Quiz Time
What do the following things have in common?

Sitting at a desk
Long distance running
Improper squatting
Chondromalacia and other knee problems
Lower back pain

And what about these?

An uppercut
A homerun swing
Sprinting
Dunking a basketball
The inability to lie (Oh, you knew it was coming and I did you the favor of getting it out of the way early instead of making [...]

Tags: deadlift, Fitness, power, squat, strength

That’s Core Work!
One of the current buzz-words in the fitness community is “core”. Everyone talks about “core work” and devices that “activate your core.” Stay up a bit too late and catch an infomercial and you’re sure to find something that will “shred your core” (for only four easy installments of $19.99) [...]

Tags: abs, deadlift, lower back, squat

One Lift to find them, One Lift to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. That is my view of one lift in particular, my favorite lift ever: the preacher curl. Sure, some of you are yelling that the leg curl or the triceps extension are more important and those exercises [...]

Tags: deadlift, Fitness, Oldsters

I finished Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore last night. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. If you are a trainer, an aspiring trainer, an athlete, an aspiring athlete, or anyone with legs and arms that works out, this book is a must-read. Rippetoe and Kilgore describe in excellent [...]

Tags: bench press, Clean and Jerk, deadlift, Fitness, Kilgore, Mark Rippetoe, press, squat, Starting Strength, strength