Straight to the Bar

All Things Strength

HELPING YOU GET STRONGER SINCE 2004

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.

Weight Over Bar at the Rogue Invitational (Hafthor Bjornsson)

by Scott Bird | Nov 1, 2022 | Feats of Strength, video

I love this event.

Looking At : Oct 30 2022

by Scott Bird | Oct 30, 2022 | Research studies & clinical trials, Weekly summary

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Fitness Reading For The Week : Alone on the Wall: Alex Honnold and the Ultimate Limits of Adventure (by Alex Honnold & David Roberts)

by Scott Bird | Oct 27, 2022 | Reading

‘Alone on the Wall’ is a wonderful look at Honnold’s entrance to the climbing world, and subsequent climbs. Loved it.

LIVALL (Bicycle helmet with audio, fall detection, smart lighting)

by Scott Bird | Oct 26, 2022 | Strength Training Equipment, video

The LIVALL is a bicycle helmet with integrated lights, fall detection and audio. Sounds great.

Her FITNESS transformation | Newbie to ATHLETE (Mark Lewis)

by Scott Bird | Oct 25, 2022 | exercises, How They Got Started, One-Off Events, Tips, video

A great overview of the various fitness improvements a beginner can make in just a few months. Wonderful.

Looking At : Oct 23 2022

by Scott Bird | Oct 23, 2022 | Aging & Longevity, Research studies & clinical trials, Weekly summary

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Looking At : Oct 16 2022

by Scott Bird | Oct 16, 2022 | Diet and Nutrition, Research studies & clinical trials, Weekly summary

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Fitness Reading For The Week : The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Unlock Your Best Life (by Colin O’Brady)

by Scott Bird | Oct 13, 2022 | Reading

I first came across Colin via his recent interview on Max Lugavere’s ‘The Genius Life‘ podcast. Wonderful discussion.

The conversation noted his book ‘The 12 Hour Walk’, which is absolutely fantastic. Strongly recommended.

NB : both the abovementioned podcast and the book cover a few of the same ideas, and so one ‘spoils‘ the other in that regard. Personally, I’d check out the book first.