This week’s special guest is Mike Perry, owner and head coach at Skill of Strength in Chelmsford, MA. A fellow business owner and craft beer enthusiast, we chat with Mike about: Kettlebell training for strength athletes Energy system development for combat sports Lessons learned from Brazilian jiu-jitsu And much more! This week’s beer: Toppling Goliath “Pseudo […]
In this afternoon edition of The Strength House Podcast, we sit down over a single beer and answer a handful of listener-submitted questions, including: How to design a peaking program for powerlifters Using closed-loop and open-loop speed and agility drills for athletes In-season training considerations for baseball and softball players And much more! This week’s beer: […]
It’s the return of The Strength House Podcast with special guest Susan Sotir, a professor of exercise science at Springfield College in Massachusetts. We had Susan over to the gym to talk all things readiness and recovery, including: What wearable devices work best for tracking readiness How we track progress and evaluate an athlete’s day-to-day […]
Progressive overload is the golden rule for getting bigger and stronger. You must do more work than you did before in order to keep making progress. There are two obvious ways to do this: Add weight to the bar Add volume (sets and reps). But there’s one often-forgotten training variable that could help you unlock […]
This week’s special guest is word-class powerlifter Joe Sullivan. As the fourth-ranked all-time lifter in the 220 pound class, Joe had some incredible insight on: Overcoming issues with confidence and self-esteem Getting mentally prepared to handle huge weights Grip issues with the deadlift And much more! This week’s beers: Perennial Artisan Ales “Abraxas” (St. Louis, MO) and […]
This week’s special guest is pro strongwoman and Boston-based trainer Brittany Diamond. We chat with Brittany about: How she went from a track athlete and rower to a strongwoman How she trains for strongwoman besides training the competition events The accessability of strength sports for women Taking selfies with Arnold Schwarzenegger This week’s beers: Frost Beer Works […]
This week we’re joined by Kevin Cann of Total Performance Sports in Malden, MA. Kevin has studied and trained under legendary Russian powerlifting coach Boris Sheiko and shares some excellent insight about: High frequency and submaximal intensity to build neuromuscular coordination Using exercise variations instead of overusing coaching cues Why he listens to Taylor Swift […]
We’re psyched to announce our first-ever Strength Shop, our new monthly workshop held at The Strength House. Our first Strength Shop will focus on the squat and be held on Saturday, December 9 at 1 PM. Whether you’re a new lifter wanting to try squats for the first time or a seasoned powerlifter looking to […]
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Steve Tripp of The Top Strength Project in Providence, RI, this week. Steve’s a national level powerlifter and strongman competitor who’s got tons of under-the-bar experience and wisdom. We talk about: How well-rounded training has shaped his lifting career His gruesome forearm injury and how we came […]
We recently had a handful of lifters compete in powerlifting meets or set gym PRs, so this week, we discuss their programs and what made them successful. We chat about: Two 600-pound deadlifters A sub-165 male lifter who benched nearly double bodyweight at a national meet A female lifter’s first 315 deadlift This week’s beer: Tree […]