If you’re a strength athlete, you should be warming up before you lift. But, as with pretty much everything fitness-related, the internet has a lot of conflicting information about warming up. While there ... Continue Reading
Add Supersets to Your Training to Make More Gains in Less Time
Supersets have been a staple of the weight lifting community for years. Ever since the days of Schwarzenegger’s reign in bodybuilding, gym rats all over the world have been taking inspiration from his ... Continue Reading
How to Use the RPE Scale for Effective Strength Gains
You’ve seen it in training templates. You’ve heard athletes mutter it to their coaches in the gym after an intense-looking set. You’ve probably even seen memes about it on strength-specific social media ... Continue Reading
Optimized Breathing Is Rich Froning’s Secret Weapon for WOD Performance (Brought to You by AIRWAAV™)
To compete at the highest levels of CrossFit competition, many might think that strength, speed, agility, endurance, stamina, conditioning, form, or a plethora of other physical aspects are most ... Continue Reading
8 Benefits of Lifting Weights You’ve Probably Never Heard of
One of the most damaging misconceptions surrounding the world of fitness is that lifting weights is simply an exercise in vanity. But an essential lesson to internalize — for both experienced athletes and ... Continue Reading
How to Train Power for Speed and Stronger Lifts
When it comes to performance, athletes of all disciplines have one thing in common — they’re powerful. Whether it’s cranking out an absurd number of bench press reps in the NFL combine or snatching a ... Continue Reading
Russian Kettlebell Swings Vs. American Kettlebell Swings
The kettlebell swing is a ballistic movement seen throughout strength and conditioning realms, functional fitness competitions, and everyday fitness. Two popular variations are the Russian and American ... Continue Reading
Grip Strength, Better Posture, and More — 6 Benefits of Farmer’s Walks
One of the best exercises for you may also be one of the most simplistic. The farmer's walk has you pick up a pair of barbells loaded with weight plates, dumbbells, kettlebells, or specific farmer walk ... Continue Reading
24 Deadlift Variations for Muscle, Strength, Speed, Grip Strength, and More
You can, in fact, have too much of a good thing — beer, pre-workout, and pizza (though the jury is out on this one). However, you can ball that kernel of wisdom up and chuck it out the window when it comes ... Continue Reading
The Bulldog Grip — Tips, Tricks, & Alternatives for a Better Bench Press
There are plenty of ways to grip a barbell, and not every grip is created equal — so what's right and what's wrong? When it comes to pressing movements, the best grip to use will be the one that is ... Continue Reading
RPE Vs. Percentage-Based Training Explained
When it comes to gaining strength in the gym, a tactical approach is always better than shooting from the hip. While some athletes can follow their instincts and make long-term progress, most people will ... Continue Reading
How to Incorporate Bands and Chains Into Your Weight Training
Adding bands and chains to your main lifts can provide a different training stimulus to take your strength and power to new heights. Some lifters use bands and chains as a staple in their programming. ... Continue Reading
Bar Velocity Tracking: Gimmick or Innovation?
The landscape of the strength training world is rapidly changing. Between emergent research and a commercially incentivized desire to find the “next big thing,” coaches and athletes are constantly looking ... Continue Reading
Use Accommodating Resistance to Break Through Strength Plateaus
Plateauing in the gym on key movements is common. It's also really frustrating. At some point, your body adapts to the weight you’re using, and even a five-pound increase in weight can feel like a month ... Continue Reading
The Lifter’s Guide to Progressive Overload
To improve in any area in the gym, you need one thing: progression. A lot of lifters casually throw around the term progressive overload. They’ll often use it to refer to the process of adding more weight ... Continue Reading
Is Sumo Deadlifting Really Cheating? The Final Nail In the Coffin
The sumo deadlift is cheating, say lifters who prefer conventional. Just because the sumo deadlift can reduce low back stress doesn’t make it less badass, say lifters who pull sumo. Sure, the basic rules ... Continue Reading
4 Things You Can’t Learn From Your Coaching Certification
Athletic coaching is not a particularly lucrative profession — most of the time, people teach out of passion towards the activity or sport in question. That kind of dedication, coupled with the knowledge ... Continue Reading
The Heaviest Deadlifts Ever Pulled
Some people say the squat is the king of the lifts, but we’re not sure it deserves the title outright. There’s something just damn impressive — and impressively simple — about picking up really heavy ... Continue Reading
Cluster Sets Are the Intensity Booster Your Workouts Need
There are multiple workout variables to take into account when it comes to improving power, strength, and size. Possibly the biggest variable when aiming to accomplish one of them or all of the goals is ... Continue Reading
Why The Home Gym Craze Is Here To Stay (Brought to You by Tempo)
There are many reasons to own a home gym — convenience, cleanliness, and affordability all come to mind. Of course, that’s always been the case. The desire to stay at home for a workout is even stronger ... Continue Reading
Yes, Office Workouts Are a Thing — Here’s What You Need to Know
There's never a bad time to move. Well, maybe that's not entirely true, but more movement is usually not a bad thing. And considering that the average workday is eight hours long, many folks may not be ... Continue Reading
Get More Out of Your Training With an Upper-Body Warm Up
Diving headfirst into your upper-body workout is a no-no. Throw on a couple of plates on the bench press, and your unprepared shoulder joints may be aching by the end of set one. For that reason alone, a ... Continue Reading
Prime Your Glutes Using These 12 Warm-Up Exercises
Imagine this scenario: you're sitting at work all day and hit the gym after for some squats and other lower-body training. Your training plan calls for you to hit heavier percentages, but your legs don't ... Continue Reading
The Main Benefits of Medicine Ball Slams And How to Do Them
Building muscle and gaining strength is all about control. Anytime you hoist a loaded barbell, you do so slowly. Up and down, up and down, up and down. On the other hand, becoming more powerful is all ... Continue Reading