Lifting hard takes a toll, and restoration cannot be an afterthought. Massage, chiropractic care, fascial stretch therapy, osteopathy, and yoga all have a place in serious recovery.
People hire experts for taxes, law, cars, and dental work, yet often wing it in the gym. Here’s the case for treating fitness with the same respect.
A critical look at the Functional Movement Screen and why popular assessment tools should still be questioned when the research does not back the hype.
RIR scales, alternate-day fasting, strength training, mental imagery, and injury prevention all make the cut in this research roundup. The focus is practical application, not academic wallpaper.
Serious training eventually demands serious body maintenance. Soft-tissue professionals, ART, acupuncture, massage, and targeted manual work can all play a role in keeping hard-training bodies moving.
This shoulder external-rotation variation shifts the overload to the start of the range, giving coaches another tool beyond dumbbells and bands.
A year-end roundup of the most popular TheEliteTrainer.com articles from 2015, covering strength, flexibility, rehab, Olympic lifting, and fat loss. Use it as a quick gateway into some of the site’s strongest evergreen content.
Brain health, hormones, recovery, and aging all intersect more than most lifters realize. This formula-style piece looks at supporting performance from both the neck up and the neck down.
Most so-called self-defense workouts miss the point by turning strength work into random conditioning circuits. John Paul explains why true strength development belongs in the weight room, while sparring and skill work should stay specific.
A good training partner should sharpen your form, not just inflate your ego. This post makes a case for women raising the standard in the weight room.