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This is from my friend William Bradley a 5’6″ 150lb Temple University! Get ready to be inspired! William Bradley: One of my earliest lessons that life/sports wasn’t fair, was when I got cut from my middle school football team when I was 13 years old. Not because I wasn’t good enough (practices showed that wasn’t […]

I have decided to post our MashMafia Team Programming. You will see that there will be a Met Con posted most days. That is for my competitive crossfitters that I program for. They will normally cut out the assistance work before hitting the met con. We are now in a taper cycle peaking for the

Last week I wrote an article for Juggernaut Training Systems entitled, “The Truth About Experts II”. In it I made a lot of generalizations about Mark Rippetoe, and even though I don’t agree with his teaching method, I still went too far. I’m a Christian and last week that article didn’t represent a follower of

These are wise words most commonly spoken by my friend and co-host on Weightlifting Talk “The Champ” Jon North. Today I am on my way to Charlotte, NC for another episode of Weightlifting Talk. I am taking with me four of my Mash Mafia Athletes: Caleb, Rebecca I, Rebekah II, and Brealon. Chad Wesley Smith,

Question: Hey Travis, hope I’m not late asking questions to make the blog post in leiu of Weightlifting Talk. Got a really good female powerlifter (prepping for IPL Worlds) that is struggling to stay back on he deadlifts. She looks like she’s set up in a good position with her shoulders above the bar, and

I have been an athlete for over 30 years, and I have been at an international level for twenty of those years. I have squatted over 1000lbs in training countless times, benched 785lbs, Deadlifted 815lbs, Standing Military Pressed 315lbs, Front Squatted over 600 lbs, Clean & Jerks 419lbs, and Snatch 320lbs. I am a strength