This article was not written to instill fear. It was written to face reality. You have two options: One, you ignore your body and hope that it will somehow get you through life. But as the saying goes: 'Hope is the mother of fools .' When hope leads to inaction, you're on the way to hell. Option two: you start getting stronger. Even when no one is watching. Your strength and muscles are not a matter of an inflated ego. They are your insurance policy for a better and longer l

Disclaimer: The word “success” in the following article does not necessitate being the strongest lifter in the world. It may be tied to an absolute weight on the bar. It may not. The word “success” in this text is dedicated to those who have stuck with barbell training to this day. Whether they’ve been training for three months, two years, or a decade. It is a testament to those who have understood the true value of this work, and have used it to transform parts of their life

Sometimes the most obvious solutions are right in front of our eyes. Take, for example, the practice of coaching and getting a lifter move in a desirable way. We go through any possible cue there is to improve the mechanical aspects of a lift. Take the squat. 'Chest down', 'knees out', 'hips back', 'head down', 'lean over' are all essential pieces of getting the movement right. While mechanical cues provide the framework for performing lifts with great(er) accuracy, they don'