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A Speed Bump in the TGU
By Gray Cook Working with StrongFirst and Brett Jones at our first joint event — Foundational Strength at Phil Scarito’s DV8Fitness in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania — was a great experience. It was...
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The Toughness of a Strength Athlete
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman In the public mind the word “toughness” is associated with endurance. A marathoner gutting it out for hours. A professional boxer surviving a dozen rounds. Yet the...
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How My Knee Injury Helped My Bench Press
By Melody Schoenfeld, SFG II As a competitive powerlifter, my bench has always been my Achilles’ Heel. It has always been the slowest to build for me, and has been a source of frustration for a...
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Get Stronger: The Chronicles of a Lightweight Beast Tamer, Part II: The Pistol
by Kenton Boutwell, SFG II Part 2 All I did was try not to think. Instead, I was focused on my breathing. Inhale… Exhale… Repeat. I knew my body had the movement memorized, as I had done it countless...
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Simple & Sinister: Progressing From Two- to One-Handed Swings
By Steve Freides, Senior SFG Adding one-handed kettlebell swings to your Simple & Sinister training can be daunting for some people. Some of the symptoms include: Grip – you feel like the...
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StrongFirst Team Pulls Strong Again
By Jason Marshall, Senior SFG and Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman Ladies and gentlemen, this is Jason Marshall. We had two lifters for the East Coast meet in Philly, Ellen Stein and Lisa Burke. Both...
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Using the Hanging Leg Raise Progression to Build a Solid Strength Foundation
By Mark Snow, MA, ATC, SFG-II, FMS Not too long ago I went to a conference and one of the items we worked on was to assess pelvic stability. Upon finishing the pelvic stability portion of the...
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Focus (Kime) and the Hard-Style Swing
By Reneta Music, SFG II, SFB, SFL “You need to keep your abs tight.” “Grab the floor with your toes and tighten your legs.” “The only part of your body that should be loose are your arms.” “Mrs....
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From Weak to Beast in 6 Months
By Tim Almond, SFG II I had always really struggled with my pressing. I’m not just talking about building pressing strength; I’m talking about the actual execution of the press. My press had never...
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Kettlebell Lessons with a Firearms Instructor
By Eric Frohardt, SFG I’ve been training with kettlebells since 2005. I’ve been training with firearms even longer. My experience with both led me to the conclusion that there are a LOT of...
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A Speed Bump in the TGU
By Gray Cook Working with StrongFirst and Brett Jones at our first joint event — Foundational Strength at Phil Scarito’s DV8Fitness in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania — was a great experience. It was...
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The Toughness of a Strength Athlete
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman In the public mind the word “toughness” is associated with endurance. A marathoner gutting it out for hours. A professional boxer surviving a dozen rounds. Yet the...
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How My Knee Injury Helped My Bench Press
By Melody Schoenfeld, SFG II As a competitive powerlifter, my bench has always been my Achilles’ Heel. It has always been the slowest to build for me, and has been a source of frustration for a...
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Get Stronger: The Chronicles of a Lightweight Beast Tamer, Part II: The Pistol
by Kenton Boutwell, SFG II Part 2 All I did was try not to think. Instead, I was focused on my breathing. Inhale… Exhale… Repeat. I knew my body had the movement memorized, as I had done it countless...
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The Origins of StrongFirst Programming
By Pavel Tsatsouline, Chairman There are many ways to get strong. Most are mediocre, some are effective, a handful are extraordinary. One—if not the only—system in the third category is the...
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10 Things to Know About Preparing for Your First Powerlifting Meet
By Danny Sawaya, SFG Team Leader, SFB, SFL Editor’s Note: You’ve thought about it. Maybe you have even talked about it. Since learning the basic powerlifts and discovering the joy in lifting heavy...
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SFG Chicago 2014: An Event for the “Ages”
By Jim Hatcher, SFG Editor’s Note: If you have heard anything about the SFG Certification, you have heard that it is a grueling, difficult, and demanding 3 days. There is nothing gratuitous about the...
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Hardstyle for the Sport Guy: Simple & Sinister for Kettlebell Sport Athletes
By S. H. Mathews Pavel Tsatsouline’s Simple and Sinister program is a reworking of his second program minimum — the swing and the get up. The program minimum from Enter the Kettlebell left readers...
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The TSC is About Participation, Community, and Strength
By Andrea U-Shi Chang, Senior SFG, TSC Coordinator The Spring Tactical Strength Challenge had over 350 competitors. Most had a lot of experience with the kettlebell, barbell, and bodyweight...
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The American Swing
By Brandon Hetzler, SFG Team Leader “All great truths begin as blasphemies” —George Bernard Shaw The American swing (or the overhead swing – OH Swing): Is it good or is it bad? This is a tougher...
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