WATCH: Sumo Deadlift Technique for CrossFit Competitors and Weightlifters

Clint walks through simple adjustments to help an experienced weightlifter and current CrossFit competitor overhaul his deadlift.

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Maintaining/Managing Adrenaline For Lifting - elitefts.com

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Buddy Morris 2017 SPS Presentation | Part 2 - elitefts.com

from Dave Tate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkoqnxKUsfs

WATCH: Buddy Morris SPS Presentation — Gurus, Gimmicks, and Adjusting Your Plan

Expert or guru? Innovative training method or gimmick? In the second part of his presentation, Buddy tells you how to spot the difference.

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Lifters

When you look at the best lifters, you find that they have several things in common. Make these behaviors a regular part of your life and you'll continually see progress, too.

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WATCH: Sumo Deadlift Technique for CrossFit Competitors and Weightlifters

Clint walks through simple adjustments to help an experienced weightlifter and current CrossFit competitor overhaul his deadlift.

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Social Skill Integration Through Movement and Strength: Program the Cadence

You'll meet Sean, Wesley, and Blaine (three boys on the spectrum) and consider their needs, find a starting place, and create a program schedule using a singular, linear, or overlapping approach.

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Why We Powerlift — Getting Inside the Minds of New Lifters

I know why I lift and compete, and you probably do too. But our reasons aren't the same as new lifters who enter the sport of powerlifting. If we want powerlifting to grow for the better, we need to listen.

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Creatine Supplementation: A Woman’s Perspective

What is creatine? What does it do? Is it safe? And most importantly, why is it left out of women's supplements?

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The Continental Clean — Maximizing Your Axle Clean and Press

Watching lifters attempt the continental clean has given me a case of the heebie-jeebies dozens of times. I’m here to give some pointers on making the movement stronger, safer, and more efficient.

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LISTEN: LEO Training Podcast — Bryan Mann on Stress and Social Support for Collegiate Athletics

Written training programs can account for physical stress, but it is the strength and conditioning coach's responsibility to adjust for academic stress. This podcast includes the details of Dr. Mann's research on the subject.

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Daily Undulating Periodization: Conjugate Adapted for Raw Lifters

While raw powerlifting circles have been discrediting the merits of a concurrent approach to training, many have been using a program that is congruent with the very principles that conjugate is based on.

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Is Powerlifting Gear Right for You?

Single-ply, multi-ply, 20 different kinds of raw — what is the right way for you to compete?

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Strength Chat Podcast: Bryan Mann on VBT and Developing Explosive Athletes

Dr. Mann joins the crew to talk about the benefits, challenges, implications, and new research in the field of velocity-based training.

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The Gift of Perspective: Five More Things to Know as a New Powerlifter

Continuing the perspective series, I look more closely at training, meet day, and who to look to for advice.

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The Psychology of Aging

I had another birthday, which meant the return of my annual day spent obsessing over my age. This time I realized something new: I know how I want to die.

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Strength Chat Podcast: Bryan Mann on VBT and Developing Explosive Athletes

Dr. Mann joins the crew to talk about the benefits, challenges, implications, and new research in the field of velocity-based training.

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WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Keeping the Endgame in Mind During the Rehab Phase

If you're forced to take time away from the gym, where should your focus be? Maintaining strength? Maintaining size? Getting healthy?

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Maintaining Size and Strength While Injured w/ Dan Green & Dave Tate - elitefts.com

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Buddy Morris 2017 SPS Presentation | Part 1 - elitefts.com

from Dave Tate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ssUN51K_s

WATCH: Buddy Morris SPS Presentation — Genetics, Environments, and Learning

In this first part of Coach X's presentation, he discusses two factors that will influence everything you do in life: genetics and environment.

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Preaching to the Choir: Seniors and Strength Training

Muscle loss? Reduced bone density? They may come naturally with age — but there's a way to fight back.

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Health Risk or Wonder Drug: The Lowdown on Kratom

Planning to try this new substance? Consider this research, as well as my personal experience using it, before you do.

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Cambered Bar Band Set Up/Warm Up with Nate Harvey - elitefts.com

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WATCH: Cambered Bar Band Setup with Tension at the Bottom

Much like setting up your squat, get your bands set up correctly from the bottom up and the rest will fall into place.

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From the Weight Room to the Boardroom

At times, we can be paralyzed by the complexity of our professional lives and it can be very valuable to find simple, yet proven philosophies that help us find our way.

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The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Training Collegiate Football

Knowing that these 253 people are responsible for football programming, my next question is, how many people are “experts” in what we should be doing?

