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Learn how strength training focuses on improving force production, while bodybuilding aims to increase muscle size.
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Learn about wrist wraps, their benefits, and how to choose and use them for better stability and grip strength in lifting.
Explore the benefits and effectiveness of knee sleeves for gym-goers and athletes, understand their impact on performance
Explore the benefits of being an intermediate powerlifter, including rapid strength gains within the first year of competition.
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Discover the importance of leg days in your workout routine with our guide to effective leg exercises and training strategies.
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Elevate your upper body pressing game with these research-backed cable workouts, perfect for sculpting stronger and more defined triceps.
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Discover our top eight glute and hamstring exercises in this comprehensive guide. Optimize your training with insights into anatomy
Embark on your powerlifting journey with the right training program. Whether you’re a true beginner or have been lifting for six months
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 Pain in the hips and low back are common reasons people visit doctors and physical therapists. These professionals are …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 In part one we discussed how to interpret blood tests of kidney function in the context of exercise. Today …
Headaches are a common, painful, and oftentimes disabling symptom that can pop-up during exercise or at rest. Exercise may be useful for not only reducing migraine frequency in many, but also for improving nearly every aspect of general health in the population. Individuals who frequently experience the onset of headache during exercise should work with their physician to make sure there isn’t an underlying medical cause.
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 [This article is also available in Spanish / Este artículo también está disponible en español] When starting their training …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 The efficacy of placebo in enhancing performance is as well established as it is multifactorial. Geers 2014 This presents …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 Today we’ll be wrapping up our hip pain series with the familiar topic of osteoarthritis, and summarize some practical …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 Pain in the front, side, or back of the hip are common complaints within the lifting community. A combination …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 In this segment of the How-To Do GPP series, we tackle direct arm training, or “arm work”. In the …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 Introduction If it has been some time since you last exercised, whether due to COVID-related restrictions or other circumstances, …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 Hopefully after our journey through Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV of this series it is …
Last Updated on November 27, 2024 In 2019 we published our Beginner Prescription, a free workout program with supporting materials designed to answer the question, …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 In part four of the Resistance Training for Youth series, we’ll discuss the role of different training elements (or …
Last Updated on July 9, 2024 So you’ve been training, but have started experiencing pain. This is an extremely common experience that we get asked …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 Part III will focus on the specific effects of resistance training on youth athletes. As mentioned in the previous …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 If early sports specialization is not advantageous in most scenarios, and with an epidemic of inactivity among our youth, …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 This series will analyze current evidence for training the general youth populations as well as for those who already …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 The benefits of resistance training for reducing injury risk in endurance athletes was covered in Part 1 of this …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 It is important to note that the assumptions discussed in the last article are not arbitrary to the biomedical …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 To anyone versed in biomedicine, the so-called “hierarchy of evidence” is well-established and unquestioned. The randomized ,double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (RCT) …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 This article was originally published in September of 2014 as the first of four blog posts addressing The Principle of …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 Take home points: I wrote an article titled Aches & Pains wherein I contrasted the traditional biomedical approach to …
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Last Updated on June 22, 2024 I will spare you my lengthy back pain origin story and set the scene in 3 bullet points: It’s …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 Introduction Regular followers are likely familiar with our interest in a “biopsychosocial” approach to both training and injury, particularly …
Last Updated on August 21, 2023 Note: We published this protocol in the Barbell Medicine newsletter in March of 2018, but have since added some …
Last Updated on August 20, 2023 Prologue Alexis Irwin has been a client of mine for some time now. Together, we’ve successfully added hundreds of …
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Last Updated on August 21, 2023 It has been said that using Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is useless for strength and conditioning, which has …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 A 2014 paper by Draganich & Erdal studied the effect of sleep on cognitive functioning in 164 undergraduate students …
