Subject: All-around training for the tactical athlete

All-around training for the tactical athlete

May 18th, 2021 at 11:30 am MST

[ARTICLE+PROGRAM] All-Around Training for the Tactical Athlete I was never a gifted athlete. In fact, I was almost always the slowest, heaviest, and weakest relative to other athletes. But what I lacked in talent, I made up for with heart and work et ...

All-around training for the tactical athlete

May 18th, 2021 at 10:30 am MST

[ARTICLE+PROGRAM] All-Around Training for the Tactical Athlete I was never a gifted athlete. In fact, I was almost always the slowest, heaviest, and weakest relative to other athletes. But what I lacked in talent, I made up for with heart and work et ...

StrongFirst Certified Instructors Only

May 13th, 2021 at 1:01 pm MST

Greetings, StrongFirst Certified Instructor! “Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.” To make Plato who said that happy, I have three small tasks for you to complete today: 1. Visit the Certified Instructor Page and r ...

How Soviet Olympic weightlifters trained for hypertrophy

May 13th, 2021 at 11:30 am MST

Soviet weightlifting coaches were strongly opposed to accelerating muscle mass gain in lifters of all levels. They insisted that muscle was grown, to paraphrase in today’s buzzwords, “organically” and “sustainably.” Hence triples prevailed ...

How Soviet Olympic weightlifters trained for hypertrophy

May 13th, 2021 at 10:30 am MST

Soviet weightlifting coaches were strongly opposed to accelerating muscle mass gain in lifters of all levels. They insisted that muscle was grown, to paraphrase in today’s buzzwords, “organically” and “sustainably.” Hence triples prevailed ...

Pyramids for strength

May 11th, 2021 at 11:30 am MST

Rewind a century and you will find lifters training for strength pyramiding up and down with very high reps. For example, here is a set and rep scheme for the barbell overhead press recommended by famous girevik Ivan Lebedev to an athlete with a 200- ...

Pyramids for strength

May 11th, 2021 at 10:30 am MST

Rewind a century and you will find lifters training for strength pyramiding up and down with very high reps. For example, here is a set and rep scheme for the barbell overhead press recommended by famous girevik Ivan Lebedev to an athlete with a 200- ...

How has a StrongFirst cert changed your life or your students'?

May 10th, 2021 at 4:34 pm MST

Ladies and Gentlemen, StrongFirst Certified Instructors, To keep growing our school of strength, we need to relentlessly spread the word. Is there something that you have to say to your future brothers and sisters in strength, tomorrow’s StrongFirs ...

Beginner’s guide to kettlebell sizes

May 6th, 2021 at 11:30 am MST

Beginner’s guide to kettlebell sizes

May 6th, 2021 at 10:30 am MST