A few years ago I was coaching Alec Pagan as he competed in weightlifting. But in record speed, he has flipped the script to go after the sport of Strongman… and he’s taking over. On today’d podcast, we break down his journey – as well as what makes him so successful as a Strongman coach. […]
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In this article I am going to try and explain rotational power in the simplest of terms. Most articles from strength and conditioning experts are written in terms of linear force and power. Louie Simmons has made the force equation the most popular of all biomechanical equations: Force = Mass x Acceleration. Fly by night
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Driving athletes to peak performance is an art. Of course we want athletes to be strong, to be fast, to be athletic in every sense of the word. But dialing in training to achieve all of those goals is not as easy as some may think. How much work strength work should be done in
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In a short amount of time, Matt Reynolds has grown Barbell Logic from a side gig into a thriving and massive business. Along the way he’s learned about how to coach in a way that gets your clients results – but also in a way that keeps clients as happy and paying customers. So listen
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The dreaded plateau. It’s something many lifters face. It’s something Morgan McCullough faced recently as well. But we were able to smash through that plateau – and this can be a great lesson for any lifters out there. The key to breaking a plateau is to diagnose WHY it’s happening and then to pull the
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Plateaus – aka periods of little to no progress – are inevitable in the sport of weightlifting. It’s the nature of any sport that is so neurological in nature. What I mean by neurological is that it’s very technical. An athlete can increase his or her squat by 10kg/22lb and experience zero increase in the
