January 28
Lessons from Football
Grinders win, greatness is planned, and your attitude determines everything. Works in the NFL and it'll work for you.
January 20
Identify Weak Points and Destroy Them
To reach your training goals, you first have to identify the "kingpins" that are holding you back, then remove them.
January 7
Fear is Good
Fear is the single best predictor of weightlifting success - not the absence of fear, but actually experiencing it.
January 6
14 Tips For a Successful Year
Fourteen training, programming, and diet tips to make this your best year yet.
Phoenix Theory
There are four stages to a successful physique transformation. And if you want to make it through them, you'd better be ready to burn. Here’s how.
November 28
The Kaizen Principle
Never be satisfied with your current level of skill or development. Always try to improve, in every aspect of your life.
November 12
Find Your Fight
What are you fighting for? Why do you do this? Answer that question and all this training and diet stuff will get easier and more rewarding.
October 30
Change Your Thinking, Build Your Body
Start bending bars and setting personal records just by opening up your mind to a few new ideas.
October 22
Embrace the Suck
If you never find yourself in the suck, then you aren't trying hard enough to accomplish anything. Every worthwhile goal is found on the other side of the suck. And there's only one way to reach it: get mad, dig deep, and fight.
October 12
A Way of Life
The gym isn't an escape from life's problems, but a way of solving them. A strong body makes for a strong person. Challenge yourself, test yourself, and grow.
October 5
A Letter to Young Jim Wendler
This hardcore advice about training and life for young Jim Wendler might just be the same advice you need to hear right now. So listen up, get fired up, and get to work!
October 1
Pick It Up and Bleed
The barbell has things to teach you. Painful, but very rewarding things.
August 30
Are You Tough?
The first step to achieving your goal is to stop acting like a self-entitled sissy and get tough. This will put things into perspective for you.
August 13
Pain Don't Hurt
The mind quits before the body does. You're capable of much more than you think.
August 5
The Harsh Secret to Success
To be elite in any sport, you must be willing to make sacrifices, work hard, and be unbalanced.
August 2
Avoid the Enablers
The world is full of enablers that make you feel good about yourself while ultimately turning you into a sucky human being. Avoid these people like the plague.
August 1
The Effort Factor
It is a piece of the puzzle that most people think they have, but really don't. It's true in the gym and it's true in the rest of your life.
July 4
Elite Wisdom
Dave Tate is not a motivational speaker. He just kicks your butt into gear by telling you the cold hard truth. So listen up.
January 30
The 5 Key Principles
Goal setting requires an ongoing assessment. Here's what lifters should know about making it from point A to point B.