You can never learn too much.

Whether you're learning or teaching others (and preferably both), you'll find it all here.

Enjoy.

• Blast From the Past

  We've looked at a number of strength-training topics over the years on Straight to the Bar; here are just a few of the highlights.

• 10 of the Best

  The best of the best.

• Recent Articles (On Forums)

What has everyone been discussing lately?

• Training Logs (On Forums)

It's always great to see how other people train.

• Strength and Fitness Newsletter

Highlights, tips and original videos - every Monday.

• Article Archives

Yep, they're all here.

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Like to contribute something? I love hearing about how other people are training; if you’d like to write an article, record a video or tell us about a site you’ve discovered, get in touch.

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latest articles

Welcome. Here you’ll find everything that grunts, groans and ticks in the world of strength training. To give you an idea, here are the most recent articles on the site :

• Resources for Twitterchat 106 - Recovery : Improving Monophasic and Biphasic Sleep
• Review : StrongerGrip Loadable Blob
• 70 of the Best : 7 Years of Straight to the Bar
• Odd Object Training
• Review : NSD Powerball
• How to Build Your Own Sandbag
• Why Bending Steel Could Be the Best Thing that Ever Happened to Your Kettlebell Snatch or Deadlift

If you enjoyed these, check out the complete 'Best Of Straight to the Bar' list. Fantastic.

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tell us about it

Straight to the Bar is very much an interactive website. In addition to the articles here, there are a number of ways to share your passion with other lovers of the iron :

• Seen something cool? Send us a tweet
• Discuss it in the forums
• Join the SttB Facebook group
• Vote for stories on StumbleUpon & Facebook
• Add training and comp pics to the Flickr group
• Submit articles on styles and techniques
• Subscribe to the tutorial videos on youtube

Want more ways to Get Your Fix? They're all here.

the team

There are several great writers here, looking at the world of strength training from a number of angles. The regulars :

• Scott Bird (@scottbird)
  Writer and Fitness enthusiast
  

In addition, articles are submitted from across the globe. Got a piece you'd like to share? Let us know.

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elsewhere

In addition to the articles on this site are a number I've written elsewhere. Including :

• Paleo Diet : Increased Mental Clarity
• The Art of Working Out Alone
• The Ultimate Guide to Freezing Food (part II)
• Rock the Kitchen: Plan for Diet Success
• 10 Challenging Bodyweight Exercises
• Buying Your First Kettlebell
• Switching to Biphasic Sleeping? Start here.

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in the flickr pool

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