The best articles, demos, videos, blogs etc from around the web. This list is regularly updated with new and interesting material. Click on the category names below to jump to a list of links or scroll down to browse.
Link Categories
| Exercise demos | Thoughts and Opinions |
| Programmes and Workouts | - On strength training in general |
| Exercises | - Different types of strength training |
| - Core | - Myth busting |
| - Deadlift | - Injury and illness |
| - Olympic lifts | People |
| - Overhead squat | - Who’s who |
| - Pull-ups/chinups | - E-books |
| - Squat | - Gyms and communities |
| - Other exercises | - Blogs |
| - Unusual exercises | Anatomy and physiology |
| Equipment | Links pages |
| Diet |
Exercise demos
- Catalyst Athletics - weightlifting, dumbbell, kettlebell, sandbag videos
- Clubbell exercises from Chikara
- Crossfit exercises and demos - weightlifting, olympic, gymnastic videos
- Elite FTS playlist - weightlifting videos
- Exercise Prescription Exercise and Muscle Directory
- From Dork to Diva - general weightlifting from stumptuous.com
- Kettlebell Athletics playlist - kettlebell videos
- Kettlebell exercises from Chikara
- Kettlebell exercises from Mike Mahler
- Olympic lifting seminar video clip from Dan John (google video)
- Sandbag training videos
- Scrapper - bodyweight, sandbag, dumbbells, clubbells, resistance bands
- Squat RX playlist - squat videos
- Top 5 sandbag drills from Josh Henkin
- UWL Exercise Video Index - general weightlifting
Programming and workouts
- A theoretical template for Crossfit’s Programming by Greg Glassman - explanation of how Crossfit constructs workouts (pdf)
- Catalyst Athletics workout of the day
- Crossfit WOD (workout of the day)
- Integrating the Olympic lifts with Crossfit by Greg Everett
- Mark Rippetoe Q&A - forum supporting Rippetoe’s 5×5 programme
- Scrapper’s workouts (kettlebell and bodyweight)
- Seven Principles for Better Programme Design by Charles Staley
- Tabata Intervals from Ross Training
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Program Design: A Unified Theory of Fitness Programming by Alwyn Cosgrove
- The New Testament — Conjugated Periodization by Dave Tate
- The Official Rippetoe - Starting Strength FAQ
- Westside for Skinny Bastards, Part III: The Final Chapter By Joe DeFranco - 4 x per week strength training programme for hard gainers
- Workout for the Time Poor by Krista Scott-Dixon
Exercises
Core
- Abs: The Inconvenient Truths by Chip Conrad
- Handstand tutorial from Beast Skills
- Real Abs: Classical Core Conditioning by John Davies
- The Homemade Wheel - video and article by Ross Enamait
Deadlift
- 7 tips for a safer deadlift from Stronglifts.com
- Deadlift Anatomy: Mark Rippetoe seminar video excerpt (wmv file)
- Deadlift diagnosis by Eric Cressey
- Don’t fear the deadlift by Chip Conrad
- How to deadlift with proper technique from Stronglifts.com
- Mastering the Deadlift: Part 1 by Eric Cressey
- Mastering the Deadlift: Part 2 by Eric Cressey
- Mastering the Deadlift: Part 3 by Eric Cressey
- The “no deadlift” deadlift programme by Kenny Croxdale
Olympic lifts
- A Beautiful Snatch: Getting Started With the Olympic Lifts by Sean Waxman
- Sandbag cleans by Greg Everett
- The Snatch and Clean from Crossfit London
Overhead squat
Pullups/chinups
- A-Z of Pull-up Training from Crossfit London
- Discussion about kipping pull-ups from the Crossfit boards
- Mistressing the pull-up from Stumptuous.com
- One-arm chinning guide by JackArnow and Alexander Lechner
- One-arm pull-up tutorial from Beast Skills
- Pull-ups: A Matter of Function from Dragon Door
Squat
- Debunking the myths about squatting by Stumptuous.com
- Lurn 2 Squat Good from Stumptuous.com
- Olympic vs. Powerlifting Squats by Geoff Neupert and Mike Robertson
- One-legged squat (aka pistols) tutorial from Beast Skills
- Squat Training - Westside Style by Dave Tate
- The Zercher Squat from Straight to the Bar
Other exercises
- Developing the Iron Cross by Steven Low
- L-seat tutorial from Beast Skills
- Long Live Your Bench by Ian King
Unusual exercises
- 29 things to do with a barbell in the corner
- Cool exercises you probably haven’t seen before from Stumptuous.com - includes db swing, side press, one-hand snatch
