Straight to the Bar

All Things Strength

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Welcome to Straight to the Bar

If you’ve just joined us, welcome. Here you’ll find everything that grunts, groans and ticks in the world of strength training. In short, this site is the home of all things strength.

Incidentally, this site’s been helping people become fitter, healthier and stronger since January 2004. If you’ve just joined us, I highly recommend subscribing to the weekly Strength & Fitness Newsletter (part of the Strength Kit), which contains details of new posts on the site, freshly-minted video demonstrations & tutorials, details of upcoming Gymchats and a whole lot more.

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To help get you started, here are a few of our most recent posts. And if you want to dive in to a particular area. check out the ‘Start Here‘ page above. Enjoy.

Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘Immune To Age : The Game-Changing Science Of Lifetime Health’ (by Dr Jenna Macciochi)

by Scott Bird | Jul 17, 2025 | Aging & Longevity, Reading

Dr Jenna Macciochi’s ‘Immune To Age : The Game-Changing Science Of Lifetime Health‘takes a very interesting look at the area of aging – the evolutionary history right through to the incredible promise.

Enjoy.

Hitgo Crawler (Fitness Board)

by Scott Bird | Jul 16, 2025 | Strength Training Equipment, video

The Hitgo Crawler is a multi-function fitness board for use in a rehab setting or light work in the home gym.

Why I MEGADOSE Creatine (it’s not for my muscles) (Paul Saladino MD – @paulsaladinomd)

by Scott Bird | Jul 15, 2025 | Diet and Nutrition, Health, Research studies & clinical trials, video

A thorough look at the basic idea of creatine consumption. Nice one.

Looking At : Jul 13 2025

by Scott Bird | Jul 13, 2025 | Weekly summary

This Week On Straight To The Bar…

Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘CAN WE LIVE FOREVER? Peter Diamandis On AI, Aging & Longevity Escape Velocity’ (The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast)

by Scott Bird | Jul 10, 2025 | Aging & Longevity, podcasts, video

A recent conversation on aging naturally raised the idea of a ‘Longevity Escape Velocity’. In turn, this led to the Beyond Tomorrow Podcast; and to this episode in particular :