All too often in the strength world we beat a dead horse by talking about the first and second pull of the snatch and clean. Both of those aspects are important, but I believe the third pull (the pull under the bar) is just as important. Heck – if you are a weightlifter, I’d say […]
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Jason Khalipa is obviously well known as an amazing CrossFit athlete. He’s also the owner of a successful gym (and has great business advice to give), and he’s the author of a new book that will get you focused and moving forward in business, fitness, and in life. It’s called As Many Reps as Possible.
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This article is a hard one to write. It’s difficult because I am probably going to make some people I care about deeply upset with me. However, I have my athletes assuming I feel a certain way about the lifts, and the truth is I don’t feel that way at all. So I’m going to
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On this podcast, we answer listener questions – and these are always some of my favorite podcasts. You put out content that you hope benefits people, but you’re never really sure. But with these podcasts, we know we’re answering your direct questions. So join us as we discuss powerlifting, weightlifting, athletic performance, programming, and tons
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Tim Suchomel lives in both the worlds of academia and of the strength coach. So he gets to work with great athletes and then research what will help make them even better. Then he gets to teach us all about it. He joins us on this podcast to share tons of science about safety, velocity,
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Several of you who follow me are aware of the debate between Coach Mike Boyle and me. If you aren’t familiar with the debate, I will give you a bit of the background. Coach Boyle’s take is that all bilateral squatting is both unsafe and ineffective for improving athletic performance. He concludes that the compressive
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