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by: Josh Bryant A big bench press is like Wild Bill’s Corn Liquor Operation behind the Waffle House—legendary! It’s the gold standard for upper body power. If you were an inmate in San Quentin in the 1970s, your bench press strength determined your position in the prison weight pile or if you got to use…

Crushing Weight for Colossal Quads by: Josh Bryant Josh pushing Kyle Cavnar on Hatfield Overload Squats. Back in ’94, I found myself in the heart of Whitehouse, Tennessee, payin’ a visit to my uncle Dennis. Little did I know, I was about to meet some cat they called “Coach,” and let me tell ya, he…

by: Josh Bryant If you want to get those Tinder right swipes or dominate like an athlete, you better train for both muscle and performance.  Trust me, it’s the key to kicking Father Time right in the testicles.  Now, stroll into your local “strength and conditioning center” and witness the chaos of folks butchering athletic…

by: Josh Bryant I first met Brother Barrett at a quaint little gas station in southwest Arkansas. Lo and behold, there’s a wet t-shirt contest goin’ on in the back and there was Brother Barrett, the life of the party, dishing out corn liquor like it’s water. Brother Barrett was a back-slidin’ Pentecostal preacher, who…

by: Josh Bryant Let’s take a look at six ways to get stronger, outside of traditional strength training; these methods are backed in the lab and proven in the trenches. Final Thoughts After the mental, physical and spiritual align, 1+1+1=5. The sum is greater than the individual parts; synergy happens, you get stronger!  The acquisition of…

We believe in heroes and Strength Heroes is your ticket to the storiesof physical culture greats and the legends of the iron game. These arethe ones who didn’t just walk the walk but paved the way. These strength stories are backed by solid research and can serve asyour blueprint for greatness. Follow the examples set…

Strength is the workhorse that pulls the cart of bio-motor abilities, and it should be prioritized accordingly! Let’s cut the bullshit—there is a time and a place to make speed, agility or conditioning the priority but your pissin’ in the wind if strength is absent. Heavy training improves rate of force development, which impacts movement.…

by: Josh Bryant The adaptations from properly-applied strongman training are a symphony of bigger, faster, and stronger. Limit strength is not just about success on the powerlifting platform; it’s the bedrock for speed, agility, and all things athletic. Olympic lifting is explosive strength, meaning strength executed with speed. Bodybuilding is sculpting your physique like Michelangelo with swole intentions.…

by: Josh Bryant Josh using a form of de-inhibition training with Johnnie Jackson. You don’t go parading around in your birthday suit to fetch the mail, unless you’re eager for a free stay in the county’s crowbar hotel. Now, picture this: that one night at the world-famous Kentucky Bar in Juarez Mexico, after a whirlwind…

by: Josh Bryant It’s 2017, and I find myself at the Tactical Strength and Conditioning Conference in Denver, Colorado. You’d think this gathering of self-proclaimed fitness aficionados would showcase the gold standard of “practice what you preach.” But oh no, the standard conditioning protocol of attendees consisted of eating fast at the International House of…