strength and conditioning

In the golden pre steroid era, men made spectacular gains using primitive equipment, primitive methods, and regular food. Nowadays we are plagued with the curse of too many choices. We suffer from ... Continue Reading

Whenever I watch a Bruce Lee film with friends or family, the fight scenes were always what stuck out as revolutionary to them. Surely, they were right, but the part of the films that stuck with me was ... Continue Reading

The standard Olympic barbell has long been the preferred choice when it comes to overloading the muscles in the weight room, and rightly so. It can be used for hundreds, if not thousands, of exercises and ... Continue Reading

Programming is neither mystical, nor is it mechanical. Nothing within the world of strength training sits on either end of that spectrum. Programming, training, coaching, movement - these are all a mixture ... Continue Reading

This article is written by Keris Marsden. When I entered the health and fitness industry I considered strength predominantly in the physical sense. Strength was related to how much iron I could rip ... Continue Reading

What is your ultimate goal: to gain size, strength, or power? Do your workouts reflect that goal? Or do you train blindly without any rhyme or reason? There are proven methods for developing each of ... Continue Reading

Ever since the 1970s, weight trainers on this side of the Atlantic have been accustomed to measure training intensity as a percentage of one-repetition maximum (shortened to 1RM). For example, if your best ... Continue Reading

I work as a college strength coach for over 500 student-athletes from 21 different sports. Below I have listed my top six training elements for these athletes. Regardless of his or her sport, each student ... Continue Reading

Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments below ... Continue Reading

Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments below ... Continue Reading

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you already know the five basic human movements:  Push Pull Hinge Squat Loaded carry I believe I first learned about this list from Coach ... Continue Reading

“I’ve hit a plateau and my strength numbers have been stuck for months. What should I do?” I get this question a lot. Don’t let anyone tell you that you’ve hit a plateau because of your body ... Continue Reading

Most so-called functional training plans are 70 percent useless. Exercises like deadlifts, squats, Olympic lifts, swings, and even Bulgarian bag work don’t provide enough variation to improve true function ... Continue Reading

The 2015 Senior World Weightlifting Championships are now history. A record 584 lifters from at least 75 countries traveled to Houston in late November. In addition to the usual world bragging rights, ... Continue Reading

There’s no point in doing any kind of strength training program unless you give it everything you have, right? I completely agree. And not just as a coach, but as an athlete, too. I’m an all-or-nothing ... Continue Reading

Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments below ... Continue Reading

The workout of the day is set. You look on the whiteboard and see suffering written all over it. If you’ve been around CrossFit long enough or have done any kind of serious strength and conditioning work, ... Continue Reading

Exercise is critical for health, longevity, and quality of life. Experts universally agree that everyone should participate in both endurance-oriented and strength-oriented activities several times per ... Continue Reading

Note: Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments ... Continue Reading

Note: Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles diretly in the comments ... Continue Reading

During this and my next few articles, I will explain the incredible ancient exercises of the Kushti Wrestlers of Northern India and how to perform them. They are unique exercises, with far-reaching ... Continue Reading

Note: Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions directly to Charles in the comments ... Continue Reading

It’s easy to get derailed when you train for a sport. With so much to balance - from skills training, to strength and conditioning, to whatever flexibility is needed for the sport, to recovery processes - ... Continue Reading