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  Do you get stuck on the chest with your bench press?Have a hard time pausing weight?Enter the T Shirt press! One of my favorite variations that all of our athletes have experienced at one point or another!The T Shirt press will help you develop brutal strength off the chest because you are never touching the chestThere is no deload of the weight! Not even the slightest. The goal is to touch the fiber of your t shirt without ever touching your chest!It's more difficult than it sounds and demands some serious control!You may be asking what the difference between...

One thing I see quite often with foot positioning and leg drive, is that lifters who adopt a feet flat stance (which I love to coach) tend to go too wideHow do you know if you're too wide? You end up with so much passive tension on the outside of your hips that you can't possible push your knees out anymoreWhat happens as a result is the back of the foot starts to lift, and likewise you won't be able to engage your hips properlyOnly go as wide as your mobility will allow. Your feet need to remain flat and...

Lying skullcrushers are an awesome tricep builder but unfortunately they usually get a bad rap for causing some elbow discomfort. Typically due from a lack of mobility from the lifterThese are a few variations you can add to your skullcrushers to make them friendlier on the elbow and more effective long termUse an EZ curl or cambered bar to perform them. This allows you to stay internally rotated more. Whereas a straight bar forces that external rotation you might not have Use a little momentum to change the strength curve. By using some body english with the lats in the bottom...

Elbow pain is something that plagues most benchers. This video isn't necessarily something designed to fix that, but to better manage it and work around itTo create a fix I always suggest seeking out the help of an established professional in that realm such as a PT. That is there job. Otherwise you're just generalizing a solution. Some things that have helped me when it comes to programming is to adjust intensity. This will be the primary training variable I adjust when it comes to elbow pain with my athletesWe simply won't work as heavy. The next thing to go...

I train alone, can I still train in equipment?If there is a will there's a way! It certainly isn't ideal and you'll most likely be handicapped towards utilizing loose shirts, but it can be done!In this video I go about putting on my looser SDP all by my lonesomeStart with getting your arms into the sleeves are far as you canOnce done with that I utilize both the rack hooks and the barbell to help pull the sleeves up furtherOnce positioned, I throw the belt around my belly and pull the shirt lowerThis is something I'm pretty accommodated to as...