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Looking down, up or aside during Squats can tweak your neck. Proper head [...]

Performing the Overhead Press with your elbows under or behind the bar is bad technique. You must readjust your elbows on each rep so they’re in front of the bar when looking from the side.

The biggest mistake you can do on Squats is not going below parallel. Half or Quarter Squats increase risks of knee injuries by creating muscle imbalances. Check this thread in StrongLifts.com Forum for more info.
The 2nd biggest Squat mistake is lowering yourself by moving your knees first. This impairs performance and can also cause knee [...]

StrongLifts 5×5 doesn’t work endlessly. Once you can Squat close to 1.5x your body-weight, your body can’t handle 3 weight increases per week anymore. The weight becomes too heavy for your body to recover in time.

The solution is to switch to weekly increases and include light days. Add weight each week instead of each workout. Include a light mid-week Squat day to help recovery. This is how StrongLifts 5×5 Advanced works.

Do you need long distance running or jogging on top of weight lifting for healthy heart & lung function? Do you need aerobic training on top of weight lifting to improve your cardiovascular fitness? Or is weight lifting enough?

For barbells, material fatigue, material quality, weight load, impact or a combination of all of these can cause failures. The point of failure is most likely where the bar diameter is smallest such as within the grooves cut near the knurls of the bar. A 2nd major point of failure is due to load and impact and tend to be about 1 plate width away from the collar.

Squatting with your heels off the floor increases the torque on your lower back, stresses your knees and can cause plantar fasciitis. Squatting with your heels off the floor can also make you lose balance. Here are 7 ways to keep your heels on the floor on Squats.