Train Hard, Get Injured, Repeat? It’s quite common to hear athletes that have a few years of training under their belts complain of chronic injury including back, shoulder, or knee pain, or of simply feeling run-down. If you’re someone that is in the trenches training hard or even someone that has a [...]
My Name Is Charles Staley, And THIS Is How I Think You Should Train When I first wrote about my Primary Pattern concept at T Nation, I soon received a text from my friend Dr. John Rusin, and it suddenly hit me: “ Oh crap, he’s gonna think I plagiarized his famed Functional Hypertrophy Training (FHT) [...]
With the daily grind forcing many of us into poor posture, how we direct our active daily mobility efforts ultimately impacts our ability to lift pain free and injury free. The ELDOA Method is a series of taught, self-applied postural exercises that improve in functional joint mechanics for any type of athlete. With [...]
Get Lean, Build Muscle & Stay Healthy... FOR GOOD A really good diet should shred body fat while allowing you to continue performing at a high level, keeping as much muscle mass as humanly possible – all of it ideally. This has become known as the "perfect diet" that all are seeking [...]
Online training is taking the fitness industry by storm. But many professional coaches and trainers have some serious reservations regarding this online trainer trend, and what it could possibly mean for the value of a highly effective professional trainer in our fitness industry. Simply put, many new trainers and fitness hobbyists jump [...]
Beyond The Basic Methods For Sport Specific Athletes Getting wickedly strong and powerful, developing speed and building muscle like a Greek God are all at least fairly commonly known practices and trained/developed in many athletes, regardless of sport. These are all pretty important qualities to develop for most athletes and help to [...]
The title caught you off guard, didn’t it? Yep – you read it correctly. I am going to give you a step by step guide on how you can injure yourself lifting weights. I usually write about what you can add to your training or lifestyle to develop positive outcomes, but wanted [...]
How The Reverse Band Method Works Bands are one of the single most underutilized tools in strength and performance training. Simply put, athletes and lifters that have neglected the unique and powerful benefits of banded barbell work are leaving a huge amount of performance on the table. This couldn't be any [...]
Aren't Working With Pro Athletes? That's Totally Fine... Really “But I want to work with elite athletes!” I hear that cry in some form from my students or via social media, newsletter, etc several times a month. The sad reality is that most never will and probably should not attempt it. Hang [...]
The Landmine: The Most Underutilized Setup In Strength The landmine setup is one of the single most effective strength training tools in the industry, but sadly it's hugely under-valued and highly underutilzed. By simply placing one end of a barbell stabilized into a corner of a room or in a specialty landmine [...]
