Fabio Zonin is a StrongFirst Certified Master Instructor. He is also the Ground Force Method National Director for Italy, the BPro Physical Functional Training Director for Italy, and the Flexible Steel European Director of Operations. Fabio is a former powerlifter, natural bodybuilder, and owner of fitness centers. He was the first Italian to accomplish the Beast Tamer Challenge. He has been a Master Teacher for FIF (Italian Federation of Fitness) for almost two decades (1994-2012) and the former vice president of AINBB (Italian Association of Natural Bodybuilding).
Not the same old yada-yada. Watch this or else.
We called it a “warm-up” just because you are used to the term. It is much more than that. We “make your joints bend easier” to take the brakes off your strength.
Open your hips for effortless squats… Stretch your chest and shoulders for confident presses… Grip the bar like a pro and press more… Fine-tune your squats and deadlifts with “the StrongFirst clock.”
Done right, the back squat is a builder with no equals. Done wrong, it can wreck you for good. Our instruction is obsessively precise.
The ultimate “squat for the people!” Simple technique. No strain on the wrists, shoulders, or elbows. No need for a rack or a spotter. A great carryover to sports and other lifts.
A classic that ought to be treated right. Others will show you how to press strict and weak—or to put up a lot of weight sloppily. We press strict and strong, the way Soviet weightlifters did in the early 1960s.
The go-to total body strengthener for any athlete. Simple, safe, and as “functional” as an exercise can be. A minimalist’s ultimate choice.
Russians call it “the classic deadlift.” It is worlds apart from the sumo in leverage and personality. Your body and your mind will prefer one or the other. Where the sumo is cold and clinical, the “classic” is pure rage.
Our bench press is a total body lift. Designed to lift the most amount of weight safely. To train a maximal number of muscles. And to deliver results faster than any other pressing exercise, barbell or not.
An old school “bench press”—that requires no bench. Train this great builder of strength and hypertrophy on its own—or use it as a powerful assistance exercise for the bench.
Russian science meets American ingenuity. Two highly reliable plans that will keep a beginner or intermediate lifter getting stronger and stronger…