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Beta-Alanine for the Athlete of Aging?
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC Beta-alanine is a popular ergogenic supplement, known for the distinct tingly sensation it causes...
KNEES IN THE SQUAT: HINGE!
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC You have to bend your knees. Sorry if there was any misunderstanding about that. We talk all the...
TRAINING PARTNERS, KITTENS, AND PUPPIES
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC The coach-athlete system may be complete. But it may not be completely ideal. Lifting by yourself...
HOW TO KEEP THE DEADLIFT ON YOUR LEGS: ARMPITS!
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC Use this simple cue to bring your lats into the exercise and improve your deadlift. (This article...
BAR HIGH, HIPS LOW: IMPROVE YOUR SQUAT WITH THIS SIMPLE FIX.
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC An extremely common form error in the squat occurs as one approaches the hole, looking for that...
Barbell Training is the Fountain of Youth
Fitness after fifty is possible, and strength is the key. Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC As we age, we lose fitness—power, stamina,...
THE ZEROTH REP
In many ways, the most important rep of the set is the one you never log--the ZEROTH rep, the one in which the bar is unracked and...
Strength AND Conditioning - SSCAC Science Panel 2017 Roundup
The usual suspects. L2R: C.J. Gotcher, John Petrizzo, Austin Baraki, Jonathon Sullivan. When people think of exercise, they tend to clump...
Ann and Carson Rock the USSF Fall Classic!
On October 28, 2017, at Kratos Strength and Conditioning in Evanston IL, Greysteel Athletes Ann and Carson competed in the US...
Volume and the Master
Recently I published an article on Starting Strength on the use of volume in strength programming for Masters. In this article, my...
Ever Upward and Onward: Training in the 10th Decade of Life
(Last week, we published the YouTube profile of Greysteel athlete John C. linked above. Here is a more detailed profile of this amazing...
Greysteel Channel #12 is Up!
Hey all, I just published our newest installment on the Greysteel Channel. This is not one of our produced videos, but rather the lecture...
Standing Up to Acting Old: Ann B.
A senior citizen uses barbell training to reverse the life-limiting affects of weakness. For 4 years, Ann B., a 75-year-old retired...
GS Channel #3: How We Age
Just returned from a brief but warm December sojourn in Arizona, back to the freezing tundra of Michigan, barely in time to publish our...
Fat Doom, Heart Health, and the Silly Season: An Update
It's been a crazy couple of weeks. Top of the list of crazies is the release of my new book with Andy Baker, The Barbell Prescription....
Planning for Catastrophe
Last week, we lost the peerless poet, songwriter, novelist, and performer Leonard Cohen. Aged 82, Cohen was battling cancer and looking...
Everybody Needs a Coach
About a year ago, I called up this guy I know, a Master's Athlete, very strong and knowledgeable about lifting, to discuss a few business...
Easy Doesn't Work
After decades of dominance by aerobics and "cardio," strength has made a comeback. Even some doctors have begun to catch up with the...
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YOU CAN GET STRONGER! As we age, we lose fitness—power, stamina, flexibility, endurance, and balance. But the most important of all...