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The Mission of Horton Barbell is to help as many Athletes and Coaches as possible Maximize their Potential.
If you’re an Athlete wanting to be More Explosive, Stronger, Faster and in Peak Condition for your Sport – you’re in the right place.
If you’re a Coach wanting to learn as much as possible to help the Athletes you train – you’re also in the right place.
Most Popular Posts
Horton Barbell is more than just programs though. I’ve learned a lot from some of the best Strength and Conditioning Coaches and Sports Scientists in the country over my 20-year career and I’m pouring as much of that knowledge as possible into this website. Here is some of our most popular content – from sports performance info to garage gym tips for those of you training at home:
The 9 Best Exercises To Hit A Baseball Farther
For a hitter, training for strength and power to hit the ball farther is the name of the game. The combination of intentionally focused work on the field and in the cage, intelligent…
DIY Lifting Platform (Step-by-Step Guide w/ Pics & Video)
There’s nothing inherently wrong with lifting straight off a garage gym floor. However, nothing is better than doing cleans on an actual lifting platform. In this article, I’m going to show you, step…
Football Strength Training (A Complete Guide)
I’ve been working as a sports performance coach with college football teams for almost twenty years, both as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and as a Sports Scientist. I’ve also been fortunate over…
Squat Rack Database
The Squat Rack Database is a database I’ve created with 91 different squat racks from 6 different companies. Now you can search for the exact squat rack you want in one place. To…
5 Best TVs for a Garage Gym (All Budgets)
The TV has now officially replaced the boombox that many of us grew up with as the media center of a garage gym. Long gone are the days that a TV needed to…
How to Get the Smell out of Horse Stall Mats
You picked up some Horse Stall Mats for your garage gym. Maybe you’re like me and you got some at a great price from Tractor Supply Company. Maybe you even took my recommendation…
The 9 Catapult Metrics I Used the Most For Football
One of the questions that I get asked the most when it comes to running Catapult, especially from new coaches who have just received their Catapult units for the first time is: What…
What’s the Best Flooring for a Garage Gym? (Updated 2023)
Picking out garage gym flooring for your garage gym is a big decision because it’s literally the foundation for your gym. Laying down a gym floor is what takes a collection of lifting…
Power Clean vs Hang Clean vs Clean (What’s the Difference)
There seems to be a lot of confusion between the differences of the power clean, hang clean and the full clean. I hear lifts being called the wrong thing all the time and…
Most Recent Posts
We’re always adding new content! Here’s a few of our latest posts:
3 Barbell Complex Warm-Ups to Incorporate Into Your Training
Different aspects of a strength and conditioning program often get very segmented. The Warm-up, Speed Work, Conditioning, Weight Training – they’re all components of a complete strength and conditioning plan and they often…
4 Gym Workouts for Soccer Players (Power and Strength)
I’ve been working as a collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach for 20 years at some of the top colleges in the country. When someone finds this out, usually the first thing I get…
What’s a Good Power Clean for a College Football Player?
The Power Clean is one of the most common tests used to measure the strength and explosiveness of college football players (and athletes in general). I went through 20 years of data on…