What Are Weight Lifting Straps? Put simply, weight lifting straps help you to hold onto heavy stuff! Straps allow you to create more grip, tension and torque on the bar. This means you can focus al...
What are Wrist Wraps and Why Use Them? Wrist Wraps are weight lifting accessories with two main purposes: To keep your wrists straight and supported - The straighter the wrist the better the lift...
The internet is full of debate on the best training methods. It can become quite overwhelming! You settle on a training plan, and then you read an article or watch a video and change your mind agai...
Deadlifting rocks. There’s something primal about picking a big weight up, putting it down again and trying to lift more next time. It’s simple, and it’s awesome. There are various types of deadl...
Everyone, absolutely everyone, should be training legs in some form. Regardless of your goals, or your sport. You’ve got two long dangly things sticking out of your hips – these are your legs and t...
So you’ve reached a plateau on your squat, and you can’t figure out why… Surely you must be strong enough? You probably are strong enough! So what’s the problem, and how do you fix it? Most likely ...
You may be familiar with thick bar training. If not, it’s exactly as it sounds – training with thicker barbells and dumbbells. Thick bar training is generally associated with body building, power l...
If you’re a regular reader of our Beast Gear knowledge bombs, you’ll be aware that we love short, intense workouts. For us they are the biggest bang for your buck. Now new research (1) in the journ...
What is thick bar training? Training with barbell or dumbbell with a diameter over 2 inches is known as “thick” or “fat” bar training. Many top-level coaches now incorporate thick bar training into...
What if I told you there were some rolls of fat that are actually good for you? You wouldn’t believe me, right? Well new Beast Grips by BEASTGEAR are exactly that. Beast Grips are our new fat bar t...
Can you pronounce Tsatsouline? No? Well it’s “sat-soo-lean”, and if you aren’t familiar with this name, you should be. Pavel Tsatsouline is a world renowned strength and conditioning coach. Molded ...
“Keep it simple, stupid”. You’ve probably heard this phrase before. KISS applies in many aspects of life, and your training should definitely be one of them. Your training does not need to be compl...