This Week at Strength Ratio: Badassery, A Frankie Frasure Original Warmup, Overnight Musical & TikTok Sensations, The Birthday Must Go On!, and Workout Innovation
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Getting better doesn’t always mean adding something. In fact, we think improvement is much more about “streamlining” than it is about “more.” And “streamlining” involves removing what’s unnecessary at the same time that it involves adding what’s missing. Watch this video to learn why considering what you can TAKE AWAY is just as important for success as considering what you should take on.
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No matter how good your intentions are, it’s hard to make new habits stick. That’s why, when trying to jump start a healthy practice, we suggest taking a page out of James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits. We suggest making your new practice so easy, you can’t possibly avoid it. James Clear calls this tactic the 2 minute rule, we’ve experimented with 3 minutes, and you can deploy this tip to make that new, good-for-you practice a life long habit.
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This week at Strength Ratio: We had a Dad Joke Showdown. You submitted original dad jokes. Kyle and Zach delivered them. Hilarity ensued.
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No barbell? No GHD machine? No dumbbells? No problem! You can still build your hamstrings’ size and strength with at-home moves that don’t require equipment! Here are 3 of our favorites:
1.) The ISO hamstring hold
2.) The towel hamstring curl
3.) If you REALLY want a challenge: The razor curl! (From coach Graeme Morris)
There's a lot more to isometric holds than meets the eye. Not only do they provide an excellent challenge with minimal to no equipment, they also can support a variety of exercise goals. From yielding iso holds to overcoming iso holds, isometrics are perfect for building muscle and strength while training in isolation. Watch to learn why!
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This week at Strength Ratio:
New hobbies and skills, training tips from Coach Krenz, empathy and resourcefulness, our Weekly Challenge winner, home workout awesomeness, and why you might want to check in on your pup
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Patience is hard, especially in times like these. We completely understand how depleting and even infuriating it can be to lose so much control. We want to show you some empathy and give you some words of encouragement. We want to remind you to wait for the cookies.
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This week at Strength Ratio:
Who needs barbells when you've got gallons of milk? The Strength Ratio Challenge results, PETS, our vote for the funniest video on the internet right now.
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Wondering how to make gains when all you’ve got are your bodyweight and household objects to work with? Watch to learn how you can use RPE (rate of perceived exertion) and biomechanics to create a stress response (the good kind) while you work out at home.
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Should your goals shape your workouts or should your workouts shape your goals? Answer: Yes.
Learn how the “Push vs. Pull” training model can help you decide when to follow a rigid, highly focused program and when to take a more flexible approach to your workouts.
Your 1 rep max isn’t the only way to gauge your progress in the gym. Here’s why we think you should celebrate PRs of all kinds, even (and especially) if you’re a strength sport athlete.
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Choosing between time with loved ones or time at the gym this holiday season? Here’s why we (and exercise and sport science researchers) say: Choose your friends and family! What you gain in good cheer you WON’T lose in gains.
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When it comes to coaching and programming for group classes, it pays to walk a mile in your clients’ shoes.
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Common knowledge has it, you shouldn’t train for ultra marathons at the same time that you train the snatch and the clean and jerk. Common knowledge has it, if you try to build strength, you shouldn’t also try to build your endurance. But Evan Peikon of Training Think Tank has it, common knowledge is wrong.
This isn’t the first time in history that common knowledge has been off base. People used to think the body was made up of four “humors”, for example. And that lead to medical bloodletting: a wasteful, ghastly, and, by today’s measures, horrifically misguided procedure.
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You know what great coaches are like? Carpenters. Carpenters that have a whole host of tools at their disposal-- carpenters who know how to deploy those tools at the right times, during the right projects, and for the right purposes.
You know what great coaches are not like? Cult leaders. Cult leaders who doctrinize exercise, who proclaim some movements “good” and others “bad”-- whose approach is not only anathema to science, but is also no good for their clients.
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