Stress is the name of the game at the moment as I work my way through the thick of finals week for this semester here at Purdue. To be honest, getting in the gym and training has been, and always will be, my go to when I am going through a period of high stress.…
How to Fix A Good Morning-Style Squat – John Clark John breaks down one of the main technical reasons that lifters tend to pitch forward in the squat. We can typically look at a lifters elbow position, and this will dictate where the bar will go. If we see the elbows shoot back (I…
Primary Muscles Used: Rear Delts Upper Traps Rhomboids Key Points To Keep In Mind: Arms should always be fully extended while keeping constant tension on the band. Keep ribs down, arms long, and pull back with the upper back, rear delts, and rhomboids. Keep the elbows up high, and focus on a good upper back…
The Over Warm-Up: And How It Can Help You Lift More Weight – Tony Gentilcore Tony goes over a very simple yet warm up routine that can help increase your typical training session. Essentially this uses post-activation potentiation to help make your work sets feel lighter and faster than normal. If you come into…
I particularly don’t like to just ramble and post lousy content, that’s not my style. But this is straight unedited (maybe reviewed so it doesn’t look like a six year old wrote it). But I’ve pretty much had enough with mediocrity these days. Coming from the strength world, there tends to be more and more…
Recently I had the pleasure to sit down with Christopher Evans of the Northwest Strength Science Podcast and talk shop. It was a pleasure of him to offer me a great opportunity and pass on some of my thoughts on the health, fitness, strength and conditioning, and personal training fields. We talked about my article,…