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The Role of Federations in Powerlifting

Powerlifting is a sport of continual evolution. In understanding federations today, it is important to note not only the evolution of powerlifting athlete, but also the history of why most powerlifting federations came into existence.

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Three Tips for Coaching the Novice Athlete

Regardless of your coaching style or philosophy, here are three techniques that will help your novice athletes improve quickly.

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Yessica Martinez/Julia Ladewski 2017 XPC Meet Recap - elitefts.com

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How Do You Periodize Intensity Techniques?

Intensity is much talked about in bodybuilding, but what is it? Is it taking sets to failure? Lots of volume? Dropsets? Supersetting?

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Nine Weeks of Linear Progress To A Bigger Bench

Using these two cycles together is a great template that I guarantee will make you a stronger bencher.

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What I Learned from Buddy Morris at the 2017 Sports Performance Summit

Buddy was one of the first people I ever looked up to, both as a person and as a strength and conditioning coach. Here are some of his best one-liners from the weekend.

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How (and When) To Fire A Client

For over a year, I thought it was my job to accommodate her. She was my client; I was being paid to "treat" her condition. Right?

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WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Limiting Factors for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Lifters

What holds you back as a beginner is not going to be the same as what holds you back once you reach the intermediate or advanced stages.

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How I Dropped 17 Pounds Over 9 Days and Gained It Back in 12 Hours

I don't recommend this big of a cut for anyone. It is detrimental to many bodily processes and overall health. To be clear, this is not a how-to guide; it is a documentation of my process.

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2017 Sports Performance Summit — Dave Tate Speaks

You may have heard or read a few things about Dave's second hip replacement and the PRs that led to his surgery, but no one has heard the full story. Until now.

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Dave Tate Speaks at 2017 Sports Performance Summit - elitefts.com

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Limiting Factors For Lifters of Different Experience Levels - elitefts.com

from Dave Tate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz9OcQgHz-g

My First Time Competing on the XPC's Big Stage

I left the biggest meet of my powerlifting career so far with a PR total, but more importantly, I learned eight valuable lessons for the future.

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Training and Ronnie Coleman Interview

Great lower body session & Ronnie Coleman Interview

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Stop Making It Okay to Just Give Up

If you're still looking for the most important thing to becoming a top athlete, here it is: not letting anyone or anything tell you what was meant to be or what your destiny is.

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Approaching the Bar: What Motivates You Before A Heavy Lift?

Do you need ammonia? Loud music? A slap to the back of your head? Your training partners screaming?

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Is It Time to Rethink What We Do?

We should not ask how much volume and intensity of training a player can tolerate, but should instead ask how much volume and intensity of training a player needs to excel at their sport with minimal risk of injury.

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The Building Blocks of a Winning Team

What comes first: a chicken or the egg? Winning or culture?

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Brandon Cass — Record-Breaking Squat Strategies

He beat cancer, he set an all-time world record, and he's soon to hit another huge squat PR. This is how Brandon's doing it.

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Build Your Legs While Babying Your Back

A lower back injury doesn't have to mean the end of your training days. Here's one of my go-to methods for continuing to train hard and make progress.

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Who Is Nate Harvey and Why Do His Athletes Use The Conjugate Method? - elitefts.com

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The Pros and Cons of a 100-Pound Weight Gain

I’ve gained 100 pounds over the last seven years and I’m going to share my journey and my experience, both good and bad, this has had on my general health.

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WATCH: Nate Harvey — Training and Coaching with the Conjugate Method

There are a lot of insights to gain from being both a powerlifter and a collegiate head strength coach.

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Bodybuilding Exercises for Powerlifters — Adductor Work for Added Gains

Say your quads, hamstrings, and glutes are capable of handling 500 pounds in the squat, but (because of weakness, tightness, or overuse), your adductors can only handle 400. Not a good look.

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Body Mechanics 101: Hunting for the Elusive Rear Delt

I have been asked so many times lately about rear delts that I figured I would make this the topic for the second edition of Body Mechanics 101.

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WATCH: Table Talk with Dan Green — Building a Base as a New Lifter

If you don't start on the right path, you might spend years training hard and making no progress.

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All Together Now — Meet the Disciplines and Our Hosts

In this series, we will explore the challenges of interdisciplinarity in Sports Performance. I have chosen six people to help us on this journey, each one representing one discipline or profession.

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Dan Green on Building a Base as a New Lifter - elitefts.com

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5 Training Hacks for Underdeveloped Hamstrings

Effectively train your hamstrings with these hacks and find yourself sitting a few inches taller.

