Training Log

Training Log

Starting Strength in the Real World

Training and The Novice Effect

by Mark Rippetoe | April 12, 2018

Mark Rippetoe discusses the Novice Effect and the need for documentation of the training process.

Iron City Athletic Club: A Model of a Barbell Gym

by Karl Schudt | April 05, 2018

I was just finishing up my squats when the door burst open and a parade of excited lifters entered. Residents of the local group homes come twice a week to train. Excited, they come in ready to put on their lifting shoes and work hard. They are developmentally disabled clients and usually have some other challenges, but they do their work and set PRs, just like everyone else.

A Savage’s Motive

by Cody Teer | March 29, 2018

Building a relationship and learning what makes your lifter “tick” makes you better at that part of the job. I wanted to share Sage’s story to illustrate how he overcame motivational strife and set some massive personal records (PRs) at the United States Strengthlifting Federation (USSF) Nationals over a very short period of time.

Shoulder Rehab After Surgery: Under the Bar

by Charity Hambrick | March 22, 2018

I don’t give in to my clients’ excuses to get out of training. So, in September of 2016, when I began having acute pains on the anterior side of my left shoulder, a learning opportunity developed for their coach: a lesson in rehabilitative training.