Jack Bissett

Starting Strength means many things to many people. In simple terms, Starting Strength is a beginner strength training system built around barbell exercises, straightforward programming, and measurable progression designed to help ordinary people become dramatically stronger in the shortest realistic amount of time. The brand has a number of distinctive characteristics that people recognise as being uniquely “Starting Strength”, from the way we perform certain exercises, to the way we...

If you’re looking for a strength coach in Cardiff, elsewhere in Wales, or online then it’s likely that you have made two important and intelligent decisions. The first is that you recognise the value and importance of strength and have decided to pursue a serious training plan to help you build the transformative strength that you desire. The second is that you recognise the value and importance of coaching, especially for the beginner strength trainee, and you want to hire a professional...

I outline the ways in which lazy coaches and trainers can cut corners to make life easier for themselves, but at the expense of progress for their clients. This article was first published on StartingStrength.com, you can read it here.