October 11, 2024
HIGH-FREQUENCY BLOCK PROGRAMBy Shane Robert
I want to share a program with you that I have used successfully with man...
October 06, 2024
I LOVE STEROIDS AND GEARBy Shane Robert
I remember the day I fell in love with Powerlifting.
It was summer in San Fr...
October 02, 2024
TRAINING SMARTER: SCOTT’S PATH TO PEAK PERFORMANCE
INTRODUCING SCOTT
Scott Strickland is a 33-year-old personal tr...
September 27, 2024
DELICIOUS BLASPHEMYBy Shane Robert
I’m not a religious person. I never really have been, even as a kid going to churc...
September 19, 2024
NUDGING YOUR WAY TO LONG-TERM GAINSBy Shane Robert
The world of programming is full of variety. There are so, so, so ...
September 13, 2024
TEAM PROGRAMMINGBy Shane Robert
I love creating programs. I can’t tell you why I love it, exactly, but I always have,...
September 06, 2024
GOING OFF PLAN: 3 Adjustments You Can MakeBy Shane Robert
Having a training plan is one of the essential components t...
September 04, 2024
Staying fit and healthy is essential for everyone, but it holds special importance for those in physically demanding ...
August 30, 2024
STRONG BACK, STRONG PERSON (PART 2)
By Shane Robert
You can’t cheat your way to a strong back. To get a back that loo...
August 23, 2024
STRONG BACK, STRONG PERSON (PART 1)By Shane Robert
Bill Starr, the eminent writer of all things strength, once told a...
August 15, 2024
CONSISTENCY – THE MISSING COMPONENTBy Shane Robert
The 2024 Summer Olympics have just ended. I find myself amazed as ...
August 15, 2024
6 THINGS I LEARNED DURING MY 6-WEEK ‘BEFORE AND AFTER’ CHALLENGE WITH THE VERSE AGILE RACKBy Lola Wusu, Verse™ Creati...
August 07, 2024
MASTERING THE LONG CYCLE FOR STRENGTHBy Shane Robert
The first training programs that I was ever introduced to came f...
August 02, 2024
BENCH LIKE A BOSSBy Shane Robert
I have a confession to make - I hate the bench press. I’ve never liked it and, try a...
July 31, 2024
A QUICK WORKOUT TARGETING YOUR POSTERIOR CHAINHint: Bent-Over Rows & RDLs
Los Angeles-based lifter, Janelle, t...
July 26, 2024
WHY CELEBRATING YOUR GYM WINS MATTERSBy Shane Robert
I recently had a client, Andrew, finish a training cycle. Due to...
July 19, 2024
MINIMAL TRAINING, MAXIMAL RESULTSBy Shane Robert
Summer can be a hard time for training. Many people find themselves ...
July 16, 2024
SMALL SPACE? NO PROBLEM!Approaches to Strength Training at Home
Today we’re visiting again with Yoga instructor, Joan...
July 12, 2024
ABS-solutely Best Ab Training (Part 1)By Shane Robert
Spend enough time in lifting circles and you will hear the expr...
June 27, 2024
KING SQUATBy Shane Robert
There was a time when the squat was the answer to all questions. Want to get leaner? Squat....
June 25, 2024
PRESSING ISSUESBy Shane Robert
No other lift has fallen from grace more than the overhead press. In the days of our g...
June 21, 2024
FITNESS FOCUS - THE 4 METHODS OF STRENGTH TRAININGBy Shane Robert
It can be confusing for beginners and, truthfully, ...
June 14, 2024
DEADLIFTS – BASIC, BRUTAL, EFFECTIVEBy Shane Robert
I recall reading a principle that states the first type of pizza ...
June 07, 2024
BRO SPLITBy Shane Robert
The “bro-split” or, as it has recently become known, the “pro-split” is the training split...
