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.
Looking At : Dec 31 2023
This Week On Straight To The Bar…
Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘The History of Psychedelics’ (by Erika Dyck for The Great Courses)
Erika Dyck’s ‘The History of Psychedelics’ looks at the long history of this fascinating area (which is currently undergoing a fair bit of change).
Wonderful.
VELIA Smart Ring (formerly Iris) (Fitness-Centric Smart Ring)
Remember the Iris smart ring? It’s now known as the VELIA (a legal dispute). A rather slim smart ring, with the usual array of fitness-centric features.
I Trained THUMBS for 1 Month (pigmie (Focused Lucas))
Love a spot of thumb training. If you’re keen to give it a go yourself (or perhaps you already do), there are some great ideas in this video.
Looking At : Dec 24 2023
This Week On Straight To The Bar…
Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘How Not to Age’ (by Michael Greger)
We’ve discussed the topics of ‘Aging & Longevity‘ many times over the years, and Michael Greger’s ‘How Not to Age’ is certainly a comprehensive look at things.
It’s a fascinating area.
Unitop Gym Station (Compact All-in-one Workout Machine)
The Unitop Gym Station is a compact (possibly portable) all-in-one gym machine setup. A smartphone app completes the picture.
Are We the Loneliest Generation? (ColdFusion)
Interesting look at the loneliness epidemic – its origins, causes and potential solutions.
Looking At : Dec 17 2023
This Week On Straight To The Bar…
Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘Low Impact and Gentle Chair Exercises for Seniors’ (by Diana Igram)
We all have a friend or family member who’d really benefit from something like this. Perhaps their knees or hips are just not co-operating, but they’d really like to be doing something.
Diana Igram’s ‘Low Impact and Gentle Chair Exercises for Seniors’ is a wonderful look at the various types of chair-based, low-impact exercises possible. It’s a great starting point when the alternative is ‘as little as possible’, and it’s always possible to make the exercises a little more challenging if desired.
Well worth checking out.