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Are You Only Giving Your Clients 30 Percent?
Don't short-change your athletes. Training across a full standing spectrum will increase strength without sacrificing movement and health.
Andrew Read
The Truth About Women's Training, Part 2
There's a whole world of strength and fitness out there that women are just beginning to explore.
Walter J. Dorey
Stimuli, Strength, Stability: A 3-Point System for Performance Training
Overhaul your gym sessions to see tremendous improvement in your sporting prowess.
Sophia McDermott Drysdale
A 4-Week Challenge to Develop Unexpected Strength
What would you do with just a barbell, yourself, and the endless expanse of Arizona desert?
Walter J. Dorey
The 4-Week Real Strength Squat Routine
Lifting heavy barbells is good, but moving things outside the gym is what real strength is about.
Walter J. Dorey
Build Brute Strength for Sports With Rotational Movements
Strong obliques allows us to maintain spinal rigidity whilst being under external forces.
Rob Nitman
Movement 101: Standards for Movement Quality
Check your movement quality every session. At the beginning and end. No, I'm not kidding.
Andrew Read
Lessons From Bull Riders: How to Train Strength and Flexibility
An intriguing question from a bull rider got me thinking about how to train for adaptability, not just strength.
Todd Kuslikis
Build Giant Strength by Loading Atlas Stones
Strongman lifts are unusual, exciting, and effective at building functional strength. Learn the secrets to perfecting the atlas stone load.
Breaking Muscle HQ
4 Sled-Dragging Hip Drills for Performance and Power
These sled-based exercises can be mixed up in countless ways to strengthen your hips from all angles.
Breaking Muscle HQ
What Kevin Durant and the FMS Can Teach Us About Injuries
Make sure you are fully recovered from injuries so you don’t cause more permanent damage.
Craig Marker
4 Weeks to Master the Tuck Pop Up
Mastering the tuck pop up will develop the strength and coordination required to complete a muscle up.
Breaking Muscle HQ
What to Look for (and What to Avoid) In a Strength Program
Appropriate programming is key to seeing progress in your numbers. Here's how to find it.
Lester Ho
Real Functional Training Is Simple: Montessori Realism in the Gym
When we lose sight of simplicity, our so-called functional training can actually backfire.
David Varnes
How to Build Up to the Front Lever
If you want strong lats and phenomenal core strength, then the front lever is an exercise for you.
Logan Christopher
Learning and Training the Proper Technique for the Barbell Snatch
The snatch is a challenging, yet rewarding, lift to master. But, it does take time to learn the proper technique.
Harvey Newton
Is Stability Training Dumb?
Years ago I was lured into "corrective exercise" and "functional training" by a back injury. I can tell you what I learned from that experience - and what I do now (and it's not standing on a Bosu).
Josh Henkin
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