2022 Year In Review Part 2

Squat Development Mark Brown December 27, 2022 Going into 2022, the squat was the weakest of my main lifts. I restarted squatting in summer of 2020 after a year and half break from it. I have been doing it much more consistently since the summer of 2021. During a 12 week program that was more …

The Hatfield Squat

A Squat for All Mark Brown July 14, 2022 The squat is one of the core lifts anyone strength training does. It can be done any number of weighted implements in tons of different movement patterns. It is also one of the human body’s natural movements so it is something worth improving over the years. …

Squats, Again!

Part 2: Keeping Everything In Line Mark Brown April 12, 2022 The last time I did a squat centric entry was at time when my squat was probably the least ascendant of my 3 main lifts. That has changed recently because of the focus that I have put on improving the lift, though unconscious of …

Skill Acquisition

Mark Brown December 16, 2021 Skill acquisition is a fascinating topic because it is both a straight ahead concept and a wandering target. It is something that must be done to improve but doesn’t always progress in a linear fashion. It can be particularly maddening in mentally and physically. Acquiring skills is how a person …

Leg Training

Mark Brown September 19, 2021 I don’t consider “leg day” to be the joke or meme that the internet likes to consider it. Training legs when done correctly are the hardest days of the week, depending on how one does back training. What makes them so hard is the fact that the vast majority of …