Learn why rate of perceived exertion (RPE) & estimated 1 rep max (E1RM) are the most important things to track in your barbell training log and how to use them to reduce injury & hit PRs.
RPE In Powerlifting: What is RPE? + How To Use Rating Of Perceived Exertion Optimally
How To Manage Strength Training Fatigue In Your Barbell Training Program | Fatigue Management While Powerlifting
Exercise Prescription Guide: How to Choose the Best Exercises & Volume For Your Barbell Strength Training Program
The 4 Questions to Answer Before Beginning A Barbell Strength Training Program
Barbell Physical Therapy: 3 Ways to Incorporate Barbell Training into Sports Rehab & Physical Therapy for Athlete Recovery
How Becoming a PRS Certified Coach (PRSC) Has Impacted My Business And Life
How To Become The Best Outpatient Sports Physical Therapist
The Beginner Barbell Training Reset: What to Do When You Take Time Off, Miss Reps, Get Injured or Progress Stalls
5 Reasons To Use a Beginner Powerlifting Program After A Month Off Training
The Safety of Barbell Resistance Training for Adult Powerlifters with Scoliosis
Barbell resistance training is the most effective type of exercise training to accomplish nearly all goals. From achieving a muscular and lean physique to maintaining health and function as you age, and rehabilitating from surgery and returning to your sport of choice. But often, doctors, physical therapists, and chiropractors shy away from “lifting weights” because they lack an understanding of safe and effective programming and technique implementation across the life and healthspan.
How To Incorporate Cardio Into Your Strength Program
Being strong and being fit are not the same thing. You don’t have to give up cardio when you start resistance training with barbells. Here’s exactly how to structure cardio into the Starting Strength Novice Linear Progression. So keep on doing your conditioning, cardio, or hobbies. Let’s be strong and fit!
8 Simple Ways to Ditch Excuses & Start Your Barbell Resistance Training Journey Today
8 Reasons To Be Strong and Why You Should Resistance Train with Barbells
Barbell resistance training is the BEST way to get stronger and will improve all aspects of your life. f you’re afraid of resistance training and afraid of picking up a barbell, stop! Being physically strong has more benefits than I can count on both hands and feet. Strength is the foundation of everything related to health, fitness, sports performance, and human survival.
Progression Without Regression: How to Adjust Training So Things Don't Go Awry!
You’re following a templated program like 5/3/1, SS NLP, Texas Method, Cube, Conjugate Method, HLM, and you’re doing it alone and have read the books and the articles that come along with your program, but you aren’t quite sure exactly how to transition your program along the way. We’re here to help you figure it all out in this article!
9 Time-Saving Adjustments To Reduce Training Anxiety
You’re not the only one struggling with the amount of time training takes and how it works with your life schedule.
And since life is life, we need to have some mental and programmable strategies to decrease anxiety and optimize the situation to get the most out of training during difficult and stressful times.
Carbs Part 2: The Strength Trainee’s Guide To Carb Timing
In this article, Coach Will discusses the importance of carbohydrates for all Strength Trainees around workouts. This article goes into understanding when or how much to eat before, during, and after stepping into the gym and helps you understand how to time your carbs properly to improve performance and recovery allowing you to eek out the absolute most from training.
How to Get The Most Beginner Gains: The Deadlift
RPE: Am I Doing This Right?!
You’ve been barbell training for a while. Maybe today’s your first day under the bar. Wherever you are on your strength journey, you know that putting weight on your back, or in your hands, feels some type of way. Some days the weight feels how you expect it to feel like, some days it feels like loose-leaf paper, and other days it feels like a humpback whale.
PRS Mythbuster: Weight Training & Your Physique
We’ve all seen and heard it before - the advice on how to “tone up”, “bulk up” (or NOT bulk up), “get shredded”, “lean out”, etc... If you’re like me you’ve probably tried light weights, heavy weights, sets of 8, sets of 20, supersets, cardio, yoga, circuit training… the list goes on. So why did it all stop working eventually? Why do your pants not fit better? Why don’t you have 21-inch biceps? Chances are, at one point or another, you’ve succumbed to at least 1 of 5 common myths about strength training in your pursuit of a leaner, “more toned”, or muscular physique. Well, I’m here to set the record straight!