2022

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Know Your Role

Know Your Role

Burley Hawk July 20th, 2022 5 minute read

Conjugate Method | 2022 | Program | Training | training partners

Powerlifting is an individual sport on the platform but a team sport in the gym. To be maximally successful, you must train with a group of like-minded...

Barbell Conditioning

Barbell Conditioning

Burley Hawk July 18th, 2022 6 minute read

Conjugate Method | 2022 | Athletes | cardio | Exercise Programming | GPP Training | Muscular Endurance

As an athlete, your conditioning decides a lot about the success you’ll have in your sport. Failure to maintain proper conditioning levels relative to...

Understanding Specialty Barbells

Understanding Specialty Barbells

Burley Hawk July 13th, 2022 6 minute read

Conjugate Method | 2022 | Dynamic Effort Training | Max Effort | Posterior Chain | Specialty Bars

Building anything requires the right tools. If you want to frame a wall, you'll need a hammer, nails, saw, sawhorses, and timber. These items represent the...

The Importance of Calf Training

The Importance of Calf Training

Burley Hawk July 11th, 2022 5 minute read

Conjugate Method | 2022 | Accessory Training | Athletes | Exercise Programming | Muscular Endurance | Repetition Method | Volume

Building a strong, fast, and resilient athlete calls for a coach to leave no stone unturned. To ensure that an athlete is adequately prepared, you must focus...

Starting Conjugate: Absolute Strength Development

Starting Conjugate: Absolute Strength Development

Burley Hawk July 8th, 2022 4 minute read

Conjugate Method | 2022 | Absolute Strength | Max Effort | Maximal Effort Method

No matter the sport you compete in, possessing high levels of brute strength is never wrong. Not only will this strength allow you to dominate...

Kettlebell Warm-Ups

Kettlebell Warm-Ups

Burley Hawk July 6th, 2022 5 minute read

Conjugate Method | 2022 | Kettlebell Training | Sports Specific | Warm-Ups

Optimal preparation for a training session comes down to a few things; the hours you slept the night before, the amount of food and water you've consumed...

Primary Accessory Exercises

Primary Accessory Exercises

Burley Hawk June 29th, 2022 4 minute read

Conjugate Method | 2022 | Accessory Training | Exercise Programming | Powerlifting

What does it take to succeed using a Conjugate-based program? Do you need bands? Chains? Specialty bars? No. You need to have appropriately organized...

Max Effort Deadlift: Proper Exercise Selection and Organization for Consistent Gains

Max Effort Deadlift: Proper Exercise Selection and Organization for Consistent Gains

Burley Hawk June 27th, 2022 5 minute read

Conjugate Method | 2022 | Box Squat Training | Deadlift Training | Good Morning Training | Maximal Effort Method | Squat Training

Building optimal Conjugate Method programming depends upon a coach's ability to select the appropriate exercises for an athlete and program those exercises to...

Starting Conjugate: Dynamic Effort Deadlift Programming

Starting Conjugate: Dynamic Effort Deadlift Programming

Burley Hawk June 24th, 2022 5 minute read

Conjugate Method | 2022 | Accommodating Resistance | Deadlift Training | Dynamic Effort Method | Explosive Power | Explosive Strength

Proper implementation of the dynamic effort method for lower body training is guaranteed to increase an athlete's rate of force development, enabling the...