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Life can be complicated. Thats no secret. And if youre not a professional athlete, your strength and conditioning training will have to make certain compromises. So, how can you achieve your training goals while dealing with the individual circumstances of everyday life At the beginning of the Covid Pandemic in 2020, I decided to train […] The post Big Goals in Hard Times: Dealing with the Periodization of Life appeared first on StrongFirst . ...

Please understand I grew up a very skinny kid. My dad used to tease me and call me spaghetti arms. I hated to eat and spent countless nights negotiating how many more bites I had to eat before I could get up from the table. This weaved its way into my psyche and always made […] The post Seven Powerful Lessons from Becoming a Beast Tamer appeared first on StrongFirst . ...

Would you like to learn more about a specific topic Post your follow-up questions in this thread. Pavel will answer select questions in upcoming StrongFirst newsletters. (If you are not subscribed to the newsletter, subscribe HERE). Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. (hubermanlab.com): “In this episode, my guest is Pavel Tsatsouline, a world-renowned strength and conditioning coach, former […] The post Pavel Tsatsouline on the Huberman Lab Podcast: Build Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility at Any Age appeared first on StrongFirst . ...

Precision. Patience. Progression. Strength Built the Italian Way. The inspiration behind Italian Volume Training (IVT) was initially sparked by the legendary German Volume Training (GVT), a system made famous by Charles Poliquin in the 1990s, though originally developed by Rolf Feser for the West German national weightlifting team in the 1970s. GVT typically consisted of […] The post IVT--Italian Volume Training appeared first on StrongFirst . ...

It is impossible to train every desired skill to a high level at the same time, especially if you have a day job. Few competitive powerlifters can snatch or clean and jerk. Weightlifters arent entering marathons and marathoners arent pulling quadruple bodyweight deadlifts. Im not saying a strength athlete wouldnt benefit from venturing into a […] The post Simplifying Multi-lift Programming appeared first on StrongFirst . ...

Could you outline a simple and effective barbell strength training template Enter the 3 to 5 Method. I codified it a quarter of a century ago in response to the same question from an instructor at a law enforcement agency I was consulting: 3-5 exercises 3-5 sets 3-5 reps 3-5 minutes of rest between sets […] The post The 3-5 Method Revisited appeared first on StrongFirst . ...