I want to drink Ovaltine out of this…

The Goblet Squat is an outstanding alternative to the Back Squat that you can use from time to time in your training in order to mix things up and enjoy a bit of variety. It is most often performed with a dumbbell or kettlebell, but odd objects can be used as well.

The Goblet Squat was invented by the world-renowned speaker, author, accomplished athlete, and all-around strong dude, Dan John.

Dan John Loading up for a Monster Discuss Toss

How to Perform the Goblet Squat

The Grip

I was able to train some heavy Grip Stuff tonight for the first time in about 6 weeks, and it felt great.

On a whim, I decided to set up T-Bar Rows using a barbell with one loading sleeve jutted up against the G-Rex and used a Rope as the gripping surface and to my surprise, it felt OUTSTANDING!

In fact, I liked it so much, I ran up and got the camera to film some of it.

In this first video, I show you how to set this up in case you haven’t tried it before.

This lift will work just about ANYWHERE as long as you have the equipment, so give this one a try.

Next, I then decided to load it up heavy and see what I could do with it…

WOOH! Felt good to shock the Grip! (more…)

Diesel Branded Skull Shirt

I literally just walked back in the door from meeting my tee shirt guy, Bill.

He handed me four new sample tee shirts with the new Skull design I just got done by Stronger Designs.

Check these out…they are a solid shirt color with two inks in a stressed print format.

Black Shirt with Silver and Red Ink

Black Shirt with Light Green and Dark Green Ink

Brown Shirt with Light Green and Dark Green Ink

Red Shirt with Silver and Black Ink

Back of Shirt

IMPORTANT: When you make your order, be sure to (1) Select a Size, (2) Select the Color of the Shirt, and (3) Include the Ink color combination in the Note Section. Some combinations are shown below, but I can get them made to order.

ORDER HERE:

Sizes

Small $16.00 Large $18.00 XL $20.00 2XL $20.00 3XL $20.00 Specifiy Larger Size in Notes $22.00

Shirt Colors

Black Brown Red Dark Green Charcoal Orange Dark Blue Specify Other In Notes

Guest Post by Mike Fitch of GlobalBodyWeightTraining.com

The Three Best Ab Exercises from the Lower Body Up

I already know what you’re thinking, not another ab article, how many times can we repackage the same old crap?
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Off Season Training for Baseball

A guest post by Joe Meglio

One of the biggest problems I see in high school, college, and professional baseball players is their off season training program. Too often I see these athletes performing the WRONG exercises. Some athletes focus on the “beach muscles” that don’t have any positive effect on performance. Others will only train their “core” and do rotator cuff work. While it is important to train the core and rotator cuff, by no means should they be the meat and potatoes of your program.

Instead of focusing on these exercises that don’t have any positive effect on athletic performance, baseball players should perform compound lifts. These lifts give you the best bang for your buck and help you optimize performance. Once the baseball season approaches, baseball players should start to include more jumps, medicine ball throws and sprints.

Below is a list of my top 10 lifts for baseball players in the off season.

Top 10 Exercises for Baseball Players

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