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About Charles Staley

Charles Staley's primary interest is providing inspiration and education for older guys looking to reclaim their physicality and vitality. At age 56, Charles is leaner than ever, injury-free, and in lifetime best-shape - a few of his recent bests include a 400-pound squat, a 510-pound deadlift, and a set of 17 chin ups.

Charles Staley's primary interest is providing inspiration and education for older guys looking to reclaim their physicality and vitality. At age 56, Charles is leaner than ever, injury-free, and in lifetime best-shape - a few of his recent bests include a 400-pound squat, a 510-pound deadlift, and a set of 17 chin ups.

Well known in the U.S. and across the world, Charles is recognized as a innovative coach and a thought leader in the field of human performance. His experience, reputation, and self-effacing persona have lead to appearances on NBC’s The TODAY Show and The CBS Early Show, along with numerous radio and podcast appearances. He has penned more than a thousand articles for major publications and online websites in the industry.

Often referred to as a visionary, an iconoclast and a rule-breaker, his methods are leading-edge and ahead of their time, capable of quickly producing serious results.

Charles is not only a thinker, but also a doer: currently, he competes at the national and world level in weightlifting and powerlifting on the master’s circuit and holds three World Championship titles in the sport of raw powerlifting. Find Charles online at Target Focus Fitness, or follow him on his popular Facebook page.

Charles has had a successful online coaching service in place for several years. This is a way people to train under his direct supervision even if they aren’t local to him. If you’re ready to invest in yourself, Charles would love to be on your team!

