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.
And yes, it’s absolutely free.
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 : Sep 10 2023
This Week On Straight To The Bar…
Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘Cannabinoids and the Brain’ (by Linda A. Parker)
‘Cannabinoids and the Brain‘ is a wonderful look at the various components of the cannabis plant – their current and potential medical uses, and the surrounding research.
Dive in.
Zercher Squat Pad (Strongergrip)
Strongergrip’s Zercher Squat Pad is exactly what it sounds like; making the Zercher somewhat more tolerable.
Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones (Dan Buettner)
This is a wonderful documentary series on the longevity ‘Blue Zones’, and whether it’s possible to artificially create one.
Enjoy.
Looking At : Sep 3 2023
This Week On Straight To The Bar…
Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘Habits for Mastering Anger: 10 Steps to Take Control and Tame Your Temper’ (by Dr Tim Sharp)
It’ll come as no surprise that we discuss a lot of fitness-related books, courses & podcasts; on this site as well as the various networks noted in the sidebar.
We’ve noted a few of Dr Tim Sharp’s podcasts in the past, and his latest offering – ‘Habits for Mastering Anger: 10 Steps to Take Control and Tame Your Temper‘ takes a similar approach. Thorough, personal and extremely helpful.
If this is an area of concern, this is a highly recommended series. Dive in.
Incidentally, I’m always looking to add to the ‘books to read‘ list. If you’ve come across something which you’d love everyone else to check out, drop me a line.
There’s also a list of our all-time fitness suggestions over there. Dive on in.
Novamos S98 Actor (Smart Watch)
The smartwatch space continues to grow.
The Ozempic Problem (Dr Karan)
We’ve discussed this offering several times in the past, so I’ll simply say that this is a wonderful summary of things (and of weight-loss medications in general). Dive in.
Looking At : Aug 27 2023
This Week On Straight To The Bar…
Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘Lose Fat, Get Fittr: The Simple Science Of Staying Healthy For Life’ (by Jitendra Chouksey)
Lose Fat, Get Fittr: The Simple Science Of Staying Healthy For LifeIt'll come as no surprise that we discuss a lot of fitness-related books, courses & podcasts; on this site as well as the various networks noted in the sidebar. Lose Fat, Get Fittr: The Simple Science...