The 14 Best Resources for Strength – May 2016 Edition
Stabilize Your Deadlift With Straight Arm Pulldowns – John Rusin This is a great in depth article covering all things straight arm lat pulldowns. Dr. John Rusin goes into a variety of different variations of the movement, and how this exercise can help benefit your deadlift and trunk stability. I’ve found myself using and…
WATCH: Cleans for Powerlifting?
Recently over on my Facebook page, I asked for some input on topics for content that people would be interested in. I will likely be putting most of these in a video format, but there could be some articles coming as well. This was one of the questions that I got that seemed rather interesting,…
Max Effort Upper and Lower – Training at the S4 Compound
Week 2, Day 2 – Max Effort Upper Stretch and Warm-Up Close Grip, 2 Board Bench Press 45×5, 95×5, 135×5, 185×3, 225×3, 275×3, 295×3, 315×3 205×5, 235×5, 265×8 Wide Grip Bench Press 185×10, 225×8, 245×7 Incline Dumbbell Bench Press 60×15, 70×10, 70×10 Inverted Rows – 5×10 Dumbbell Hammer Curls – 3×10 JM Press – 4×20 Stir the…
Week 2 – Max Effort Block Pulls
I am moved back home for the summer and back to training at the local gym. I was hoping to get my first day of this training week in yesterday but after moving out, driving home, and then moving in, it was not in the cards. I am happy that I made this call though…
Balancing Training and Final Exams
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.…
The 14 Best Resources for Strength – April 2016 Edition
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…