Improve Your Training By Using Warm-Up Sets

Warm-up sets are an often overlooked piece of the training puzzle, and the way they’re used, or not used, can improve or inhibit your training. Whether you’re new to the gym, or you’re a seasoned vet with years of training under your belt, warm-up sets are an area of...

Improve Your Training By Using Warm-Up Sets

Warm-up sets are an often overlooked piece of the training puzzle, and the way they’re used, or not used, can improve or inhibit your training. Whether you’re new to the gym, or you’re a seasoned vet with years of training under your belt, warm-up...

3 Tips for a Bigger Deadlift

The deadlift is considered by many to be the king of lifts, and it’s easy to see why-you either pick it up off the ground and stand up tall, or you don’t. There isn’t a question about depth like there is in the squat, and it’s generally loaded...

New Core Training: Get Rid of Crunches and Try This!

I’m not here to demonize the crunch, but for most people there are safer and more effective movements that can be done instead-especially if improving athletic performance is the primary goal. Crunches and sit-ups put the spine in a flexed (bent) position, and...

The Case for Endurance Athletes Lifting Heavy

For years, conventional wisdom has held that endurance athletes, such as distance runners (greater than 800m), cyclists, triathletes, etc. should perform their weight training in a manner that will (theoretically) improve their endurance, if they lift weights at all....

Building Safe and Effective Youth Training Programs

In the last 10-20 years, youth sports have become big business. This has led to more young athletes involved in training programs outside of their normal team practice. I think this is a great thing, but programs involving young athletes require considerations that...