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How to Intelligently Define, Determine, and Test Your 1RM
By Fabio Zonin, Master SFG, SFB, and SFL After the publication of my article The 5TRM Back Squat Program, I received many comments and emails with questions about the real necessity for an athlete to...
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When Tension Is a Beautiful Thing
By Dr. Michael Hartle, Chief SFL and Master SFG No, this isn’t a psychology lesson on stress. I am neither discussing different types of headaches, nor the strength properties of a barbell and its...
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One Good Rep: How to Perform the Perfect Pistol
By Karen Smith, Chief SFB, Master SFG The pistol is often looked at with fear, but if taught with the proper progression path and practiced with patience, it can be achieved by most people. My reason...
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Use “Time Under Load” to Solve the Group Class Time Crunch
By John Spezzano, SFG Team Leader Group classes require an instructor be a combination of entertainer, drill sergeant, and life guard. You have to keep people engaged, doing the work, and doing it...
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What to Do With Your Free Hand During a One-arm Swing
By Brett Jones, Chief SFG, MS, ATC, CSCS, FMS Advisory Board It is one of the enduring questions of inquiring minds. What do I do with my free hand during a one-arm swing? (That, and if you are doing...
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Unlocking the One-arm Push-up
By Phil Scarito, Master SFG One aspect of the greats in our coaching world is their ability to deconstruct a movement and then teach it to anyone who wants to learn, no matter the student’s level of...
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A Solid Game Plan for Acing the Snatch Test
By Michael Perry, Senior SFG, SFL If you’ve heard of Pavel and follow his teachings, it’s likely you’ve heard of the 100-rep snatch test. The snatch test is a core element in the SFG curriculum and...
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Understanding Combat Mindset and Mental Conditioning
By Eyal Yanilov and Ole Boe It’s easy to be happy when you are healthy and successful, but what about when you are in trouble? How would you behave? How would you deal with disappointment, failure, and...
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A Critical Get-up Transition: From the Elbow to the Hand
By Brett Jones, Chief SFG A student of mine once described the get-up as being comprised of “frames of a comic strip”—meaning there are definitive positions to hit before you move on to the next...
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The 1TRM EV PS Program: Escalating Volume in the Plan Strong Style
By Fabio Zonin, Master SFG, SFB, and SFL Note: In my last article, How to Intelligently Define, Determine, and Test Your 1RM, I promised to follow up with a more advanced variation of The 5TRM Back...
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The Difference a Body Positive Approach Can Make
By Lore McSpadden, SFL If you are particularly fortunate, you know that being as healthy and strong as possible is extremely important and are ready to do something with this knowledge. On the other...
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I Failed the SFG Level II Strength Test
By Greg Woods, SFG II I failed the SFG Level II strength test. That’s how my Level II Certification weekend started, so I might as well start this article that way, too. For those who are unfamiliar,...
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One Good Rep: How to Perform the Perfect Pull-up
By Karen Smith, Chief SFB, Master SFG Pull-ups were a skill that always seemed impossible to me. I honestly felt I would never be able to achieve this “coveted” movement. Like many women, I once...
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Easy Strength Is Antifragility Training
By John Heinz, Senior SFG “Everything in excess is opposed to nature”—Hippocrates Perhaps you, the reader, are familiar with Easy Strength by Pavel and Dan John, but you are probably not so familiar...
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How to Exercise the Vital Muscle of Patience
By Brett Jones, Chief SFG There are too many quotations and clichés about time. Philosophers ponder the subject and we all watch the seconds, minutes, hours, and days tick by. One of my favorite...
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The Anytime, Anywhere Bodyweight-Only Strength Program
By Aleks Salkin, SFG II, SFB Odds are you have some fond memories of college. Odds are also that you remember doing something you’re not very proud of during that time. I know I do. In my junior year...
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How to Get the Benefit of Depth Jumps Without Jumping
By Craig Marker, Ph.D. Research Director, SFG II, SFL, SFB Although the current Russian Track and Field team is in the news for other reasons, the Soviet teams have long been dominant in the Olympics....
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The Keys to Executing a Successful Weighted Tactical Pull-Up
By Kenton Boutwell, SFG II The chain rattled as he looped it through the kettlebell, securing it to his belt. He gripped the pull-up bar and lowered himself into a full hanging position. In a valiant...
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4 Essential Mental Tools for Passing the SFG Level I Cert
By Chris Abbott, SFG I Ten years ago I signed-up for my first Ironman triathlon. At that time, I had never swum more than 500 yards, never ridden a road bike, and only run three miles once in my...
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Zen and the Art of Barbell Training
Recently, I met up with an old friend from high school for dinner. We hadn’t seen each other in approximately eighteen years, so you could say we had a bit of catching up to do. Thanks to the fact that...
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