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.

Dnsys X1 (Consumer Exoskeleton)

by Scott Bird | Jun 26, 2024 | Strength Training Equipment, video

The Dnsys X1 is a consumer-focused exoskeleton, to make daily activities (particularly walking & running) just a little bit easier. To help deal with a minor injury, or just to lift heavier weights and travel further.

Intriguing device.

I Crashed Planet Fitness With Greg Doucette (Mitchell Hooper – @wsmhooper)

by Scott Bird | Jun 25, 2024 | video

Nice one.

(Incidentally, I agree with the overall idea – doing _something_ is far more impactful than any particular methodology.)

Fitness Reading/Listening For The Week : ‘Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure’ (by Mimi Zieman MD)

by Scott Bird | Jun 13, 2024 | Reading

Mimi Zieman’s ‘Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure’ is interesting, though not exactly what I was expecting (it’s a biography of the person, rather than stories from their medical career).

Still, it’s a great read.