Strength training is at large still a poorly understood concept in the realms of leisure sport. Most people associate going to the gym...

They eyes are an important body part in any strength exercise. Why? The eyes lead the movement of the head - and the head leads the...

Strength training is a process which heavily relies on precision. The amount of exercises are - for various reasons - rather limited. The...

Breathing is bracing. Bracing means greater tension. Greater tension means greater strength. Greater strength means better results. The...

Warming up for strength training is not what you think it is. The literature will make you believe that you need to "warm-up" your body...

Pressing overhead is hard. Very hard. The reason for the Press being a rather unpopular and underused exercise is because of this: One,...

Let's get straight to the point: Strength training is a simple, uncomplicated process: train regularly, eat enough to recover well, and...

This blog deals with a simple and short message on why anyone serious about strength training should get a pair of weightlifting shoes. 1...

Things that make an instant impact are great. We love them in our gym. Below is a cue I have found terribly useful for enhancing the...

When it comes to optimizing movement technique, understanding the finer details of human anatomy is essential. Muscles are the...

Much has been said about the potential injury risks that squats pose for the knees. Most arguments advocating this standpoint, however,...

In order to obtain maximum performance on our lifts, we want to achieve the highest level of stability possible. Together with a pair of...

Many times in life have we heard that we ought to "learn from our mistakes". A well-intended credo calling for action to make positive...

Our week has 168 hours. Of those 168, we spend on average 3h in the gym - which is less than 2% of the total time we have available to...

If there is one part of the population that benefits from lifting weights the most, it has to be the elderly. Let's clarify and soberly...

Society has in the last decades changed into a direction where the need for instant gratification has become the norm. Results have to...

When it comes to optimal training frequency for strength, a few important considerations have to be made. The 'Stress-Recovery-Adaptation...

Together with the overhead press, the bench press is an important upper body strength movement. It develops the anterior deltoid and pec...