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Three Hypertrophy Waves to Use If You're Stuck on Progressive Overload

If you feel like you're spinning your wheels, give one of these a try: Intensity-Based Hypertrophy Wave, Working Set Volume-Based Hypertrophy Wave, or Exercise Volume-Based Hypertrophy Wave.

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Jo Jordan 2400lb Total at the 2017 XPC's - elitefts.com

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It's All About the Base

I've seen some folks with clients that can't execute a proper pull start adding these additional implements, and it's insanity.

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XPC Finals — My First 2400-Pound Total

My first meet as part of elitefts was the first Lexen Pro/Am ten years ago. Last weekend, in Columbus again, I finally got to 2400.

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Dave Kirschen XPC 2017 Meet Report - elitefts.com

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2017 XPC Finals — I’m Not Retired Yet, Mother*ckers

If I had a lot riding on this lift before, everything was riding on it now. Making it would be the highlight of my powerlifting career. Missing it would probably be the beginning of the end.

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6 Keys to a Perfect Powerlifting Warm-Up

Move from general to specific and focus on the big three for stability and mobility.

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How Is Dave Tate Still Doing Dave Tate Things?

Every medical professional gauges how much slack on the leash they can give you without negative effects because everyone’s threshold is a little different. What’s Dave’s? And why?

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2017 XPC Finals — JP Carroll Secures 1st Place

It's about fucking time.

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2017 Arnold Sports Festival/XPC's Teaser - elitefts.com

from Dave Tate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6oM3YZJYSE

21 Deadlift Salute 2017 - elitefts.com

from Dave Tate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpE9GnKejv0

Relentless Hypertrophy Revisited

This strategy is a synthesis of various methods and tactics I’ve learned over the years from John Meadows, Swede Burns, Charles Staley, and a few others.

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The 2017 elitefts Sports Performance Summit in Review

Buddy Morris, Mark Uyeyama and Justus Galac gave insight from the point of view of an NFL strength coach, Dr. Eric Serrano handled nutrition, and Dr. Ken Kinakin discussed muscle testing.

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Simple Meet Mistakes and Their Solutions

Judging the SPF Ultimate Powerlifting and Bench Press Championship in Georgetown, Kentucky, I saw a lot of lifters make easily-correctable mistakes. Here are the ones to look out for.

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Anti-Masculinity and the Response of Men

After watching the recent women's marches—and being involved in some interesting social media conversation—I started to think about how men should respond when masculinity is threatened.

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Entertainment at the Arnold: B-I-N-G-O

If you go to the Arnold every year just because of tradition – we can provide you some entertainment. If this is going to be your first time, this will prepare you for what you will see.

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WATCH: Table Talk with Nate Harvey — Why Do Football Players Run Long Sprints in Practice?

The easy answer is that it builds mental toughness. The strength and conditioning answer, however, involves understanding the differences between lactic aid, glycolytic, and oxidative work.

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Bandbell Bars with Jim Seitzer - elitefts.com

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Why Do Football Players Run Long Sprints in Practice? - elitefts.com

from Dave Tate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og8cjaUnuC8

16 Week 5thSet/Conjugate Mash Up

Rather than explain, in great detail, when and how I think it would make sense for you to do this, I'm simply going to recount how I did it while coming back from a pec injury.

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WATCH: BandBell Equipment Demonstration with Founder Jim Seitzer

By explaining the concept of Oscillating Kinetic Energy and demonstrating the setup, Jim gives you everything you need to know to get the most out of the Bamboo, Earthquake, and E-Maxx bars.

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Why Do We Test the 40-Yard Dash at the Combine?

Last year we looked at the 225-bench test. This year I want to talk about what is considered by many to be the king event for evaluating athletic speed: the 40-yard dash.

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Are You a Leader or a Follower?

Too often I see lifters doing the strangest stuff in the gym, and sometimes I get irritated enough to actually ask them about it. Their answers usually tells me everything I need to know: they're followers, not leaders.

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6 Lessons to Become a Better Strength Coach

If you're going to be successful in this industry, there are a few things you need to know from the very start.

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6 Lessons to Become a Better Strength Coach

If you're going to be successful in this industry, there are a few things you need to know from the very start.

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The Legacy

Because I grew up in Akron, Ohio, I'll never forget the impact LeBron James has had on my life. But it's not the championships or the records that I admire him for most.

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6 Lessons to Become a Better Strength Coach

If you're going to be successful in this industry, there are a few things you need to know from the very start.

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