Last Updated on August 20, 2023 In late February, 2018 of this year, after a series of back and forth emails, I informed Rip et …
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 A little over one year ago I reached out to Austin Baraki in desperate need of coaching. Thankfully, he …
Last Updated on August 31, 2023 “How do I increase my press?”- The Internet Fresh on the heels of the 2017 USSF Fall Classic, a strengthlifting …
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Last Updated on August 20, 2023 We are very excited about our upcoming Barbell Medicine Seminar (Next one in Tempe, AZ in March 2018). For those …
Last Updated on August 20, 2023 Dr. Feigenbaum: Hey, welcome back to the Barbell Medicine Podcast. I’m Dr. Feigenbaum, I’m joined here with Dr. Baraki. …
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Last Updated on August 21, 2023 17.1 (<<<PDF available here) A brief introduction and then we can get right into this. I’m Jordan. I’m a lifter, …
Last Updated on August 31, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum Now let’s introduce the concept of R.P.E., which stands for Rate of Perceived Exertion. The RPE …
Last Updated on August 20, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum Hey there, readers! A different kind of post today and luckily for those of you who …
Last Updated on August 31, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum So this is about a week two weeks late, but I thought I would catalogue my …
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Last Updated on August 20, 2023 Tom Campitelli and I are going to visit Australia this January to hold a series of extended Starting Strength …
Last Updated on August 21, 2023 By Austin Baraki, MD, SSC This past week I was alerted to a new article in the journal Physical …
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Last Updated on August 21, 2023 “Just keep putting in the work. You’ll be fine. You’re strong. You’ve got this. Focus, Jordan.” This was just …
Last Updated on August 20, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum This post was inspired by a recent Facebook post of another coach, Jacob Tsypkin, owner of …
Last Updated on August 18, 2023 This past Winter Tom Campitelli and I once again toured through Europe. While in London, we visited CrossFit Perpetua …
Last Updated on August 22, 2023 About two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending my first CrossFit Games, held every summer since 2007 in …
Last Updated on August 20, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum, Emily Sanchez, Brandon Schabacker, and Movicque King Updated 3/30/2016 Readers, I’m posting part of a quality …
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Last Updated on August 31, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum The Texas Method may be one of the most popular intermediate training programs in existence. Developed …
Last Updated on August 20, 2023 By Austin Baraki In our first article we defined sarcopenia as a loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. …
Last Updated on August 20, 2023 This article begins a multi-part series discussing the growing problem of sarcopenia in our aging population. We will discuss …
Last Updated on August 20, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum MS, Starting Strength Staff, CSCS, HFS, USAW Club Coach After explaining these same issues over and …
Last Updated on August 21, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum MS Anatomy and Physiology, Starting Strength Staff, HFS, CSCS, USAW Club Coach In part three of …
Last Updated on August 21, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum MS Anatomy and Physiology, Starting Strength Staff, HFS, CSCS, USAW Club Coach In part two of …
Last Updated on August 21, 2023 By Austin Baraki Introduction Today we’ll be discussing a paper published in the Journal of Sports Sciences in …
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Last Updated on August 20, 2023 Hey everyone, you can access my power point presentation from the FIM lecture today. I will be making a …
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Last Updated on August 23, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum MS, CSCS, HFS, USAW Club Coach, Starting Strength Staff Quick question for you-my friend goes to …
Last Updated on August 22, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum MD, MS, Starting Strength Staff 1) Not reading the book Seriously, most people who are doing …
Last Updated on August 22, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum MS, Starting Strength Staff, CSCS, HFS, USAW CC In case you missed part one of this …
Last Updated on August 22, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum MS, CSCS, HFS, USAW CC, Starting Strength Staff One of the most common questions I get …
Last Updated on August 22, 2023 Hey everyone!! Thanks for all the support and for checking up on me. It was a fun day at …
Last Updated on August 21, 2023 Jordan Feigenbaum MS, CSCS, HFS, USAW CC, Starting Strength Staff When it comes to dialing in the training there …
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Last Updated on January 4, 2013 By Jordan Feigenbaum MS, CSCS, HFS, USAW CC, Starting Strength Staff This study, The Effect of a Plant-Based Low-Carbohydrate …
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Last Updated on August 22, 2023 By Jordan Feigenbaum MS, Starting Strength Coach, CSCS, HFS, USAW CC Yea, it’s that time again Resolution Time! People …
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Last Updated on November 30, 2012 By Jordan Feigenbaum MS, CSCS, HFS, USAW Club Coach, Starting Strength Coach Ahhh, deload weeks…..the week(s) that EVERYONE hates …
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Last Updated on August 22, 2023 This is part two of the multi-part Hunger Games series. Check out part one here. Ghrelin, as mentioned before …
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