June 05, 2024
SUN, SAND, AND SQUATSBy Shane Robert
Since the creation of the first cities, and food surpluses that led to the devel...
June 01, 2024
30 MINUTES TO FITNESSBy Shane Robert
Last week I shared a number of ideas for 5-minute fitness. These workouts are ha...
May 26, 2024
5 MINUTE FITNESSBy Shane Robert
We all know that exercise is important and something that we should be doing more, bu...
May 19, 2024
MACRO RECOMMENDATIONSBy Shane Robert
There is a famous saying that, I believe, was coined by the trainer of champions...
May 15, 2024
CROSSFIT BOULEVARD: A Path Towards Personal Betterment
In the picturesque “Gateway City” of Whittier, California, two...
May 09, 2024
PUSH/PULL/LEGS SPLITBy Shane Robert
The Push/Pull/Leg Split builds off of the push/pull split, further refining days ...
May 02, 2024
GET A COACH. MAYBE?By Shane Robert
As someone who makes their living training and coaching people, it would seem logi...
April 29, 2024
STRENGTH BEYOND SIZE: Janelle's Journey with the Agile Rack
Janelle is a dedicated fitness enthusiast who came to th...
April 25, 2024
SIMPLY COMPLEXBy Shane Robert
Everyone is busy. Talk to anybody you meet and ask them if they think they are busy. Th...
April 18, 2024
UPPER/LOWER SPLITBy Shane Robert
An upper/lower split divides workouts based on muscle groups worked and/or movement...
April 11, 2024
LITTLE CHANGES = BIG RESULTSBy Shane Robert
I’ve always found that I have to fight very hard to not make massive over...
April 10, 2024
AGILE RACK FOR BUILDING A MORE POWERFUL SELFMason Rose, Travel Nurse And Fitness Connoisseur
Fitness is not a one-siz...
April 04, 2024
PUSH/PULL SPLITBy Shane Robert
The push/pull split is simply what it sounds like—one day is all of the “pushing” or m...
March 29, 2024
GEN POP GROUP TRAINING — Simple Goes a Long WayBy Shane Robert
In the long ago, before COVID drastically changed ever...
March 21, 2024
TRAINING SPLIT – FULL BODYBy Shane Robert
Full-body training is the setup commonly used in beginner programs. Don’t, ...
March 13, 2024
ANABOLIC EATING PART DEUX By Shane Robert
I was a latchkey kid from the age of 6 on. It’s a bit hard for me to imagin...
March 06, 2024
TRAINING SPLITS – INTRODUCTIONBy Shane Robert
Training is very simple on paper: Lift a weight as many times as you ca...
February 29, 2024
PARTIAL REPSBy Shane RobertPartial reps are an intensity technique used to allow a lifter to accumulate additional wo...
February 29, 2024
STRENGTH IS HEALTHBy Shane Robert
Despite the common turn of phrase, history does not, in fact, repeat itself. But it...
February 16, 2024
MAGAZINE PROMISESBy Shane Robert
When I first started in fitness, the only real source of information available was l...
February 08, 2024
FORCED REPS By Shane Robert
Forced Rep Training is an intensity technique where you continue performing repetitions o...
February 01, 2024
MECHANICAL DROP SETS/EXTENDED SETSBy Shane Robert
A mechanical drop set is a set that continues past failure (or clos...
January 31, 2024
ANABOLIC EATINGBy Shane Robert
If you grew up in the dark ages reading muscle magazines, like me, you will recognize ...
January 26, 2024
TRI-SETBy Shane Robert
A tri-set is an intensity technique that follows a similar pattern to a superset, only with 3 ...
January 24, 2024
UNLEASHING THE FEMALE POWERLIFTER: A Candid Interview with Aspiring Powerlifter Alisson
Alisson, a 27-year-old powe...
January 24, 2024
LEARNING FROM THE PAST (Part III): THE ENDBy Shane Robert
For the last few weeks, I’ve shared a training template th...
