by Bill Starr Part I (January 2012) ...By the time they got home, they had covered over 3000 miles and had put on thirty exhibitions. And...

by Tommy Suggs In my opinion, one of the books of the last century that will be considered as having a great impact on the sport of weightlifting...

by Gillian Mounsey My philosophy was and remains focused on what a client can do versus focusing on what he or she cannot do. There is nothing...

by Bill Starr some point, any athlete who really wants to move ahead of the pack has to take it upon himself to adjust and revise his routine. ...

by MAJ Damon Wells “The recent surge in the quest for a “well-rounded” and/or “functional” training program (and visible abs) has become the...

This is the second part of an excerpt from the Deadlift chapter of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd Edition, available for sale now....

This is an excerpt from the Deadlift chapter of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd Edition, available for sale now. It is the first part...

This is an excerpt from the Press chapter of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd Edition, available for sale now. The revamped version of...

by Bill Starr "For a competitive athlete to continuously improve in any sport, he must test himself against others on a regular basis. Not just at...

by Bill Starr When we finally pulled to a stop in downtown Philadelphia, my knuckles were white and my sphincter had chewed off all the buttons...

by Bill Starr "I also want to point out that youngsters need to be pushed in order for their bodies to respond to the stimulus of lifting weights....

by Daniel T. Hall and John D. Fair In the 1950s when I started bodybuilding, most guys believed all you had to do to develop your body was lift...

The Tragic Death of the Military Press in Olympic and World Championship Competition, 1928-1972 by John D. Fair For most of the twentieth...

by Bill Starr While Bob Hoffman had the greatest influence on Olympic weightlifting, bodybuilding, and other strength sports in the sixties, Doc...

by Gillian Mounsey Society rewarded me for this very unhealthy body – photographers wanted to shoot me, manufacturers wanted me to wear their...

by Colin Webster "He remained able to literally uproot small trees, and one time I was doing deadlifts with 450 lbs., and he wandered in. I asked...

by Matt Reynolds “The Prowler is simply the best tool ever invented for conditioning. It’s simple. It’s cheap. It’s completely concentric, leads ...

by Colin Webster “No one is a ‘natural’ anything. Everyone has to start the same place you do, at the beginning, and learn from there. Just...