The squat is the king of lifts and Team Juggernaut is home to the kings of squatting. The authors of this article have raw squatted 905@308, 881@SHW (no wraps), 881@275, 826@SHW, 760@220 (no wraps) and 715@220 and are among the best, if not THE BEST, squatter in the World in their weight classes in the [...]

By Team Juggernaut Bands and Chains are among the most trendy tools in the modern training toolbox. They are also in my opinion, among the most misunderstood and misused. I could cite numerous YouTube videos that show coaches (including MAJOR D-1 coaches) having their athlete bench or squat with chains, where the chains are setup [...]

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By Chad Wesley Smith A few weeks ago I attended a Crossfit Powerlifting Seminar at Crossfit 714 in Orange, CA as a guest presenter, where I helped out my friends Mark Bell of Supertraining Gym and Jesse Burdick of Reactive Gym. Both Mark and Jesse are accomplished powerlifters in single and multi ply gear. I really enjoyed my time helping [...]

Well here it is, the big show, what this whole strongman thing is about (for now)…North American Strongman Championships! The plans for the trip got a little screwed up by Super Storm Sandy forcing my Wednesday flight from LA to Charlotte (I was going LA to Charlotte, Charlotte to Memphis, there aren’t any more direct [...]

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By Chad Wesley Smith Part 1-Maximal Effort Work I often get questions through email, Facebook or through JTSstrength.com that are something to the effect of, “Can I substitute closegrip reverse band presses with chains for military press?,” or “Do you think Close stance low foam box safety squat bar squats are a good accessory movement [...]

Check out the best training advice ever received by Team Juggernaut and Juggernaut’s fans and readers on Facebook and Twitter Mick Manley-“It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.”-Rick Hussey Mark Anderson-Eat Brad Little-Don’t over think things and always poop before heavy pulls. Ed Stedman-Be consistent Alan Kissick-Don’t listen to training advice Julian Muron-Stop [...]

Don’t we all wish that we could go back in time and do some things differently? Take note of these lessons in training, business and life that Team Juggernaut members wish they could teach to a 5 year younger version of themselves…   Chad Wesley Smith, Read His Training Log Here I have gained such [...]

Read Chad’s Training Log Here Start of a new training week… Used my Compex today on the Warmup and Potentiation setting.   1-Box Jumps-4×3 at 38″ 2-Squat Bar xLots 135×10 225×5 315×3 405×2 495×1, add belt 585×1 675×1, loose wraps 765×2 Warmups didn’t feel great, but the 765×2 was easy. Probably good for 4-5 reps [...]

Nutrition is a critical component of any athlete’s diet, whether your goals are performance, physique or both, you must properly fuel your body. In late June, I competed in Connecticut at the Europa Strongman show and weighed in at 337 (though I think I was closer to 332 without my shoes on, stuff in my [...]

By Brandon Lilly If you wanna look like a lifter, and I don’t mean somebody that goes to the gym and does curls in the squat rack, but I mean a certified lifter. Look no further than that hunk of flesh that connects your body to your head. Show me one dude that has a [...]

By Chad Wesley Smith Conditioning tests are a standard practice at NFL, College and High School football training camps and are for the most part poorly designed. Many of you may remember the media fiasco that Albert Haynesworth’s difficulty to pass the Washington Redskins training camp created and while I certainly won’t argue that Haynesworth [...]