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.
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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.
Sandbag Get-up
You've probably noticed that I love a bit of sandbag training. Here's John Kelly of Nogueira Fight School demonstrating a great exercise, the Sandbag Get-up. Good fun.
Introducing ‘The Mongoose’
Great finisher. Wheelbarrow work.
One More
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Wendy Booker : Mountains, Marathons and Ice
Wendy Booker.Via Get Outdoors : at 54, Wendy Booker has completed a number of marathons and is close to completing the 7 Summits (only one remaining - Everest). Oh, and Wendy has MS.
Loveable Leucine
Ready to get a better ‘return on investment’ when it comes to your protein consumption? Same here. Sam Cox explains how.
Parkour 1920 Style
Via Gymnastics Coaching : next time someone asks you how old parkour is, point them to this clip of Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro (1920). Good stuff.
Insane Strength
I'm not sure what you'd call the move at the start of this clip, but it's a good one.
License Plate Quartering
This clip is shows part of one of Chris Rider's latest performances, and includes a bit of license plate quartering. Nice work Chris.
Bottoms Up
Bottoms Up. A little bottom-up fun over at the Ice Chamber.
Grip ‘n’ Rip 2009
Grip 'n' Rip 2009.A workshop with Adam Glass and Brad Nelson? Sounds perfect.