Jordan Ellis · April 23, 2026
Three months ago, I was standing in the squat rack at 87% of my one-rep max, and something felt off. My brace was inconsistent. My lower back was taking more beating than it should. After 15 years of coaching and…
Jordan Ellis · April 22, 2026
Last spring, I hit a wall. Not a motivational wall — a physical one. I was running my clients through a brutal 12-week strength block, and my own training was stacking up fast. Four days of heavy lifting, two conditioning…
Jordan Ellis · April 20, 2026
Last spring, I had a client named Marcus — a 38-year-old sales executive training for his first powerlifting meet. He was hitting all his numbers in the gym. Squats at 315 lbs for 35, deadlifts approaching 405 lbs, bench pressing…
Jordan Ellis · April 18, 2026
Last spring, a client of mine — a 42-year-old firefighter named Marcus — deadlifted 315 pounds right through my last pair of bumper plates. Not a crack. A full split, right down the collar. I had been running my home…
Jordan Ellis · April 17, 2026
If you ask me what the single best training split is for intermediate to advanced lifters, I’ll give you the same answer every time: push pull legs. It’s not trendy. It’s not complicated. It works — and the volume of…
Jordan Ellis · April 15, 2026
If I had to pick one exercise that every lifter — beginner or advanced — needs to master, it’s the squat. It builds more total muscle mass, demands more full-body coordination, and transfers to more real-world movement patterns than almost…
Jordan Ellis · April 14, 2026
The bench press is the single most popular exercise in the gym — and also one of the most commonly butchered. Walk into any commercial gym on a Monday and you’ll see dozens of people loading up the bar, flaring…
Jordan Ellis · April 12, 2026
If I could only teach one exercise for the rest of my coaching career, it would be the deadlift — no contest. No other movement builds raw strength through the posterior chain, improves posture, and transfers directly to real-world function…
Jordan Ellis · April 11, 2026
Walking into a gym for the first time can feel like showing up to a party where everyone else knows the dress code and you definitely don’t. The machines look complicated, the free weight area feels like it belongs to…
Jordan Ellis · April 9, 2026
Let me be direct with you upfront: if you’re exercising your way to weight loss while ignoring your diet, you’re fighting an uphill battle with both hands tied behind your back. Research consistently shows that nutrition accounts for roughly 80%…