strength training

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ever wonder how a world-class coach actually trains? Wonder what it's like to train as a "mature athlete?" Welcome to the athlete journal of Charles Staley. A big believer in practicing what ... Continue Reading

I made a huge mistake. Sometimes a friend, even if they are your favorite person, can lead you down a road that causes you to pull your hair out. This happened the other night. I was coerced to ... Continue Reading

Anyone can make a workout hard. For instance, do some sprint work, and make it harder by super setting it with another full body, high intensity lift. Go try a set of three heavy, nearly all out reps in ... Continue Reading

EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of world champion powerlifter Chris Duffin. Follow Chris as he trains and competes in various events over the coming year. Chris's journal will be posted every ... Continue Reading

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ever wonder how a world-class coach actually trains? Wonder what it's like to train as a "mature athlete?" Welcome to the athlete journal of Charles Staley. A big believer in practicing what ... Continue Reading

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ever wonder how a world-class coach actually trains? Wonder what it's like to train as a "mature athlete?" Welcome to the athlete journal of Charles Staley. A big believer in practicing what ... Continue Reading

Are you a grappler who strength trains or a strength trainer who grapples? If you plan to be successful on the mat you better figure it out pretty quickly. For those who can’t tell the difference here it ... Continue Reading

Builders have all kinds of tools for the different types of jobs they need to do. They have tools to pour cement to lay foundations, tools to erect scaffolding, and tools to do the landscaping that gives a ... Continue Reading

People have reaped the benefits of yoga training for over 5,000 years. Currently, nearly eleven million Americans practice yoga to experience its variety of health benefits. When people think of yoga, ... Continue Reading

It is a simple fact that heavy resistance training and even endurance training increases our susceptibility to getting hemorrhoids. If you lift weights, you are in danger of developing hemorrhoids ... Continue Reading

Dear Coach, I'm doing a periodisation plan for an elite tennis player, but am struggling to find good power endurance exercises for the upper body! Thanks, Jo Dear Jo, First ... Continue Reading

EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of world champion powerlifter Chris Duffin. Follow Chris as he trains and competes in various events over the coming year. Chris's journal will be posted ... Continue Reading

Last week, in part one of our feature interview with Underground Strength coach Zach Even-Esh, he talked about his inspiration to become a coach, how he educated himself, and his three essentials for being ... Continue Reading

Dear Coach, I've been lifitng heavy weights 3-4 times a week for about 3 months now, and I want to start building my cardiovascular for fitness test (7.5 beep test, mostly I struggle because running ... Continue Reading

For Zach Even-Esh, leader of the Underground Strength Nation, his personal journey to the underground has been a rollercoaster of emotion, injuries, and learning. From reading Flex magazine with his ... Continue Reading

Every Sunday we post the Sunday Seven - a recap of the week's seven most popular articles, so you don't miss out on ANYTHING. This week's articles cover the topics of squats, abs, speed training, CrossFit, ... Continue Reading

Are you going to sit on the Internet and read all day, or are you going to go lift something heavy? How about let's do both? In honor of our featured coach Mark Bell and the joy of going heavier, we've put ... Continue Reading

There are seriously days when I hate my job. Sometimes, despite you doing everything as well as you can for an athlete they just don’t have it together mentally on game day and their great build up ... Continue Reading

There's research that suggests it takes about three weeks to break a bad habit. Today I'm going to help you break the bad habit of squatting like a wimp. About a month ago we'd just gotten through a nice ... Continue Reading

It’s always exciting to start a new training program to build a leaner, more toned physique. Whether this training includes traditional free weights, CrossFit, mixed martial arts, or others, it can be very ... Continue Reading

Well, here we go again. The debate continues: should one resistance train with a fast or slow velocity of movement? I thought this was resolved years ago, but obviously it was not. It is time we take a ... Continue Reading

Last week, in part one of our interview with Dan John, we heard his thoughts on how to be a good coach and the future of the fitness industry. Never one to mince words and having decades of experience on ... Continue Reading