take Out

Prebiotic Food: Broccoli and White Bean Soup

No Powder Protein Bars

The Athlete's Friend, Eggs: Best Buying Practices
Fun fact in case you missed it—the only difference between brown and white eggs are that brown eggs come from chickens with brown feathers and white eggs come from chickens with white feathers.

The Athlete's Friend, Eggs: Best Buying Practices

Top 10 Foods to Gain Muscle Mass
Don't sabotage your gains with poor nutrition.

Top 10 Foods to Gain Muscle Mass

Turkey Piri Piri Burgers
As your summer heats up, spice up your burger game with these turkey piri piri burgers.

Turkey Piri Piri Burgers

Greek Pimiento Burgers
Take a summer food vacation to Greece by combining all of the signature flavors in a tasty, grilled burger!

Greek Pimiento Burgers

Caprese Chickpea Burgers
Lighten up your summer eating with this chickpea based vegetarian burger.

Caprese Chickpea Burgers

Ginger Scallion Pork Burgers
Change up your barbequed burger routine with a little something unexpected.

Ginger Scallion Pork Burgers

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Shawn Gerber

Shawn Gerber

Endurance Sports, Nutrition, Strength and Conditioning

Amanda Thebe

Amanda Thebe

DVRT, Nutrition, Personal Training

Shane Trotter

Shane Trotter

Strength and Conditioning, Kettlebells, Youth Development

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Gym Owners: How Do You Measure Your Success?
Unfortunately, many gym owners don't even count the money they don't pay themselves and lose sight of what truly matters in a successful gym business.

Gym Owners: How Do You Measure Your Success?

The 6-Week Challenge: Playing a Losers Game
6-week challenge versus professional coach for life: Which business are you in? You can’t be in both.

The 6-Week Challenge: Playing a Losers Game

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Leave No Client Behind

A Practical Experiment in Muscle Fiber Activation

Training the Overspecialized Athlete

Rational Periodization in Strength Training

The Approach of the Coach: Evidence Versus Intuition

Productive Programming: How to Develop a Sound Training Philosophy

Crunching Numbers: How to Grow a Fitness Business

Are You Programming Recovery for Your Athletes?

If You're Not Training Champions, You're Only Creating Elitism

The Invaluable Experience of Working for Free

Client’s First Day: Find the Pain
Without a deeper, personal connection, the business of coaching isn't going to work. Learn the process of building relationships in your coaching business.

Client’s First Day: Find the Pain

Coach Compensation: Beyond Dollars Per Hour
Coaches should be paid based on gross revenue, and on clients sticking around.

Coach Compensation: Beyond Dollars Per Hour

Develop an Online Presence: The Importance of Your Website
It’s okay if your website isn’t perfect, but if you build it, people will begin to find you.

Develop an Online Presence: The Importance of Your Website

Developing and Leading Successful Workshops
Teaching others keeps the spark alive behind why you got into the industry in the first place.

Developing and Leading Successful Workshops

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Getting Bigger, Getting Stronger, Getting Smarter
Powerlifters should train like bodybuilders.

Getting Bigger, Getting Stronger, Getting Smarter

Controlling the Chaos of Training in CrossFit
We kick off our first podcast of 2020 with James Fitzgerald. He has over 20 years of experience as a strength coach, is a CrossFit games champion and is the founder of OPEX.

Controlling the Chaos of Training in CrossFit

Keystone Habits of a Lean Physique
Our latest podcast tackles sustainable self-development, building habits that translate into training success, and the fitness journey of hypertropy influencer Abel Csabai.

Keystone Habits of a Lean Physique

The Skinny Advantage in Muscle Building
Brad Borland talks about how to build muscle as quickly as possible in the latest Six Pack of Knowledge podcast.

The Skinny Advantage in Muscle Building

The Number 1 Factor That Dictates If You Build Muscle, Strength, and Power
This Six Pack of Knowledge Podcast is about building a resilient body with pain-free training expert, Dr. John Rusin.

The Number 1 Factor That Dictates If You Build Muscle, Strength, and Power

How to Become Ruthlessly Efficient in the Gym
The Six Pack of Knowledge Podcast on how understanding exercise mechanics can make you a gym ninja.

How to Become Ruthlessly Efficient in the Gym

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Carol Mack

Carol Mack

Physical Therapy, Strength and Conditioning, Nutrition

David Varnes

David Varnes

Children's Fitness, Judo

Nicholaus Martin

Nicholaus Martin

Strength and Conditioning, Nutrition, Personal Training, Youth Development

Greg Smith

Greg Smith

Strength & Conditioning, Fitness, Nutrition

Mike Tromello

Mike Tromello

CrossFit, Children's Fitness, Olympic Weightlifting

Jeff Barnett

Jeff Barnett

Strength and Conditioning

Johnnie Perry Jr.

Johnnie Perry Jr.

Personal Training, Nutrition

Jesse Irizarry

Jesse Irizarry

Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training

Tom MacCormick

Tom MacCormick

Strength and Conditioning, Personal Training, Sports Science

DeShawn Fairbairn

DeShawn Fairbairn

Personal Training, Fencing, Karate

Shane McLean

Shane McLean

Personal Training

Brad Borland

Brad Borland

Strength and Conditioning, Bodybuilding

Justin Lind

Justin Lind

Kettlebells, Gymnastics, CrossFit

Shane Trotter

Shane Trotter

Strength and Conditioning, Kettlebells, Youth Development

Coach Ninja

Coach Ninja

Olympic Weightlifting, Strength Training, Strength and Conditioning, Powerlifting

Tom Kelso

Tom Kelso

Strength and Conditioning

Enrico Fioranelli

Enrico Fioranelli

Exercise Physiology, Strength and Conditioning

Riley Holland

Riley Holland

Mental Health, Neuromuscular Release (NRW)

Michael Hulcher

Michael Hulcher

Coaching, Olympic Weightlifting, Powerlifting, CrossFit

Gareth Kelly

Gareth Kelly

Strength and Conditioning, Gymnastics

Dresdin Archibald

Dresdin Archibald

Olympic Weightlifting, Strength and Conditioning

Joseph Boffi

Joseph Boffi

Muay Thai, Kettlebells, Coaching

Bob Takano

Bob Takano

Olympic Weightlifting

Douglas Perry

Douglas Perry

Technology, Cycling, Swimming

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