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In a different thread (Other/Mixed - Training certification opinions/recommendations), I got the entire SF universe mad at me for suggesting that I value a trainer who has real-life success in fitness (with a body or stats that prove it) and has successfully replicated it with clients more than...

So lately I went down the rabbit hole of David Goggins again, I'm sure he doesn't need an introduction on here. I'm especially impressed by his seemingly never ending workouts: Running at least 7 miles (11.2km) every single day, 4x per week calisthenics + weights, daily 2 hours of stretching ...

Hello all. So I'm not new to kettlebells, I've been training with them on and off for the last 7 years and in the past I've strictly followed Pavel's rite of passage routine. I took a break from the bells for a while and have gotten back into them but have gone off script with my routine. I...

Hi new to the forum and to the program. Hopefully I’m posting in the right section haven’t been on a forum in years I’m usually on Reddit. I’m reading thru S&S and have finished simple and about to start reading Sinister. I plan on starting the program tomorrow morning. I have a 16kg which is...

Happy New Year! Since I started my Crohn's disease treatment back in August, I slowly began to build my body back up. It's now the beginning of 2023, and this is what my program looks like. Global Parameters: 2 sets of 5-7 3 min rest Day 1: Trap-Bar Deadlift (Dec 22 1RM 315lbs)!!! Seated Leg...

Hi everybody, I am new here, so please be gentle:) I am a 40-year-old police officer. Just a couple of weeks ago, I bought Pavel's book about Q&D training method and started training accordingly. I find it great for my needs due to its minimalism and simplicity. Besides crazy working hours as...

As many of you who have been helping me navigate some of the details of my Anti-Glycolytic / A+A style workouts know - in 2022 I read a lot about and bought into the premise of AGT and A+A style training. Due to an injury that needed to heal, and partly due to what I'd read, I stopped going to...

I recently finished "The Way To Live" and man, what a read! If you haven't read it, I highly recommend you pick it up. One thing I don't really grasp yet is the workouts prescribed in there, though. In the book he outlines the "best training method", prescribes daily, twice a day, for all...

How times have changed… Throughout my life seasons have changed. I have gone from going to the gym 6 times a week, living 8 minutes from work, to being married with 3 kids and now travelling 1.5 hours to work and the same if not longer in traffic for a return trip… 12 hour shifts… whinge whinge...

Hey guys. I'm relatively new to gripping. I'm currently 2 1/2 months in and am millimeters from closing the #2. As a 5'9" 138 lb male, I feel that is a decent progression. What would some of you have to say about that?

Anyone ever thought what you would do diff if you could go back to age 18? I would tell myself to Deadlift and about someone named Pavel....

Good morning friends! Brett and I are excited to share some awesome news with you. We have a podcast!! Here are the details!! Welcome to season 2 of the MED podcast! We are excited to announce a new co-host, Brett Jones. This season, join Brett Jones, StrongFirst Director of Education and...

On Monday, May 2nd, I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Before my diagnosis, I was trying to gain weight and muscle through hypertrophy training. Results were slow, and I was in a lot of pain due to eating foods that were hurting my body. Other symptoms of the disease affected me as well such...

I train either outside or in a room with no heat (usually- there’s a woodstove but I rarely bother to light it unless we are using that room for something else. Just a workout is hardly worth the effort.) so yeah I feel you. I also train barefoot 99% of the time, and man that floor/ground gets...

Hello everyone! I’m on my 3rd of 4 weeks away from my kettlebell, and missing it a lot. I haven’t been away from one since March 2020. During this time, I’ve just done NW and LSD running to get something in. One of the ways I have coped with being away from my bells has been studying @Pavel...

Hello everybody on this forum, I already read many discussions and topics on the Strong First Forum .I am already training for many years and mainly train for the powerlifts in a combination with some strongman training, body weight training and Kettle Bells. Lately I decided to do something...

Hi everyone. I’ve been training S&S everyday by the book for over a month now, and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas of supplementary training to enhance my S&S training? I’m not asking out of boredom, but as a way to enhance my current S&S training. Some background knowledge about me, I’m...

Hello everyone , I do armwrestling and mabye you can help me with something , I've read some of Pavel Tsatsouline's books , and I don't know how to emluate the routines I learned from the books in armwrestling , mabye you can help me . I need to get stronger in pulling and pushing . I need to...

Most of the coaches are saying about importance of warm up before training. From Pavel's old books I remember that he was not a big fan of doing warm up. I'm training everyday (GTG) so I do not do warm up and i feel good. In exercesises like weighted chin-ups risk of injury is much smaller than...

Hi, After initially starting out doing S&S for the first couple of years of kettlebell training and relatively easily achieving "Simple", I decided to take a step back and give myself a better foundation with ETK, since my pressing was not particularly impressive. So since the beginning of...