Ideas worth sharing.
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I'm 37. Here's How I Got In The Best Shape Of My Life
What's been working for my diet and fitness
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Life Update: Where I'm At in 2026
A quick check-in after a long stretch of head-down work.
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Competing in Strongman as a Natural Athlete
When I started getting interested in strongman around 2010 and then competing in the sport for the first time in 2011 I was young and naive about the use of...
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How To Make An Atlas Stone
Having your own set of Atlas stones is a sign that you’ve crossed the threshold as a strongman from being a weekend warrior to an athlete dedicated to...
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3 Key Factors For Becoming A Better Strongman
In the immortal words of Ronnie Coleman, "everyone wanna be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift no heavy ass weight!" The same can be said of the...
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How Do You Deal With Bad Training Days?
It's a question that gets asked over and over again and cycles through the mind of every athlete. Last week I was feeling pretty beat up and let down by my...
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3 Ways To Train For Strongman
What if you can't find access to strongman implements in your area?
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DIY Chain Yoke For Strongman
The chain yoke is the pendulously evil, redheaded step-brother of the yoke.
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The Future of Natural Strongman
Strongman will never make it as a mainstream sport, but here’s why I think that natural strongman and strongwoman competitions could help the sport to grow.
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The Plunge - Cold Water Therapy for Recovery
To relax into the cold is to tell your brain stem, those primitive responses mechanisms to danger, that you’ve got everything under control. Fate is in your...
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Rethinking Supplements - Part 2
Part 2 - Step foot into any supplement store and you’ll be told that the brands layering the walls and shelves are superior to the other brands sold by...
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Rethinking Supplements for Strongman
I used to buy into every supplement marketing gimmick under the sun. That’s part of the journey that I think every naive young lifter has to go through to...
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There and Back Again
Many of you may already know this but I consider cold brew a critical component of a correctly crafted competition concoction.
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The Psychology of the Greatest Strongman on Earth
Building greater strength and sports skill with meditation. I was recently watching a video of a seminar Brian Shaw was holding and in it, he was talking...
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Lion's Mane Mushroom For Mindfulness?
People search far and wide to get the Limitless effect from a bevvy of supplements and drugs until they are stacked on top of each other like your...
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Tough Decisions: To Compete or Not in Strongman?
The process for deciding on specific competitions to attend in strongman and strength sports.
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Do Not Start a Diet or Exercise Resolution Today
It's January 1st and if you're starting a new diet or exercise program today, chances are you've already failed.
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Is It All Genetics?
Oh, there’s no way of beating that Kristoff, he was born with a barbell in his hand and could squat 500 as a kid in high school. His genetics are...
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DIY Bumper Plate Storage Rack
So you’ve got your home gym started , maybe even built yourself a nice platform to lift on , but what about all those bumper plates you just bought? Unless...
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How To Make An Olympic Weightlifting Platform
Individual needs will vary when it comes to building a lifting platform, but if you've got to build around an uneven floor or in an area susceptible to...
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Preparing For a Successful Strongman Offseason
November is a time of transition for strongman in Canada, as the weather changes and the opportunities and venues available for competing drop like the...
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The Importance of Hydration For Athletes
Over this past summer I spent some time working with a local juniour varsity football team and taking some time to educate them on hydration and electrolyte...
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All You Need To Start a Home Strongman Gym
"You're going to hurt you back deadlifting that much weight." "You can't deadlift that much weight, it's too noisy." "There's no chalk allowed in the gym."...
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Strongman vs Powerlifting Competition Prep
If you are actively competing in strongman or powerlifting, you are more than likely trying to do every little thing you can to make sure that your...
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Chill Out: Cryotherapy for Strongman and Sport Recovery
The first time you take the plunge into an ice bath, the breath is sapped from your lungs as if you’d just had the wind knocked out of you by Thor himself....
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The Eye of the Tiger: Flow and Maximal Human Performance
Eight years ago I sat enraptured in a tiny hotel room in Texas while watching a 12 inch television screen unblinkingly. I was away for work in the States...
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What Type of Shoes Should You Wear for Strongman?
Unlike with Olympic Weightlifting where there’s really only one answer to the question, or powerlifting where there’s just a few popular opinions, with...
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Gain 10 Pounds This Month
As a strongman or strength athlete, you will almost certainly need to pack on some serious pounds at some point in your training career either to build...
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How To Make A Strongman Log Part II
One of the beautiful things about wooden strongman logs is that each one has its own character. Every homemade strongman log is a little bit different and...
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How To Make a Strongman Log
When it comes to training for strongman technique is critical! There's only so much that brute force strength can do for you with implements that you've...
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How to Lose 5 Times as Much Weight Without Changing Your Exercise Program
We all know that one guy, or girl, who can eat anything and everything that isn't nailed down and not get fat, sometimes not even gain weight! For me that...
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Caution! Marketing and the Supplement Industry
It's all a big lie! Take a stroll through a supplement store, or the supplement isles of a superstore or drug store. Better yet, go to a website that sells...
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What the F? Strongman Fuel
The Basics of Macronutrients Science Today I'm coming at you with another transfer post from the Kayser Nutrition blog. I was busy this weekend with some...
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Forever Be Changing
Training and nutrition are constant experiments. You have to forever be changing up one variable at a time to learn what works best for you.
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10 Keys to Success in Fitness and Nutrition
**Note: This post originally came from my old blog site. Sharing this information with as many people as possible is essential, since everyone can benefit...
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Why Do You Even Train? My Training Manifesto
It was a lovely autumn day when admist the turmoil of several back to back strongman competitions and the ensuing fatigue I came across Jim Wendler's...