The spread of COVID-19 has everyone, at least in Canada, locked down for the time being. This means that gyms are closed and everyone is worried about staying strong. If you don’t have a home gym, I wrote an article Read More
Ontario Amateur Strongman Season Schedule 2019
The strongman season is fast approaching and I usually make a season schedule for myself. This allows me to plan out my training for the entire season. It is a pain in the ass to collect this information from different Read More
Looking forward to 2019
2018 has come and gone. It had its highs and its lows. As a small business owner, it has been very stressful and very rewarding striving to keep moving forward when other things in my life were bogging me down. Read More
A Glimpse of the End
Have you heard of the saying ‘all good things come to an end’? It is true, especially of your strength athletics career. Right now, I am feeling the burden of this saying. I am seeing a glimpse of the end. Read More
Know the Risks
Lifting weights is risky business. If you lift them for long enough, it is almost inevitable that you will become injured to some degree. In extreme cases, athletes have herniated vertebrae, broken bones or torn muscle from bone. This should Read More
Year End 2017
Just wanted to give a big thanks to all of you for supporting Northern Warrior in 2017. This year was the beginning but we have a lot of projects in the works for 2018 including more educational content and equipment. Read More
Coaching Review: London Open
In September this year, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to coach some lifters from Western Strength at the OPA sanctioned London Open powerlifting meet held in London, Ontario. Caroline Diezyn was one of those lifters and ended up Read More
Barbell Strongman: Barbell Basics
In a previous article, I proposed the challenge that the principle of specificity poses for strongman athletes. To be the best strongman you can be, you must work very hard on as many skills as you can handle simultaneously. However, Read More
Preparing for your First Strongman Competition
Training for strength is one thing, but accepting that you are going to step up and do that first competition can be very stressful. I remember going to watch a local strongman competition for three summers before I had the Read More
Barbell Strongman: Get Strong
I know what you’re thinking: “Barbell Strongman? Like those old-time strongman lifting circus barbells?” As much as I admire those feats of strength, this article will not be touching on that fascinating topic. I use the term Barbell Strongman to Read More