- How to Bent Press from Dragon Door
- Overhead lockouts from Brooks Kubik
- Weightlifting: the forgotten lifts - old time strongman and Olympic lifts
Equipment
- Ab wheel - single hand
- Glute-Ham Raise home set-up
- Grunt and Shen’s workshop - all kinds of homemade equipment
- Homemade parallette bars
- Iron Woody
- Make your own medicine ball (pdf)
- Sandbag construction kit from Ross Training
Diet
- Crossfit dietary prescription
- G-Flux: Building the ultimate body by Dr John Berardi
- NutritionData
- Online Conversion - weight to volume cooking converter
- Skwigg’s World - diet and meal tips
- The Essential Berardi: a stripped down overview of JB’s dietary wisdom
- The Zone Diet
- Top 30 T-Nation Diet Articles
Thoughts and Opinions
On strength training in general
- 15 Things I Thought I Knew by Mike Boyle
- Athletic Skill Levels from Crossfit Seattle
- Basic Strength Standards (Rippetoe, Kilgore and Pendlay) - table of strength standards in the major lifts
- Beyond the Strength of Milo: a closer look at the beginnings of progressive resistance exercise by Charles Poliquin
- Crossfit: What is Fitness? (pdf)
- Define Strength by Chip Conrad
- Developing a training philosophy by Alwyn Cosgrove
- Natural Strength
- New Associations, New Muscle by Dan John
- Strong athlete, zero injuries by Mike Boyle
Different types of strength training
- Arthur Jones by Joseph Mullen
- Olympic Weightlifting - history, rules, technique
- The Rise of Sandbag Training by Josh Henkin
- Your Body is a Barbell by Alwyn Cosgrove
Myth busting
- 10 Training Myths Exposed! by Joe DeFranco
- I may not know diddley…but I know squat! by Dr Squat
- Ten reasons women should lift weights
Injury and illness
- 9 least effective exercises
- Exercise and back pain
- How to avoid and treat hand calluses
- Kyphosis by Robb Wolf
- Rehab muscle belly and orthopaedic injuries - post by Mark Rippetoe
- Shouldering through the pain
- Sick? Go Train! by Mike Mahler
People
Who’s who
- Alwyn Cosgrove: the Science of Total Training
- Brooks Kubik – Dinosaur training, bodyweight and strongman
- Diesel Crew – grip, strongman, odd objects, weights
- Josh Henkin – sandbag, strongman
- Mike Mahler – kettlebell, clubbell, bodyweight and free weights
- Pavel Tsatsouline – kettlebell, bodyweight, flexibility, Dragon Door
- Ross Enamait – combat conditioning, bodyweight, dumbbells
E-books
- Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle by Tom Venuto
- Easy Ring Training Guide from Crossfit London (pdf)
- From the Ground Up by Dan John - olympic lifting (pdf)
- Stronglifts 5 x 5
Gyms and communities
- Bodyweight Culture
- British Military Fitness
- Classic gyms from Oldtime Strongman - great gyms of the past
- Crossfit
- Funckey
- Gym Jones
- Ice Chamber
- Mike’s gym - the gym of olympic weightlifting coach Mike Burgener
- Mountain Athlete
- Physical Subculture
- Ross Training
Blogs
- All Around Strength and Conditioning
- Beyond Strong
- Fizzycal Fitness
- Home Calisthenics
- Iron Maven - olympic weightlifting, athletic development, thoughts and views
- Iron Sport Gym
- Jen’s Gym - female strength, inspirational stories
- Male Pattern Fitness - Lou Shuler’s blog
- Neil Mctaggart - Men’s Health UK online fitness editor
- Oldtime Strongman
- Ross Enamait
- SquatRX
- Straight to the Bar
- Strength and Physique
- Stronglifts
- Stronger and Fitter - Strength Training and Fat Loss News and Views by Graeme Marsh of Aegis Training
- Total-fit: Turning Exercise Science into English
Anatomy and Physiology
- Breathing - article by Dr Michael Colgan
- Interactive muscle tutorial
- Physiology of stretching by Brad Appleton
Links pages
- Deepsquatter archives
- Gymnastics links
- Johnny Mnemonic’s Forum
- Mike’s Gym olympic weightlifting links
- Mike Mahler’s Aggressive Strength article page - kettlebells, conventional weight training, conditioning and MMA
- The Bodyweight Guys from Straight to the Bar
- Thomas Kurz’ Column on Training - stretching, flexibility for martial arts
- T-Nation Authors list
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Hi there,
Great site. I’m currently applying to run a crossfit affiliation in Plymouth. Let me know if you’d like to come across to Devon to check out my facility.
Keep up the good work!