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Spring Into Strongman! - Ironclad Performance It’s the beginning of February already and that means we’re just over a month out from our next competition, Spring Into Strongman! Which is our Novice only

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Belly-Breathing for Better Strongman Performance. - Ironclad Performance One of the first things I tell my athletes is that their breathing is the most important thing. You can live days without food and water but only minutes

Approximately 1/4 of the bones in your body are located in your feet. They are vital to human performance. Strengthening your feet will only help you become a better athlete. Here are a few practical ways to help develop your feet for better performance;

1. Roll them out with a Lacrosse Ball. Take a minute per foot and roll them over a lacrosse ball to work the fascia and relax them.

2. Ankle Floss. Wrap your foot and ankle with a compression band for a couple of minutes per foot and while wrapped move the foot/ankle complex through all available range of motion. Put some weight on the foot and walk/squat too. This will help with ankle mobility and blood flow.

3. Warm-up Barefoot. Take your shoes and socks off while you're doing your general warmups. Let your feet absorb forces and feel the proprioception available in your gym if you can. Arnold was a big fan of lifting barefoot, need I say more?

4. Use minimalist shoes/bare feet in training. There is a time and place for everything so when you are in lighter/earlier blocks of training do some of your work barefoot or wear minimalist shoes where you can. Start with a little bit of this and add more volume over time as your feet become conditioned to training without support.

5. Throw some toe spacers on. In off-times throw on some toe spacers to open up your toes so they can be used effectively.

Add one or two of these tips in throughout your week and see how your hips and knees feel better over time.

Just put up a new Blog post. Been leaning into some more philosophical underpinnings of what we do, check it out!

Love is more powerful than hate - Ironclad Performance The light overcomes darkness whenever they are in the same room together. I think that everything in the weight room applies to life outside the gym in a

Coaching is so much more than the Xs and Os of fitness. Coaching is an ongoing process of communicating what an athlete needs to get to their goals. Meet people where they are, lay out the plan to get them to where they want to go, and draw the performance out that will build the athlete to that level.

We're big fans of loaded carries for all our athletes. They are a great way to build overall strength as well as endurance. We typically use a moderate weight for 300-400 feet with our Adult Athletes.