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.
THEKU Neck Cooler (Personal Cooling Device)
The THEKU Neck Cooler is a solid neckband with a pair of cooling pads built in. Looks ideal for any sort of outdoor training on a hot day.
Lifting Gear 101 (Meg Squats)
Over the weekend I was talking to a friend about the various accessory items used in strength training. This video is a great overview – what they are, how they work, who they’re for and where to get them.
Looking At : May 23, 2021
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RE:GEN (Energy-Harvesting Stationary Cycle)
Would love to see several home gym items do something similar.
BBC Click – Hacking Your Health (Saturday 15th May 2021)
This episode takes a wonderful look into the world of anti-aging ideas & potential technologies. Love it.
Looking At : May 16, 2021
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Biotech – Human Modification and Augmentation (Isaac Arthur)
This is a wonderful look at the various ways in which we can (now, and in the coming years) enhance humans – both biologically and technically. Various forms of gene editing, nanobots, mind-machine interfaces and so on.
Looking At : May 9, 2021
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FLiPBENCH (Wall-Mounted, Folding Incline Bench)
Why We Sleep, and How To Optimize Things (Matthew Walker on Impact Theory)
This is a great interview – a discussion on sleep with the incredible Matt Walker and Tom Bilyeu. A longer one (nearly an hour), and well worth the time.
Highly recommended.
Btw, we’ve talked about sleep many, many times on this site over the years – the health & fitness benefits involved, the various recovery methods & devices, and the equipment involved in tracking it accurately. I’m currently using Apple’s inbuilt Sleep app & the watch. You?