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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.
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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.
Mike Mahler on Hormone Optimisation
Mike Mahler.Via an Aggressive Strength email : Josh Henkin chats to Mike Mahler about his research into hormonal optimisation [.mp3, 9.8mb]. Very interesting indeed.
Intro to Mechanical Drop Sets
One-handed barbell curl.What's a Mechanical Drop Set? Glad you asked.
Lateral Cable Step-ups
These are very interesting exercises - all variations on the step-up. Good stuff.
Full Range Zercher Squatting
It’s always great to see someone performing complete Zercher Squats. Nice one Max.
Handstand Workout
Via Hood Workout : showing the real value of bodyweight training - anytime, anywhere. Nice one.
Iced Silo Climbing
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Virtual Meet : Military Bench, 20-22 Feb 2009
Virtual Meet : Military Bench, 20-22 Feb 2009.As Kris notes, 'Virtualmeet.net has truly switched into high gear of late'. If you're ready for a solid dose of strict feet-up benching, head over to the Virtual Meet site and sign up. Absolutely free.
Strength Training 101 — Get Strong, Build Muscle, Lose Fat
Just getting started? Great.
Grip ‘n’ Rip Strength Demonstration
What do you do after a 7 hour seminar? Bending, tearing, levering and other fun things. Love it.
Skill Transfer for the Muscle-Up
UPDATE 18/09/11 : The video below was available when this post was written, but has since been removed by the user. Apologies for that. If you want to make sure you're always kept in the loop when we put new content on this site, subscribe to the RSS feed or grab the...