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 : ‘Robot Doctor : Our Future of Al-Driven Omnipresent Robotic Healthcare’ (by Clark Rosenberry, MD)
Clark Rosenberry’s ‘Robot Doctor : Our Future of Al-Driven Omnipresent Robotic Healthcare’ is a fascinating look at a potential short-term future usage of robotics and AI in healthcare. Definitely my kind of thing – it’s always wonderful to see/hear about someone’s vision of the future, especially in the medical arena.
DTECTIO (ECG Monitor)
The DTECTIO is a watch + smartphone-based ECG Monitor which converts the watch’s signals into a realtime electrocardiogram on the ‘phone.
A cloud service adds a little contextual information.
Jackie Chan’s Perfect Horse Stance – A Ma Bu Guide (Kung Fit)
For the person who just asked about this wonderful exercise, here’s a visual guide. Nice and thorough.
Looking At : Nov 12 2023
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Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘Forever Strong : A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well’ (by Dr Gabrielle Lyon)
Dr Gabrielle Lyon’s ‘Forever Strong : A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well’ is a wonderful look at the importance of muscle mass for both health and longevity.
Enjoy.
ROCKER 2.0 (Back Massage Device)
Remember the Trigger Point Rocker we saw a while ago? The ROCKER 2.0 is the second generation of the device, with more than a little fine-tuning.
Why Isn’t Calisthenics MORE Popular? (Daniel Vadnal (FitnessFAQs) and Alan Thrall (Untamed Strength))
Interesting.
Incidentally, I highly recommend the full podcast with Alan (about 1h07m) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d2AYn-gzDI&list=PLqR2dIOB95D-pWcwdFJIvhv5QuwDxtlY6&index=4
Looking At : Nov 5 2023
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Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘Intelligent Fitness: The Smart Way to Reboot Your Body and Get in Shape’ (by Simon Waterson)
It’s always great to hear another person’s approach to training. This week (following a conversation over the weekend) it’s Simon Waterson’s ‘Intelligent Fitness: The Smart Way to Reboot Your Body and Get in Shape’ – an interesting way of tackling things.
Dive in.
LIGHTNING F35 (Folding Power Rack)
Interesting idea.
The LIGHTNING F35 is a small, foldable power rack with the usual array of features. Ideal for the garage home gym, when the garage is still used to house the car.