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ON MASTERY.
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC Mastery is essential to self-actualization. But all routes to Mastery are predicated upon physical...
THE SWIMMING THANG
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC If swimming is (or might be) your Thang, I can recommend it without reservation. Late last year, I...
CANDLES, CAR BATTERIES, AND TIMERS
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC You use your aerobic system to recharge your anaerobic system. That takes time. In a previous...
THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC Pauses aren't fun, and they aren't cool, but they often work wonders. During Q&A and Livestreams...
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...
LOAD DEM BONES!
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC, PBC Bone loss is one of the horrors of growing older. But we have an effective medicine for...
SHOULDERS, MOMENTS, J-HOOKS, AND THE PRESS
by Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC Try this simple cue to optimize the setup and the bar path of the overhead press. We’ve talked before...
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,...
New Video: Type 2 Diabetes, Part I
In the first part of our series on Type 2 Diabetes, Sully explains what it is, how it happens, and why it seems to be getting worse.
Missiles, Launch Pads, Training, and Precision
Some of my athletes have heard me using an elaborate "cue" lately. I've told some of them to think of the descending (eccentric) phase of...
NEW VIDEO: IT'S FLU SEASON!
It’s Flu Season! Sully discusses the cause, symptoms, and treatment of the flu, and why it’s so important to to get vaccinated.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS. SO KEEP TRAINING.
Training is hard. It's hard for everybody. It's hard for me, that's for sure. And sometimes, it's harder than usual. When the training...
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...
Eggs: Yes Have Some!
We posted our newest video, Greysteel #17, on YouTube last week, and it's been very well-received. In this video, Sully talks about the...
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...
Planning for Catastrophe
Last week, we lost the peerless poet, songwriter, novelist, and performer Leonard Cohen. Aged 82, Cohen was battling cancer and looking...