We’re entering the summer block’s final training phase. It’s the final phase in the transition from work capacity training to heavy strength and power training.   Monday and Friday: Strength A and Strength B Yes, Monday and Friday. If you’re about to ask, “What in the blue blazes is going on here?” There’s a good...Read More

We’re onto Phase 2 of our summer block of training and continuing our transition from work capacity training to heavy strength and power training.   Monday and Wednesday: Strength A and Strength B You’ll notice a lot of similarities between Phase 1’s strength sessions and Phase 2’s strength sessions. There are a few good reasons for...Read More

July’s training program marks the start of Block 3. That means we’re making a small “shift in gears” to transition us from Blocks 1 and 2’s work capacity training to the heavier doses of strength and power training coming in Block 4. We’re also introducing a strength-training method yet unseen at Beyond Strength. Let’s break...Read More

Last month we increased training volume. This month, we intensify…   Monday and Thursday: Strength A and Strength B Ladies and gentlemen, we’re going to hoist some iron. Our main goal for this training block is to improve your maximal strength after spending the first block of the year doing about 27 billion reps. We...Read More

Last month’s training program reintroduced heavy strength training while dialing back conditioning. May’s training program is similar. But we’re hitting you with some notable changes to improve maximal strength and mobility while maintaining the work capacity we built during the first part of the year.   And we’re making a big change to improve your...Read More

During the first quarter of the year, we focused on work capacity. Along with High-intensity continuous training, we did ladders and total volume training with light to moderate weights. Much of our strength training looked and felt a lot like conditioning…because it was.   That work improved our endurance; it’s time to feature strength and...Read More

This blog is an embarkation into a new series that we’re publishing for you. We know that you’re smart. We also know that you’re at least a little curious to peek behind the curtain and to understand the why behind the what of Beyond Strength training programs. So, each month we’re writing you to explain the training program. If...Read More

Over the last three months we’ve covered How to Kettlebell Swing,  How to Single Arm Kettlebell Swing and Clean + Double Kettlebell Clean, and How to do the Get-Up.  Make sure to check those out if you missed them!   For our fourth and final kettlebell how-to (for now, anyways), we’re covering the kettlebell snatch....Read More

When you think of someone who is a runner—maybe that’s a friend, or maybe that’s you—do you also think of them as a weightlifter? Do you think of them as someone who consistently strength trains at the gym? Many of us don’t. We keep those two worlds separate. Runners run. Weight lifters lift weights. There...Read More

A few weeks ago, I had someone ask me why their program was written as a full-body routine, instead of a body-part routine. This client had experience with strength training, but in the form of body part splits, so it was a fair question to ask.   Before we get into the nitty-gritty details of...Read More