This week’s top weight training discussions
Time and time again, our IOL forum discussions entertain while they educate. I can’t begin to measure all I’ve learned from my friends there, nor count the times they’ve had me giggling at my desk....
View ArticleSagittal, frontal and transverse planes: Planes of human motion
What are the planes of motion and why do we care? Let’s sort this out, just between us gymrats. While it’s true that we don’t really *need* to know this stuff, it’s also true we’re going to bump into...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Deadlift Stud, Squatting Dud
This is a guest blog post from Boris Bachmann, the creator of the terrific Squat RX video series. As the Squat RX guy, I get a lot of questions from people struggling to bring their squat up to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dan John: Mass Made Simple
This is Dan John’s new bulking guidebook for those who need to build strength and size. This is a 7×9 inch, spiral-bound lay-flat book consisting of 119 pages of text, followed by a 42-page, 6-week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting Under the Bar
Boris Bachmann, of Squat RX I often talk to people who have a hard time properly racking the bar on their backs for barbell squatting. Sometimes, it is simply a matter of knowing how and where to place...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to do a goblet squat
The often-referenced goblet squats were invented by Dan John a to teach his student athletes how to squat well, his favorite overhead squats specifically. The thinking was the goblet groove would help...
View ArticleYet another adventure from the “Squat-Challenged” lifter
If you’ve followed the other “squat-challenged” posts (here, then here, and finally, here), you’re familiar with the many and varied approaches I’ve taken over the years to find a reasonable substitute...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why NOT to do Pistol Squats
Nick Tumminello Although the pistol squat is a trendy, cool-looking old-time exercise, it’s not something we use with our clients and athletes at Performance U. We don’t feel the pistol squat exercise...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learn How to Read Fitness and Health Research
I must be the last person alive who should be writing about training or nutrition research, but because of that, I’ve been collecting resources. My daily work involves typesetting, editing, coding or...
View ArticleDan John: Intervention Excerpt
Chapter 21 The Secrets of the Toolkit Excerpted from Intervention: Course Corrections for the Athlete and Trainer by Dan John Available in print, ebook and audio book. Listen along! As I have given the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gray Cook on Squat Devices
There are a variety of assistive squat devices on the market, and I thought it would be interesting to get Gray Cook’s take on how each of them work. Here’s his response to my request. ~Laree GRAY:...
View ArticleBentover Barbell Rows
Chins develop the lats, which are the largest single muscle in the back and create the dramatic wing-like appearance. Rows develop the whole back. There are dozens of muscles on the backside....
View ArticleBarbell Rowing Form
Form is extremely important with barbell rows. The most important form point is to keep a flat lower back. This will require quite a bit of flexibility in the hamstrings, and good core strength and...
View ArticleThe Pendlay Barbell Row
The dangerous point in the exercise is the turnaround point at the bottom. If you start every row from at-rest on the floor (aka Pendlay Rows, named for strength coach Glenn Pendlay) and drop them...
View ArticleBenching: A Major Cause of Shoulder Problems
Shoulder Joint Stabilization There is some confusion between the idea of the role of stabilizers an airplane and a stabilizer for a joint. The stabilizer muscles for the shoulder joint, for example,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting Under the Bar
Boris Bachmann, of Squat RX I often talk to people who have a hard time properly racking the bar on their backs for barbell squatting. Sometimes, it is simply a matter of knowing how and where to place...
View Article
