Articles.
Training articles, programming notes, nutrition pieces, and archive posts from Andy Baker.
Chronic Program Hopping - Part 1
Chronic Program Hopping – Part 1
Andy on Super Human Radio
Below is a link to interview I did with Carl Lanore on Super Human Radio. Thanks to Carl for inviting me on as a guest!
Power Rack Series, Part 4: Rack Squats vs Box Squats
Traditionally there are two types of Rack Squats, both of which are underused in my opinion. The first variation of the Rack Squat involves lowering the…
Petrizzo at it Again!!!
Check out one of my clients, John Petrizzo, doing what he does best......grinding out heavy deadlifts. John has an absolutely uncanny ability to grind out…
Power Rack Series, Part 3: Standing Rack Press
In Part II of the series we examined the benefits of the Dead-stop Rack Bench Press for building explosive power at the bottom of the Bench Press. In Part…
Article for RxMuscle.com
Follow the link below to get HUGE using the Heavy-Light-Medium system!
Podcast: Andy is interviewed on the Dr. Jerry Kennedy Show
Last week Dr. Jerry Kennedy was kind enough to have me on his Podcast - The Dr. Jerry Kennedy Show. He interviewed me about a wide variety of topics…
Power Rack Series - Part 2: Dead-Stop Rack Bench Press
Using the power rack pins for the bench press and standing press is a powerful yet underutilized tool in my opinion. Like the rack pull, rack presses and…
Power Rack Series, Part 1: Rack Pulls
Over the course of the next several weeks and/or months we will be taking an in depth look at how all of us can better utilize one of the most important…
Goodmornings vs RDL vs SLDL
One of the most common questions I get on my forum over at StartingStrength.com is something along the lines of:
Video - Coaching Squats for the Elderly
I did the following impromptu video in response to a thread on StartingStrength.com. Some forum members were asking about simple solutions for strength…
Client Case Study - John Petrizzo (Power Lifting), Part 2
Overview
BSC Client John Petrizzo - Case Study, Part I
John Petrizzo Case Study, Part I
2nd Annual Starting Strength Coaches Association Conference
I was grateful to Mark Rippetoe and Stef Bradford for having me back in Wichita Falls as a featured speaker at our 2nd annual gathering. We covered a whole…
K.I.S.S. Training Program
We all fall victim to it. Over complicating our strength training programs. One expert on the internet says "X" and just a click away, another expert says…
Simplifying the Heavy-Light-Medium Training System - Part 3: Pulling
As with the squatting and pressing program, Starr’s basic template in The Strongest Shall Survive, called for just one pulling exercise to be done each…
Simplifying the Heavy Light Medium System - Part 2: Pressing
(Note to reader - this article was originally intended to be broken into just 2 parts. However, to make the content more digestible, I have decided to draw…
Simplifying the Heavy/Light/Medium System, Part 1: Squats
As strength coaches, many of us were introduced to the concept of a "heavy-light-medium" training system by Bill Starr's classic text The Strongest Shall Survive.
Welcome to The New Site!
For the initial blog post on the new site, I just wanted to start off by welcoming all the new visitors. Many of you have followed my training log and my…