This week’s episode of The Strength House Podcast features special guest Jim Laird of Gym Laird Strength and Conditioning in Lexington, KY. Jim has been an amazing friend and mentor to me and Greg, and was especially influential in helping me start the Cressey Sports Performance women’s powerlifting team. Jim runs his own women’s powerlifting …
The Strength House Podcast – Episode 14 ft. Jim Laird Read More »
The deficit deadlift makes for some “strong medicine” as Greg Robins likes to say. It’s a high risk, high reward exercise that, if executed properly, can add quick pounds to your deadlift. However, it’s not a great fit for everyone. This week’s Technique Tuesday covers the deficit deadlift and three common mistakes I see lifters …
This week’s episode of The Strength House Podcast features Adam Pine of Titan Barbell in Medford, Mass. Adam is a phenomenal lifter, coach and person who has a ton to offer in terms of lifting technique and developing a rock-solid mental approach to powerlifting. This is one of my favorite episodes so far because there’s so …
The Strength House Podcast Episode 13 ft. Adam Pine Read More »
Many coaches preach a vertical shin angle during lunges, which isn’t inherently wrong. For example, a vertical shin during reverse lunges makes sense; keep the focus on the glutes and hamstrings while minimizing stress on the knees. But what about forward lunges? Or walking lunges? This week’s Technique Tuesday explains why you can’t use the …
Face pulls get lumped into the “shoulder health” category, but when you really break it down, the rotator cuff doesn’t get a ton of stimulus if you perform the exercise the traditional way. Usually it just turns into a glorified row or lat pulldown. That’s fine for upper back strength, but if it’s cuff strength …
Technique Tuesday: Face Pulls for Shoulder Health Read More »
Although we train a lot of powerlifters, Greg and I spend the bulk of our coaching hours working with high school athletes. This week’s episode of The Strength House Podcast dives into some of the methods we use to help our athletes ages 13-18 from various sports. Enjoy! Subscribe on iTunes Download Click here to …
The Strength House Podcast Episode 12 – Training High School Athletes Read More »
I never thought I’d have to tell people to keep their head on the bench during the bench press. That is, until it became a thing. Now every powerlifting meet I go to (besides USAPL and IPF where head lifting isn’t allowed), I see lots of lifters pulling their head off the bench to watch the …
Technique Tuesday: Head Position During the Bench Press Read More »
Hey all – Happy Sunday! This week’s newsletter has a female lifter flare to it, so if you’re a lady who loves lifting heavy things, I think you’ll love this week’s content. Enjoy! This week on the Strength House Podcast, we’ve got women’s soccer extraordinaire Lori Lindsey as our guest. A former Olympian and member …
This week on the Strength House Podcast, we’ve got women’s soccer extraordinaire Lori Lindsey as our guest. A former Olympian and member of the US Women’s National Team, Lori is now a performance coach and co-founder of Formation Strength. We had a blast chatting about how to coach female athletes and the state of the fitness …
The Strength House Podcast – Episode 11 ft. Lori Lindsey Read More »
The bench press likes to stall hard and fast more than any of the other big barbell lifts. There’s less muscle mass involved during the bench compared to the squat or deadlift, so there’s less room for technical error and less ability to “muscle” through heavy weights. A bench press plateau can take months or …
