Glenn Pendlay: The Training Log
A longstanding pet peeve of mine is the fact that so many lifters are resistant to keeping a training log. Why wouldn't they? I know we live in an instan...
Wil Fleming: Weightlifting Technique is Not Complicated
Simplifying weightlifting technique The basic premise of the Olympic lifts is simple. Unfortunately, much of what people try to do runs completely contr...
Dan John: My Game Changers
A relatively simple question came up on the Q and A forum at davedraper.com . . . the question, to sum, is this: What were the “game-changing” event...
Robert Dos Remedios: Building Better Athletes with Optimal Program Design
The whole point of what we do is to build better athletes. We're just talking about philosophies, but there's a bigger picture behind this whole endeavor....
Mike Prevost: Resistance Training Repetition Schemes and Their Applications
I used to find resistance training programming to be confusing. It can be infinitely complex; with just a few simple tools, there are literally millions of...
Byron Chandler: Periodization
The simplistic approach of working as hard as possible, resting, recovering completely and then repeating is a successful model for beginners. If that wor...
Chuck Wolf: Blending Traditional Training with Functional, Integrated Training
Excerpted from Insights into Functional Training “Minds are parachutes—they only function when open.” ~ Finley Peter Dunne Before our m...
Glenn Pendlay: Structuring the Training Week
Structuring the training week has always been one of the biggest problems faced by many lifters. Many do things that just don’t make sense. Why would yo...
Glenn Pendlay: Common Weightlifting Mistakes
Glenn Pendlay uses the snatch to demonstrate weightlifting mistakes that beginning lifters often make. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlKeMLKgiPY Le...
Dan John: Training Longevity — Life in the Weight Room
If you read my work, you probably have read the next paragraph a few thousand times, so fair warning. But, if you read my work, you are likely interes...
Glenn Pendlay: Do You Need to Stomp in Weightlifting?
Well, do you? Glenn Pendlay thinks it’s helpful for weightlifting beginners to stomp or jump because it helps break a bad habit. https://www.youtube.c...