This 1 Weird Trick Helped Add 20 KG to my Total Jake Sterny After spending many years studying under a Russian Master of Sport in the barren wasteland of Siberia I have learned, “the secret” to improving your total. Over the next few paragraphs I will reveal just exactly what I learned from the Master of Sport in my time spent in Russia. You may be thinking that this guy is nuts or that the secret must be really complex but bear with me and you’ll be beating every lifter in your session in a matter of weeks instead of years thanks to this simple trick. Before I [...]

Accessory Work (Weightlifters Need Strong Backs) By Jake Sterny It was the week of April 1st and Masters Nationals was being held in Buffalo, NY. Myself and two athletes that I work with arrived on Tuesday, but neither competed until later in the week, leaving me ample free time to work on Social Media Content, General Content and Programming. After writing a handful of programming for my athletes back in Colorado I felt like throwing together an article discussing some general accessory work I use to build back strength and compliment the classic lifts(Snatch and Clean & Jerk). Keep in mind most of this will depend on where [...]

by Jake Sterny It takes someone very special or someone who has something very wrong with them to want to continue doing things that suck just to make the slightest bit of progress towards a goal. One thing you’ve probably heard is the phrase, “Trust the process”. Some of you might even think you are doing this currently, but take an honest look at where you are and where you want to be and I can tell you that more often than not, you are not. Trusting the process does not just include doing what is prescribed and being patient. This has a tendency to get you far, [...]