23
Oct
Put on your Druids hat, stand in a chalk fairy circle on the platform and get ready to perform some Magick that will turn your stinky “wide stance conventional” deadlift into something more pleasing...
18
Oct
Sitting on the cold bathroom floor, head hanging, arms around my legs in a seated foetal position, tears streaming down my face, snot running from my nose, drooling and crying as I felt all...
10
Oct
Powerlifters doing powerlifting stuff on the internet. That squat is high says the thirteen-year-old kid who just got his first York weights set for Christmas and has read starting strength (god help us all). ...
22
Sep
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re just coasting through life going from work, heading home watching TV, heading to bed and before you know it another 5 years have passed and the...
20
Sep
How much accessory work should you be doing? Something I’ve learned over the years is the role and value of performing accessory work at different levels/stages of your lifting “career”, I use the word...
13
Sep
I started training as a teenager sometime in the mid 1990’s; started helping others with their training round about 1998 and opened my first gym just after the start of the current millennium. I’ve...
04
Sep
Subterranean lizard people are infiltrating the fitness industry!
What follows is a mildly informative rant on vetting fitness professionals smothered in memes and non-contextual nerd references. All similarities to persons/reptiles living or dead are very...
28
Aug
The information superhighway was one of many phrases used to describe the Internet, a massive open library where ideas and ideals can be shared instantly to create greater understanding, enhance learning and join the...
24
Aug
Disclaimer – this is an overreaching programme it is designed to push your 1 rep max over 12 weeks and will be a stressful period of training. Don’t run this programme back to back...
21
Aug
Ok ok, there are no butt plugs involved, but now that I’ve peaked your interest it’s time to improve your deadlift. The deadlift, the most primal lift. What is more manly than grunting, getting...
15
Aug
Well done on deciding that you want to compete in powerlifting.It takes a shit tonne of guts to decide that you want to lift in front of other lifters and a crowd and showcase...
08
Aug
In this article, I'm going to look at a very common problem in the conventional Deadlift, and hopefully, offer some insight into why it occurs and how to help fix it. The problem I'm...
04
Aug
If one thing that is true about general training and diet it’s that people over complicate the ever living fuck out of every single aspect yet don’t see superior results and in most cases...
01
Aug
INTRODUCTIONIf you are coming to Cast Iron Strength to gain some knowledge on how to be Bigger, Faster or Stronger, the likelihood is, you know what a “Bro Split” is. However, if you don’t...
25
Jul
It's that time of the month again!For a sweet article, of course! Seriously though, we're going to be examining the details that ladies who lift should take into consideration when building a programme. Including,...
21
Jul
There are many things one thinks about when confined to a hospital bed a relative isolation for long periods of time. Mostly they were around how much I missed food and how much I...
19
Jul
I’ve given CrossFit a fair amount of shit in my time, I won’t shy away from it some of the movement standards allowed by boxes and at competitions doesn’t really do much to put...
08
Jul
Personal training and strength and conditioning can be hugely rewarding and fulfilling jobs and as such, they attract a lot of people who want to get into the business. If you're looking for just...
