The Eleven-Pound Bar Nicholas Racculia, PhD, SSC | September 09, 2026 Every coach remembers the first day a particular trainee walks into the gym. Most fade into memory over the years. A few remain. And of those few, some grow more vivid over the years. Ryan Relosky falls into the last category. Continue reading Two Years, Two Days a Week: Coaching a Female Novice to National Records David Abdemoulaie, SSC | April 22, 2026 This case study follows the progress of an untrained 11-year-old female novice, Audrey, across two years. Audrey started her novice linear progression (NLP) with a 30 kg squat, 15 kg press, 20 kg bench press, and 40 kg deadlift. Two years later, she holds 8 national records in both the APF and AAPF. Oh yeah, she’s also my daughter. Continue reading Starting Strongman Jack Bissett, SSC | September 17, 2025 Strongman competition is a rapidly growing sport in the strength world. As someone who has a lot of love for strongman, I thought I’d try to offer a little guide for anyone interested in having a go at this most entertaining of strength sports. Here are my humble thoughts on how best to prepare for your first strongman contest. Continue reading Why Basketball Players Should Train with Barbells Steve Ross, SSC | June 04, 2025 [W]hen I started getting to the bigger tables and upper tiers of this sport, you realize just how rare true elite athleticism is. Most people will never understand how fast, powerful, and coordinated those guys really are. And the crazy part is that most of them, like in other major sports, don’t train for strength at all. They’ve already won the genetic lottery, so a lot of them get away with doing a bunch of nonsense in the gym (if they even go at all) and still dominate. Continue reading Neuromuscular Efficiency Mark Rippetoe | March 26, 2025 “Neuromuscular Efficiency” refers to the ease with which the nerves cause the contraction of muscle fibers. Very efficient means that large numbers of muscle fibers contract rapidly and simultaneously, and therefore produce high levels of muscular force in a short period of time. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
Two Years, Two Days a Week: Coaching a Female Novice to National Records David Abdemoulaie, SSC | April 22, 2026 This case study follows the progress of an untrained 11-year-old female novice, Audrey, across two years. Audrey started her novice linear progression (NLP) with a 30 kg squat, 15 kg press, 20 kg bench press, and 40 kg deadlift. Two years later, she holds 8 national records in both the APF and AAPF. Oh yeah, she’s also my daughter. Continue reading Starting Strongman Jack Bissett, SSC | September 17, 2025 Strongman competition is a rapidly growing sport in the strength world. As someone who has a lot of love for strongman, I thought I’d try to offer a little guide for anyone interested in having a go at this most entertaining of strength sports. Here are my humble thoughts on how best to prepare for your first strongman contest. Continue reading Why Basketball Players Should Train with Barbells Steve Ross, SSC | June 04, 2025 [W]hen I started getting to the bigger tables and upper tiers of this sport, you realize just how rare true elite athleticism is. Most people will never understand how fast, powerful, and coordinated those guys really are. And the crazy part is that most of them, like in other major sports, don’t train for strength at all. They’ve already won the genetic lottery, so a lot of them get away with doing a bunch of nonsense in the gym (if they even go at all) and still dominate. Continue reading Neuromuscular Efficiency Mark Rippetoe | March 26, 2025 “Neuromuscular Efficiency” refers to the ease with which the nerves cause the contraction of muscle fibers. Very efficient means that large numbers of muscle fibers contract rapidly and simultaneously, and therefore produce high levels of muscular force in a short period of time. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
Starting Strongman Jack Bissett, SSC | September 17, 2025 Strongman competition is a rapidly growing sport in the strength world. As someone who has a lot of love for strongman, I thought I’d try to offer a little guide for anyone interested in having a go at this most entertaining of strength sports. Here are my humble thoughts on how best to prepare for your first strongman contest. Continue reading Why Basketball Players Should Train with Barbells Steve Ross, SSC | June 04, 2025 [W]hen I started getting to the bigger tables and upper tiers of this sport, you realize just how rare true elite athleticism is. Most people will never understand how fast, powerful, and coordinated those guys really are. And the crazy part is that most of them, like in other major sports, don’t train for strength at all. They’ve already won the genetic lottery, so a lot of them get away with doing a bunch of nonsense in the gym (if they even go at all) and still dominate. Continue reading Neuromuscular Efficiency Mark Rippetoe | March 26, 2025 “Neuromuscular Efficiency” refers to the ease with which the nerves cause the contraction of muscle fibers. Very efficient means that large numbers of muscle fibers contract rapidly and simultaneously, and therefore produce high levels of muscular force in a short period of time. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
Why Basketball Players Should Train with Barbells Steve Ross, SSC | June 04, 2025 [W]hen I started getting to the bigger tables and upper tiers of this sport, you realize just how rare true elite athleticism is. Most people will never understand how fast, powerful, and coordinated those guys really are. And the crazy part is that most of them, like in other major sports, don’t train for strength at all. They’ve already won the genetic lottery, so a lot of them get away with doing a bunch of nonsense in the gym (if they even go at all) and still dominate. Continue reading Neuromuscular Efficiency Mark Rippetoe | March 26, 2025 “Neuromuscular Efficiency” refers to the ease with which the nerves cause the contraction of muscle fibers. Very efficient means that large numbers of muscle fibers contract rapidly and simultaneously, and therefore produce high levels of muscular force in a short period of time. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
Neuromuscular Efficiency Mark Rippetoe | March 26, 2025 “Neuromuscular Efficiency” refers to the ease with which the nerves cause the contraction of muscle fibers. Very efficient means that large numbers of muscle fibers contract rapidly and simultaneously, and therefore produce high levels of muscular force in a short period of time. Continue reading
