The debate never ends. Some say you can overtrain, some say you can’t overtrain. Some even say you are undertrained. People cannot wait to jump on the latest internet celebrity bandwagon. These guys get people fired up about training things everyday all day and come up with slogans that are catchy to remind people of [...]

210kg Snatch, 250kg Clean and Jerk, 920lb raw deadlift, 2,221 raw total, 3rd at 2010 World’s Strongest Man and 19’ 56# weight over bar, quite a list of accomplishments and they all belong to one man, Mikhail “Misha” Koklyaev. Misha is undoubtedly the most well-rounded strength athlete of all-time, the only one who can lay [...]

Get to know new Team Juggernaut athlete Maya Camille Winters, the 2012 North American Middleweight Strongwoman Champion and Runner-Up at the 2013 Strongwoman Fitness World Championships at the Arnold Sports Festival. Maya was also a professional rugby player, in addition to being a professor and contemporary artist/painter… Name: Maya Camille Winters Age: 33 City: Lansdowne, [...]

How much you bench bro? I always lie and say like 700 and the response I get is “That’s not too bad!” Are you kidding? Now I come up with the most ridiculous number I can imagine and few are phased, I guess it would be like me responding to someone telling me about their [...]

Throwing is one of the most overlooked sports of Strength Sports.  There is minimal info, compared to Powerlifting, Strongman or Weightlifting, regarding on how to train for it and of the info out there, very little of it addresses how to properly train to throw farther.  I wrote Training LAB to address this issue.  I [...]

Well it’s the last day of 2012 so I’m feeling all nostalgic and reflective. The past 365 days have been filled with excitement, stress and a lot of hard work; there have been huge strides in my life personally and professionally and I am pumped for the next year where so much work over the [...]

In part 3 of our Team Juggernaut Roundtable discussion, Team Juggernaut’s Chad Wesley Smith, Brandon Lilly, Brad Little and Ryan Brown, along with Mike Tuchscherer, Jim Laird and Corey Hayes, talk about what our favorite assistance movements are for the bench press, squat and deadlift…

In Part 2 of the Team Juggernaut Roundtable discussion, Chad Wesley Smith, Brandon Lilly, Brad Little and Ryan Brown of Team Juggernaut, along with Mike Tuchscherer, Jim Laird and Corey Hayes discuss how to promote proper recovery through well managed training, proper nutrition and utilizing various recovery modalities. Watch, Learn and SHARE…

Make sure you LIKE Juggernaut on Facebook and keep your eyes peeled for our weekly live Q&As where you can get your training questions answered by some of the strongest athletes and smartest coaches in the World!! Q: How can I build up my back strength for loading heavy atlas stones? A: Kalle Beck- All [...]

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 [...]

Each week on the Juggernaut Training Systems Facebook page, Chad Wesley Smith and other members of Team Juggernaut will answer your questions during a live Q&A. Like Juggernaut’s page and keep your eyes peeled for the weekly live Q&A, so you don’t miss an opportunity to get your questions answered by some of the strongest [...]

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 Kalle Beck’s Training Log Here Robert “OB” Oberst earned his ASC pro card at the Dallas Europa after about 14 months of training and competing in strongman. He won an invite to America’s Strongest Man at the Olympia in Las Vegas which was in just over a month. I thought a little insight [...]

In assembling Team Juggernaut, my goal is to bring you the best information possible from a diverse group of athletes. Everyone does things in training that are unique to them and advice from one person might not work for you, but someone else’s approach may be perfect for your needs. Team Juggernaut is a collection [...]

The Juggernaut Method is a great training option for Strongman competitors. Strongman places a great emphasis on maximal strength, explosive strength, strength endurance and athleticism, all traits which the TJM will help you fully develop. Programming for Strongman is a very challenging task for many reasons such as; different athletes need to emphasize different aspects [...]

Check Out Kalle’s Training Log Here Name: Kalle Beck Age: 27 Height/Weight: 5’6 175 Hometown: Carmel Valley, CA Current City: Carmel Valley, CA I get arooooound Years Training: 6 Years Competing in whatever you do: 6 PRs in relevant lifts/events: Back Squat 505, 405×10, Front Squat 425, Deadlift 600, Log Press 290 Where you Train: [...]

Yup you could call me dumb sometimes back to back contests are usually a bad idea. Especially when the previous one was a 2 day Plat+ Sometimes being dumb is fun though and I had a lot of fun the last 2 weeks! I was planning on going up to Reno as it was supposed [...]

By Kalle Beck 2012 Dallas Europa Contest Write up (The Rise of the 175s) Alright this is going to be long. It might meander and make no sense at times but hey this is my brain and the thoughts that come out of it. I learned a lot from this contest and really had to [...]

Josh Thigpen is one of America’s premier strength athletes. 2012 will mark his 4th time competing at The World’s Strongest Man. Recently Josh traveled to California to train the squat with Chad and they sat down to talk about Josh’s athletic background (which includes a 40″ vertical!), how he approaches his training, diet/supplements and more. [...]

By Chad Wesley Smith   This past weekend I traveled to Hartford, Connecticut to compete in my 3rd ever strongman contest, the Europa Platinum Plus, where the winner would earn their American Strongman pro card. I felt good about my training cycle and knew that with a solid performance I would be in contention for [...]