The Cost of Adaptation
The path to health seems simple: train hard, increase your health, and live happily ever after. But the cost of adaptation makes you vulnerable to other stressors.
The Long View
The nobility of undertaking a task far bigger than one’s life with the certainty of not seeing it completed is incomprehensible in the XXI century. We must consider taking the long view.
Strength Aerobics: A Powerful Alternative to HIIT
Hard-living types love killing themselves in the glycolytic pathway. But this is far from the only way to “condition.”
“Dry Fighting Weight”: Fat Loss Through Strength
Let’s look to both science and weightlifters to see what they do for fat loss. May you reach your “dry, fighting weight” without the dishonor of dieting and aerobics!
The Kettlebell Swing Sandwich: Build Muscle, Lose Fat, Save Time
Russian sports scientists advocate sandwiching full-body exercises like squats between upper-body muscle building exercises to benefit from a hormonal spike. Kettlebell swings appear to have the same effect.
The 5-Week TSC Deadlift Plan
If you have decent technique and have been building your base with sets of five, the following plan will give you more than a fighting chance of a deadlift PR.
Forward to the Past: the Best Strength Systems
The surprising truth is the strength-training methods of the 1980s were decidedly superior to today’s methods. To go forward, we must go BACK to the future.
The Origins of StrongFirst Programming: The Soviet System
An experienced eye can easily see the logic behind an American training plan. A Russian plan, when you look at it up close, is just noise. You have to step a lot farther back to see the pattern in what appears to be chaos.
The Mental Toughness of a Strength Athlete
My goal is to instill respect in an all-out strength effort as an act of mental toughness every bit in the league with an exhausting race. And to remind you the meaning of respect, period.
Tactical Strength Challenge: Spring 2014 Results and Tips
Announcing the winners of the Spring 2014 TSC, as well as Ollie Quinn’s story of how he trained to win the Men’s Elite Division accompanied by analysis and commentary.