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The Short Stop Squat: A Drill for Setting up Big Pulls
By Stuart McGill, PhD. I am often asked for my opinion about the best way to squat, or pull a loaded bar. My answer always is, “It depends on the person.” We all have a different injury history...
View ArticleHow the Front Squat Can Improve Your Clean and Jerk
The dip in the kettlebell jerk and the barbell front squat should be almost identical. This is why a month of front squats will do wonders for your jerk. The post How the Front Squat Can Improve Your...
View Article4 Tips for Getting Tight and Instant Strength Gains
I'm about to give you some tips you can take to the gym the next time you train. If you use the tips as I suggest—you’ll see instant strength gains. The post 4 Tips for Getting Tight and Instant...
View ArticleThe Moving Target Kettlebell Complex
Here is a simple, but effective kettlebell complex. Systemically, you will get tired, but the muscular stress target shifts and you can keep going without compromising technique. The post The Moving...
View ArticleThe CPSq Kettlebell Workout
The CPSq is performed 1 clean, 1 press, 1 squat, switch hands. Here are suggestions on how you can endlessly manipulate this program to achieve your goals. The post The CPSq Kettlebell Workout appeared...
View Article10 Essential Tips to Prepare for Your First Powerlifting Meet
Here are a few important things you need to know if you plan on competing in your first powerlifting meet. The post 10 Essential Tips to Prepare for Your First Powerlifting Meet appeared first on...
View ArticleGolf Fitness Training With StrongFirst
Strength and conditioning training for golf doesn't have to be complicated. In fact, a routine of squats, get-ups, and swings can do wonders for injury prevention and performance. The post Golf Fitness...
View Article3 Squat Tips: Understanding Squat Cues
The following is the visual, or intrinsic cuing, I use to help my students understand the confusing squat cues I personally wasn’t able to process early on. The post 3 Squat Tips: Understanding Squat...
View ArticleAdjust Your Sails (and Your Stance) with the Lock and Rock
I want to focus on one particular area of our anatomical structure and the impact of variations. I am going to suggest a way to individualize foot position for symmetrical stance exercise (swings,...
View ArticleTraining Shoes: My Recommendations and Why
Over the years, I have gathered various training shoes and each has its specific purpose, both for powerlifting and general training. In this article, I discuss each of my training shoes in detail and...
View ArticleEasy Reg Park: A New Program to Train Your Basic Six
Looking for a new kettlebell training program? This one hits it all. You'll need access to a few bells and coaching from an SFG Instructor, if you aren't one already. The post Easy Reg Park: A New...
View Article“Which Knee Sleeves Should I Buy?”
The ubiquity of knee sleeves at the weight room squat rack make them a tempting purchase for a novice lifter. Should you wear them? First meet this squat strength benchmark, and then the answer is...
View ArticleBusting a Squat Barrier: an Excerpt from The Search for Greatness
When a man is determined to improve his performance on a lift, he will do whatever he can to break that plateau. Dr. Judd Biasiotto is one of those men, and his story and the methods he used to break a...
View ArticleBreaking Parallel in the Squat: Why You Shouldn’t Avoid It and How to Achieve It
It remains a point of contention—is squatting bad for your knees? Is it safer to squat no lower than parallel? Or are these merely myths, perpetuated by trainers who simply don't know how to properly...
View ArticleA Look Inside the StongFirst Lifter (SFL) Barbell Instructor Certification
The lifts, the preparation, the weekend itself, and priceless bits of advice—the barbell and its ultimate instructional experience, the SFL Certification—are demystified. The post A Look Inside the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting the Squat: Half-Kneeling Pulses
Interesting thing about the word troubleshooting (I’ll get to the main point soon…promise) in the context of coaching: when you look for synonyms, you need to wade through synonyms for it in the...
View ArticleThe Key to Efficient Strength—Give and Take
Regardless of their sport, high-level athletes have an astonishing ‘gift’ of making the most complex moves look easy. How? With years of practice. Learning how to balance and coordinate internal forces...
View ArticleThe Bottoms-Up Experiment
Want to forge an iron grip that lasts (which can be one of the quickest ways to improve your deadlift, pull-ups, and snatches)? Improve your press and squat groove? Challenge your midsection? Train...
View Article3 Simple Modifications to Squat When in Pain
Our bodies are built to adapt. How else would we ever develop the strength (mental and physical) to meet challenges or compete in sports, let alone recover from them to be stronger, more capable, more...
View ArticleControlling Gravity for Better Squats, Deadlifts, and Presses
The very definition of a lift is moving load upwards against gravity; but what goes up must come down. If you’re only paying attention to one half of every squat, deadlift, and press, you’re missing...
View ArticleBox Clever—How to Unlock your Range of Motion
Serious strength is best built on a solid foundation of fundamental compound lifts, such as deadlifts, squats, and pressing. To ensure safety and maximize the benefits, that strength needs to be...
View ArticleIs That a Squat or a Hinge?
“Clarity affords focus.”—Thomas Leonard The Debate I received a response on one of my Instagram posts showing some 40kg one-arm swings that first made me chuckle and then made me think. “Squat more...
View ArticleAvoid the Traps of Intuitive Training
An Excerpt from Iron Cardio By Brett Jones, StrongFirst Director of Education “It’s a trap.” —Admiral Ackbar Intuitive programs can fall into a few traps: Always intense Always increasing Increasing...
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