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A gathering of personal favourites.
Bare-Handed Nail Driving Basics
Holding the nail.This is a guest post by StrongerGrip's Ryan Pitts - Nail Driving Basics. Enjoy. Have you ever wanted to drive a nail with your bare hand? I've heard Continue reading »»Strength and Fitness Newsletter. Are you getting it?
The Heavy Bag (Gimp)
Heavy bag from Jim Bradley.This article is from Fight Geek's free ebook Putting Together a Muay Thai Home Gym. The Heavy Bag (Gimp). This is the most important purchase for Continue reading »»Strength and Fitness Newsletter. Are you getting it?
Why Bend Steel?
Adam with a reconfigured #5 Draft Horse Shoe.Grab a cool drink and sit down, this is a good one. 'Unbreakable' Adam T Glass answers the deceptively simple question 'Why Bend Continue reading »»Strength and Fitness Newsletter. Are you getting it?
The Investments, Part I : The Zercher and the Suitcase Deadlift
Bob 'Mr Deadlift' Peoples pulling 680 in about 1949.This is part I of The Investments series for Straight to the Bar. These are what I label critical lifts, important drills Continue reading »»Strength and Fitness Newsletter. Are you getting it?
5 Surprising Factors that Drive Training Results
Has your workout been stale lately? Does it seem like forever since you set a new PR (personal record)? Have you turned your training regimen inside and out to Continue reading »»Strength and Fitness Newsletter. Are you getting it?
Addressing Weaknesses in The Squat
This is a guest post by powerlifter Rick Walker, CSCS - Addressing Weaknesses in The Squat. Strap yourself in, this is a good one. If you read most strength related Continue reading »»Strength and Fitness Newsletter. Are you getting it?
Specific Training for the Transverse Abdominis: Belt It In
For most people, specific-training ab routines include a variety of spinal flexion movements designed to emphasize the rectus abdominis, the vertical muscles on the front of the core (rectus = Continue reading »»Strength and Fitness Newsletter. Are you getting it?
- 29 Things to do with a Barbell in the Corner | 11 Oct 2007
- Conditioning without trying : Walking 10,000 steps per day | 18 Jun 2007
- Let the voting begin | 1 Jun 2007
- A little yoke work : 10 exercises for a bigger neck | 25 May 2007
- The Hack Squat | 21 May 2007
- Starting your fitness journey : 10 things to consider | 14 May 2007
- Straight to the Grip Contest Part V - The No-sets | 14 May 2007
- The Zercher Squat | 7 May 2007
- Visualisation | 23 Apr 2007
- Entries for the Home-made equipment competition | 13 Apr 2007
- DIY: Home-made gym equipment II | 10 Apr 2007
- Heavy Sandbag Training Part I | 7 Apr 2007
- 10 of the best : Parkour television commercials | 4 Apr 2007
- Pull Like A Strongman | 28 Mar 2007
- The demise of monkey bars | 11 Mar 2007
- Nails : Converting imperial to metric | 3 Mar 2007
- Setting up a home gym | 29 Jan 2007
- Bars, plates, hooks and collars | 15 Jan 2007
- Glossary - strength training equipment | 1 Jan 2007
- Workout locations: the beach | 4 Dec 2006
- Sleeping on the job | 26 Nov 2006
- 20 of the best : fitness blogs | 12 Nov 2006
- Strains and Sprains | 6 Nov 2006
- How to make a sandbag for $10 | 2 Nov 2006
- Napping in the afternoon | 30 Oct 2006
- DIY: Home-made gym equipment | 14 Oct 2006
- Using pulse rate to determine rest break length | 9 Oct 2006
- Holding the bar in the Front Squat | 5 Oct 2006
- Deadlifting With The Finnish Masters | 24 Sep 2006
- The Step-up : a real squat alternative? | 4 Sep 2006
- The ab wheel | 15 Jul 2006
- 8 cups per day? | 30 Apr 2006
- The bodyweight guys | 5 Apr 2006
- This aggression will not stand, man | 31 Mar 2006
- I love the smell of coffee in the morning | 29 Mar 2006
- More room to work with | 17 Mar 2006
- Soothing music and a handful of new PRs | 3 Mar 2006
- The lost art of overhead pressing | 11 Feb 2006
- Row, row, row | 16 Jan 2006
- Setting up a garage gym | 23 Dec 2005
- Curing the vitamin addiction | 24 Nov 2005
- Structural balance test | 15 Jul 2005
- Bruce Lee's back injury | 14 Jul 2004
- Re-entering the world of fitness | 17 Jan 2004
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