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Fitness

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  • No-Gimmick Training for Fighters (and All Athletes)
  • From Thin, to Fat, to Fit: Coaches Are People, Too
  • 3 Microstrategies for Intelligent Progression
  • Are You Working Hard Enough to Succeed?
  • 9 Exercise Tweaks for Strength, Size, and Mobility
  • Need to Train Things You Hate? Try Temptation Bundling
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  • 3 Mind Hacks to Streamline Your Training
  • Find the Sweet Spot: Balance Constancy with Variety
  • The Sweet Spot: Balance Variety With Routine
  • Make Gains Like a Beginner: Novelty and Hypertrophy
  • Rediscovering Youthful Abilities: It Starts With Running
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  • A Frank Assessment of the Plank: Just a Way to Burn Time?
  • How to Determine the Best Exercises to Build Strength and Mass
  • The One Element of Your Training That Can’t Be Forsaken
  • Training Programs and Bicep Curls: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Frequency and Variety: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Strength and Nutrition: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • 3 Must-Read Books: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Strength or Aesthetics? Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Stay Motivated to Train: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Skipping Leg Day: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Fixing Tiny Muscles: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Training to Failure: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Increasing Pull Ups: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Post-Workout Beers: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • The Man In the Mirror: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • No More Box Jumps: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Throwing Away My Foam Roller: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • I Want a Flat Stomach: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Quitting Vegetarian: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Fat Loss and Mass Maintenance: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Chocolate Milk and Rest Days: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • The Elliptical for Cardio? Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Testing Your Maxes: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Should I Run? Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Ab Wheel Magic: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Passing Out During a Lift: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Smith Machine Deadlifts? Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Do I Need to Squat? Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Volume and Intensity: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Squats and Creaky Knees: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Mental Mastery: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • GloboGyms and Butt Wink: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Fat Loss and Goal Setting: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Coffee and Overtraining: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
  • Smart Strength With Charles Staley: A Weekly Q&A
  • The Contrast Week (Athlete Journal 122)
  • Varying Squat Stance for Quad Development (Athlete Journal 121)
  • Extreme Effort Is Only Temporary (Athlete Journal 120)
  • Examine Your Operating System (Athlete Journal 119)
  • Monitoring and Tracking Your Intensity Quotient (Athlete Journal 118)
  • I’m Back to Weightlifting for a While! (Athlete Journal 117)
  • The Power of Positive Skill Transfer (Athlete Journal 116)
  • You Can’t Master It Until You Measure It (Athlete Journal 115)
  • You Gotta Want It More Than You Don’t Want It (Athlete Journal 114)
  • Base Building for Strength (Athlete Journal 113)
  • Whole-Body Versus Split-Training: Which Is Best? (Athlete Journal 111)
  • The 3 Fitness Mistakes Almost Everyone Makes (Athlete Journal 110)
  • 5 Mental Health Secrets for Better Workouts (Athlete Journal 109)
  • Same But Different (Athlete Journal 108)
  • The Lifting/Longevity Paradox (Athlete Journal 107)
  • The Absence of Logic: Possible Versus Likely (Athlete Journal 106)
  • Great Workouts Don’t Make Good Reality TV (Athlete Journal 105)
  • Focus On Effort, Not Results (Athlete Journal 104)
  • 3 Steps to Improving Your Performance (Athlete Journal 103)
  • The Sweet Spot Between Consistency and Intensity (Athlete Journal 102)
  • Eleven Weeks Until Worlds (Athlete Journal 101)
  • What Have You Done For Me Lately? (Athlete Journal 100)
  • Expand Your Perspective (Athlete Journal 99)
  • Contrast Promotes Recovery (Athlete Journal 98)
  • Charles Staley’s 5 “Secrets” to Lifting Success (Athlete Journal 97)
  • Training vs. Testing (Athlete Journal 96)
  • Weekly Training in Preparation for Worlds (Athlete Journal 95)
  • My Competition Results (Athlete Journal 94)
  • 5 Tips for Learning New Skills (Athlete Journal 93)
  • It’s the Effort That Counts (Athlete Journal 92)
  • Grinding Out Heavy Sets (Athlete Journal 91)
  • Put Yourself in a Position to Win (Athlete Journal 90)
  • The Three Stages Of Technique Proficiency (Athlete Journal 89)
  • Big Lifts and Bodyweight Adjustments (Athlete Journal 87)
  • How to Put Meat on Your Quads (Athlete Journal 86)
  • How I’m Managing My Squat Training (Athlete Journal 85)
  • High Reps for Hypertrophy (Athlete Journal Entry 84)
  • A Deadlift Slump and a Sore Lat (Athlete Journal Entry 83)
  • Weekly Volume: 70,515 lbs (Athlete Journal Entry 82)
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 81 – On the Upswing
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 80 – How Close Are You to Perfect?
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 79 – Turning Up the Volume
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 78 – Kettlebell Work and High Volume Deadlifts
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 77 – Two Training Principles
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 76 – High Volume Phase
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 75 – Testing Week
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 74 – Stay Tuned
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 73 – Sadiv Sets
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 72 – Kettlebell Snatch Personal Record
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 71 – In Full Gear for the New Year
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 70 – High Rep Kettlebell Work
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 69 – Assessing My Goals
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 68 – Training Objectives
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 67 – Tactical Strength Challenge
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 66 – Short Week
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 65 – Putting in the Work
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 64 – Mobility Work
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 63 – Recovering From Worlds
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 62 – 2013 World Championships
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 61 – Cambered Bar Squat PR
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 60 – Easy Benching
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 59 – Business as Usual
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 58 – Another Solid Week
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 57 – Instinctive Training
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 56 – Seven Weeks Out
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 55 – On the Right Track
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 54 – Taking it Easy
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 53 – Sore But Not Sorry
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 52 – Soviet Training Cycle
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 51 – A Reassuring Week
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 50 – New Training Plan
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 49 – Deadlift All-Time PR
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 48 – Trying New Things
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 47 – EMG Analysis
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 46 – Training Adjustments
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 45 – Back On Track
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 44 – Calf Training
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 43 – Worlds On the Horizon
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 42 – Low Volume Week
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 41 – A Productive Week
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 40 – Seeing Results
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 39 – Hard Work
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 38 – Rebounding From Sickness
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 37 – Easy 370 Squat
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 37 – Struggles and Successes
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 36 – Still Going Strong
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 35 – Lowest Bodyweight Since My 20s
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 34 – Spicing It Up
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 33 – The Black Out
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 32 – Short and Sweet Training Week
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 31 – Deadlift Lifetime PR
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 30 – A Career Lift and Some Shoulder Issues
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 29 – Making Friends With the Squat
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 28 – The Big Lifts
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 27 – Nutrition Plan Details
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 26 – Ringing in the New Year
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 25 – Change of Pace
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 25 – Good Numbers
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 24 – Fresh as a Daisy
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 23 – Working On My Squat
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 22 – Hip Thrust Battle
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 21 – Consistency Pays Off
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 20 – Seeing Improvement
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 19 – Report From World Championships
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 18 – Last Workout Before Worlds
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 17 – Swinging and Squatting Heavy
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 16 – Ditching My Heels
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 15 – Solid Week
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 14 – Chins and Curls
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 12 – Sometimes Bad Things Happen
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 11 – 100 Workouts in 2012
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 10 – Big Squats This Week
  • Charles Staley’s Free 4 Week Training Program
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 9 – 405×7
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 7 – Doing My Best
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 5 – Time for PRs
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 4 – As Strong As When I Was 30
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 3 – Training with the Glute Guy

Learn

  • Risk Versus Reward: Playing It Smart on Meet Day
  • It Takes Two: A Better Way of Warming Up to Lift Heavy
  • Bench Press Tips (Athlete Journal 88)
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 13 – Easing Back In
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 8 – Nearing Old PRs
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 6 – Training with Bret Contreras
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 2 – 17 Weeks Until Competition
  • Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 1 – New Cycle

Workouts

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  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 4, Day 3
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 4, Day 2
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 4, Day 1
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 3, Day 4
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 3, Day 3
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 3, Day 2
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 3, Day 1
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 2, Day 4
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 2, Day 3
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 2, Day 2
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 2, Day 1
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 1, Day 4
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 1, Day 3
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 1, Day 2
  • Strength & Conditioning – Charles Staley: Week 1, Day 1
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