Structuring Your Off Season For Success
A well-structured and well executed off-season is potentially one of the strongest tools at the disposal of a competitive strength athlete. Too often I see guys NOT taking an off-season (and funnily...
View Article3 Keys To Self-Programming
Article by Drew Spriggs Programming for any strength sport is seen as a black art by many, but the main concepts around training are very easy to grasp. A lot of people pay an incredible amount of...
View Article5 Reasons Strongmen Should Sumo Deadlift
This article is undoubtedly going to be the most controversial thing I’ve ever written, so I’m going to come straight out and say it – all strongman competitors SHOULD be sumo deadlifting. Now I have...
View ArticleTargeting Common Areas of Lower Body Movement Dysfunction
Article By Drew Spriggs Simple 2 Day Patterning, Activation and Strengthening Program As a strength coach, my duties are simple – facilitate the process of all my clients, whether online or in person,...
View ArticleCardio For Strongman
By Drew Spriggs I’m going to call it straight off the bat – I absolutely despise cardio. That being said, given the number of strongman/powerlifters/strong mofo’s who have died an early death due to...
View ArticleHips Don’t Lie – Fixing Your Deadlift with Hinge Patterning Work
By Drew Spriggs of Dreadnought Strength Have you ever witnessed somebody who has never deadlifted before in their life walk into a gym and perform a perfect (and often quite strong) deadlift with...
View ArticleDreadnought Strength’s Top 5 Lessons for the Year
By Drew of Dreadnought Strength 2015 has been a big year for Dreadnought Strength – moving from a small studio to a much larger open gym, launching online training groups for Starting Strongman,...
View ArticleTargeting Common Area’s of Upper Body Movement Dysfunction
Article By Dreadnought Strength If there’s any one area of the body that tends to take an absolute beating in strongman, it’s the shoulders. Not only do they get abused for all pressing work, but they...
View ArticleThe Competitive Mindset: The Difference Between Training & Competing
Time after time I see one thing incredibly prevalent in strongman competition when comparing it to powerlifting – strongmen (and women), you SUCK at competing! Everybody invests lots of time into...
View ArticleFor the Love of Training – What to do When the Progress Stops
Article By Dreadnought Strength I’ve had some great discussions with other health professionals lately, discussing different client types and the trends we see in those that do very well. Funnily...
View ArticleDreadnought Overhead Press Program – 4 Weeks to a Bigger Press
By Drew Springs Overhead Press Specialisation Program The overhead press – a simple movement that seems to the bane of most peoples’ existence. Like the majority of you, I used to absolutely HATE it as...
View Article5 Reasons Strongmen Should Sumo Deadlift
By Drew Spriggs This article is undoubtedly going to be the most controversial thing I’ve ever written, so I’m going to come straight out and say it – all strongman competitors SHOULD be sumo...
View ArticleCardio For Strongman
By Drew Spriggs I’m going to call it straight off the bat – I absolutely despise cardio. That being said, given the number of strongman/powerlifters/strong mofo’s who have died an early death due to...
View ArticleHips Don’t Lie – Fixing Your Deadlift with Hinge Patterning Work
Article By Drew Spriggs Have you ever witnessed somebody who has never deadlifted before in their life walk into a gym and perform a perfect (and often quite strong) deadlift with absolutely minimal...
View Article10 Week Deadlift Domination
10 Week Deadlift Domination The deadlift, undoubtedly the king of all exercises, will either be your favorite thing to do or the bane of your existence. For many people who get stuck at plateaus or...
View ArticleSo – you want to run a strongman competition?
While you might have dreams of putting on the biggest and baddest strongman competition the world has ever seen, with thousands of dollars in price money and making an absolute mint from it, the...
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