Personalized Training: Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All in Fitness
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by Travis Bogard
1M ago
Introduction In the last decade, the landscape of fitness has been dramatically reshaped by the rise of strength training. Once the reserve of elite athletes and bodybuilders, it has now firmly established itself as a cornerstone of fitness regimes for people of all ages. From energizing young enthusiasts to playing a pivotal role in rehabilitation and physical therapy, strength training has proven its worth beyond doubt. It’s clear that society has embraced the power of lifting weights not just as a path to peak physical condition, but as a vital strategy for holistic health and recovery. Yet ..read more
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Testing Your Max: 4 Weeks to Testing
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by Travis Bogard
2M ago
What is Intensity? In the context of strength training, the word intensity is used to describe the amount of load that we’re using in a given exercise. When a training program is written, this is how the program tells the user how much weight to load on the bar, or how heavy of an implement to use. There are a few ways to prescribe intensity: Prescribe Exact Load: This is where the program writer explicitly writes the load that the athlete should use. For example, the coach might write 3 sets of 5 at 315 pounds. 315 pounds is the intensity. Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE): RPE uses a nu ..read more
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Take Flight in Fitness: Build Your Wings by Above The Rest
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by Travis Bogard
2M ago
Embarking on a fitness journey, especially within the walls of a gym, can be a daunting prospect. The fear of judgment, the uncertainty of equipment, and the anxiety of feeling out of place often discourage individuals from embracing the path to a healthier lifestyle. In this blog post, we confront these common hurdles head-on and introduce the Build Your Wings Program—a beacon of empowerment designed for those who find the gym intimidating. The gym's bustling atmosphere can evoke social anxiety, making it a challenging space for newcomers. The fear of making mistakes or appearing inexperience ..read more
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Do you have to Deadlift?
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by Travis Bogard
5M ago
ATR is mostly powerlifting and strongman At above the rest training systems, our client base is primarily made up of powerlifting and strongman athletes. For both sports, the deadlift is a required competition exercise, so the vast majority of our athletes are deadlifting in some form or fashion every single week. If you’re a fan of Crossfit, it is another strength sport that requires proficiency with the deadlift, and while Olympic Weightlifting doesn’t require the deadlift specifically, variations are often used to train the first pull in both the clean and the snatch. If you want to compete ..read more
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RPE Training
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by Travis Bogard
5M ago
Autoregulation and RPE Autoregulation is a method of prescribing load that lets the athlete determine the appropriate load for the workout based on some indication of their readiness for the day. There are a number of different methods of using Autoregulation, but for the sake of this post, we’re talking specifically about RPE. RPE is an acronym that stands for Rating of Perceived Exertion. It is a value used to describe how hard an athlete feels they exerted themselves in a specific athletic endeavor. RPE was originally a tool developed to train endurance athletes, so they would use it to des ..read more
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Tri-Phasic for the Strongman Press
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by Travis Bogard
5M ago
I love Cal Dietz. There! I said it! I’ve loved him ever since I got ahold of his book Triphasic Training: A Systematic Approach to Elite Speed and Explosive Strength Performance. I’ve been applying the principles in that book for years now and it has helped my athletes develop in all facets of their sport. In the book, he talks about how the nature of dynamic movement almost always has three phases: An eccentric phase, an Isometric phase, and finally a Concentric phase. He also explains how most strength coaches and programs only concern themselves with the last phase of movement. The book des ..read more
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Strongman Style HIIT: Build a Badass
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by Travis Bogard
5M ago
You’ve never experienced a fitness class quite like this. We’ve combined all of the benefits of HIIT with the functional strength of Strongman into one class and we’re calling it Build a Badass. The class starts with a calisthenics-based warmup, with movements sequenced to prepare you for the workout to come. Then we take a brief intermission to offer you technical tips on the Strongman Implements of the day. From there, the workout begins! Your heart rate will rise. You will sweat. And you will become a badass. The Implements Strongman is its own strength sport, but you don’t have to com ..read more
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3 Tricks To Get More Out Of Your Training Video
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by Travis Bogard
5M ago
As I was growing up, I found that I really loved drawing. Some of my earliest memories are sitting with my dad and having him work with me on my doodles. I really found that I enjoyed drawing superheroes, so a lot of our discussions were about the form and proportions of the muscle bound characters I was drawing.  Whenever a character was doing anything besides looking straight at me in the drawing, I had trouble figuring out where the muscles were supposed to connect. I remember expressing these frustrations to my parents, and soon thereafter getting my first anatomy books to help. The r ..read more
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Everything You Need To Know About Atlas Stone Events
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by Travis Bogard
5M ago
The Atlas Stones are the best Strongman implement there is. There is no better feeling than taking a mass of concrete, tearing it from the ground, and hoisting it up high into the air for points.  Atlas Stones are an iconic staple of the sport and make their way into a lot of competitions in some form or fashion. They can seem intimidating at first but fear not, because in this post I’ve touched on just about everything you need to know about Atlas Stones and the events you’ll see in the competition.  If you’re new to the sport and have a stone event coming up, take careful notes so ..read more
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8-Week Axle Clean and Press
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by Travis Bogard
5M ago
GET THE PROGRAM The continental clean is a necessary evil of Strongman.  Over the last century, we developed a lot of technology that enables us to load our bodies in a safer and more efficient manner. The barbell is one such technology, coming about with its fancy knurling and revolving collars to allow us to more easily put heavy things above our heads.  Strongman is dragging us back to our archaic roots all too frequently by challenging athletes to clean and press an axle bar. I believe it to be a novelty, with little transfer to any other functional aspects of fitness. It’s dang ..read more
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