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.
Advanced Circuit Training Techniques
Ready for some advanced circuit training techniques? Try these.
TDmonkeys 08/09 Sampler
More tricking goodness from TDmonkeys. Love it.
Threading Scorpion Bridge Progression
Scott Sonnon in action. Brilliant.
Working Out at 72
72-year-old Svenska Wanja showing the value of training at any age. Nice one.
Log Rolling
Great after deadlifts. The Log Roll. Via CrossFit Eastside : Log roll - hollow on the back, arch on the belly, keep it rolling.
Question of Nutrition: Vol 5
Dinner, part 1.Jonny Bowden takes a look at belly fat, water consumption and increasing testosterone. Good stuff.
Outdoor Fitness: ‘Why it’s Good’
The many benefits of outdoor training.
Blast from the Past : Sandbag Training
I love sandbag workouts, and over the years we’ve looked at a number of aspects to this wonderful form of training. Here are just a few of my personal favourites.
Sandbag Instructional Videos
Remember Mbody Strength's Marcus Martinez? He's got another series of instructional videos out, this time demonstrating various sandbag exercises (Sandbag Cleans above). Good stuff.
Kettlebells and Swimming
UPDATE 23/03/21 : Although the video embedded below was available when this post was written, it's no longer with us. 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...