Alan Thrall and Dr. Feigenbaum teamed up to create a Strongman Training Program. This program is designed for individuals who are looking to prepare for a strongman competition or incorporate elements of strongman training in their program. This template would also be suitable as a general strength and conditioning program without the strongman-specific elements. Thus, this program has the potential to be very versatile.

If you’d like to try our free 6-week version of this template, you can download that here.

Strongman includes:

• 15 weeks of programming including 4-5 workouts per week
• 39-page eBook describing the template’s design principles

The program design follows a similar pattern to our other templates in that it aims to increase intensity and volume over time as the individual improves their strength, endurance, work capacity, and movement proficiency. However, we purposely chose movements, rep schemes, and conditioning elements that tend to transfer better to strongman events.

For example: 1-Repetition Maximum bench press or squat performance are only rarely tested in strongman competition whereas tests of maximum overhead and deadlift strength and stamina are common. Strongman also places a premium on conditioning and implement-specific skills, which are both given ample training resources in this template.

Equipment Requirements

The program is made to be versatile equipment wise and many substitutions can be made. At a bare minimum, here’s what we think you’ll need:

• Barbell
• Plates
• Squat rack or stands (technically optional, but this is helpful)
• Bench (optional, but helpful)
• Something to carry, e.g. keg, sandbag, or similar
• Something to pull, drag, or push, e.g. sled, tire, vehicle, or similar.

Try a 1-Week Free Sample of the program:

Product Support

• Customers receive lifetime access to support for this program via our web Forum or through E-mail
• No refunds are available for downloadable products at this time
• Program file downloads are only available via purchases made on the Barbell Medicine website. File downloads are not provided for purchases made within the Barbell Medicine App.