Strength in all things is important.  We must constantly be building these strengths.  Without doing so, we resign ourselves to mediocrity, boredom and everything pathetic.

Every week I spend a lot of time reading and looking for new ways to get stronger, healthier and more awesome.  Here are some of the best things I have found this week.

Strength and Conditioning

A discussion on belts and torso/core strength.  https://www.elitefts.com/education/athletes-and-wearing-belts/

Warmup protocols from Matt Wenning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4E-0uaG1Kk

This is a really good article on training in a more smooth fashion as to eliminate harsh jerks and jolts that create damage to the body https://www.elitefts.com/education/smoothing-it-out/

Considerations for returning to the gym post-layoff https://www.elitefts.com/education/the-gym-is-open/

This article is full of bench press tactics and hacks that can really improve your pressing.  These hacks are all doable with minimal equipment so that’s cool too.  https://www.elitefts.com/education/7-intermediate-bench-hacks/