Over 20 Years
in the Making...

Two new Trap Bar Training Guides will help you
use the Gerard Trap Bar to Build Super Strength

You know, it has always been my feeling that every piece of sophisticated equipment should have a training guide explaining how to use it most effectively. After all, you've undoubtedly got to understand the basics but the small details can also make quite a difference...and when someone isn't sure what to do, they often lose interest, so it is incredibly important that you understand exactly what you should be doing.

If you've already got a Gerard Trap Bar (or are thinking seriously about ordering one), you're probably aware of what a uniquely effective piece of equipment it is. When used properly, the Trap Bar will help you develop incredible levels of strength.

You'll notice that the first three words in that last sentence were "when used properly." While use of the Trap Bar may seem intuitive enough, if you want to get the most out of your training there is a great deal you'll need to know about proper form for various Trap Bar movements, exercises that you may not be aware of, and how to work the Trap Bar into your broader training program. And who better ask about the Trap Bar than Al Gerard himself?

A New Chapter in the Trap Bar Saga Begins...

I have noticed several interesting things about the Trap Bar...

First of all, the Trap Bar is a serious piece of equipment meant for serious training. If you don't expect to "pull" and deadlift some serious weights lest you get a few calluses, well then it isn't for you and you can stop reading right now.

Second, over the past two decades the Trap Bar has firmly established itself as a "must have" piece of training equipment since it does its job so effectively, yet there really isn't a whole lot of material about how to use it.

Third, if you look at what has been written, no one that I have seen has gone directly to the source to find out what the Trap Bar is all about...

Using the Trap Bar to Get Stronger (for the past twenty-two years) by Al Gerard

"Using the Trap Bar to Get Stronger" by Al Gerard

Now Introducing...

"Using the Trap Bar to Get Stronger (for the past twenty-two years)" by Al Gerard

Imagine sitting down with Al Gerard face to face and having him teach you everything you would ever want to know about Trap Bar training - that's exactly what you'll find in this new training guide.

We went back in the archives and found a Trap Bar training program that Al originally put together for an old issue of Powerlifting USA - that article is reprinted in full on page 27 of our new training guide.

Then, we also took a *NEW* Trap Bar workout that Al had been working on and polished it up a bit for the next section. This workout provides a step-by-step multi-phase 10-week workout plan using the Trap Bar and many other exercises to build full-body strength.

And lastly, I DID sit down with Al Gerard and interviewed "the man" himself. For over 90 minutes I talked with Al Gerard about everything there is to know about the Trap Bar, and the information he shared was simply incredible:

1. Why Al Gerard never even began lifting weights until after college and how he lifted 450 pounds off the floor the first time he tried

2. The results of Al's first deadlift contest and the important lesson he learned...The early days of the "Trap Bar" and how Al designed it to save his back for deadlifting

3. The problem with many modern "Trap Bar" trainees and why they could be so much stronger if they only understood three basic concepts

4. Why the unique design of the Trap Bar prevents "tipping" while you use it

5. The most important thing that young trainees should know before they even touch a Trap Bar and why every high school weight room should have one

6. The most effective way to perform shrugs with the Trap Bar

7. The most weight Al ever lifted with a Trap Bar

8. Why the Trap Bar beats a straight bar every time for deadlifting

9. A unique Trap Bar exercise that Al never shared before

10. How the Trap Bar forces a lifter to develop proper deadlift form and why this is important

...and much more!

Al Gerard's new Trap Bar training guide is 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" - 45 pages, paperback glossy cover

But that's not all: "Dr. Ken's Trap Bar Workout"

"Dr. Ken's Trap Bar Workout"

Al Gerard isn't the only expert out there who has something to say about using the Trap Bar effectively. Dr. Ken Leistner has been a devoted Trap Bar user himself for over two decades and was one of the first to recommend it back in his "Steel Tip" newsletter.

In Dr. Ken's own words, the athletes he has trained "have found that certain exercises are definitely improved and have brought unexpectedly positive results."

In "Dr. Ken's Trap Bar Workout," we take another trip back in time, this time to an article written by Dr. Ken on Trap Bar training in 1989, reprinted here from Powerlifting USA magazine. Then we feature a previously unpublished training program from Dr. Ken which he has used to great success with his trainees. You'll learn how to use the Trap Bar for all the most effective movements (deadlifts, shrugs, pulls, and presses) as well as specific set and rep recommendations.

This glossy training booklet measures 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" and has 30 information-packed pages.

Bonus Special Report: "The 5 x 2 Trap Bar Training Program" by John Wood

A few weeks ago I sent out a brief email of only a few hundred words talking about my recent training with the Trap Bar, and this generated an unexpected response. It seems a lot of people have questions about some of the details of incorporating the Trap Bar into their own workouts.

In the spirit of never having too much good training information, I've expanded on my initial discussion and written a new Special Report - "The 5 x 2 Trap Bar Training Program" - that shows you some specific ways that you can utilize the Gerard Trap Bar. You won't want to miss it.

If you want to get the most from your Gerard Trap Bar, you need to have solid training information. I can think of no better place to turn than the wisdom of two men who have benefited greatly from using the Trap Bar: Al Gerard and Dr. Ken Leistner. Oh yeah, and I've got a few things to say on the subject myself - so be sure to check out my new Special Report, which I'll include free with every order for the 2-book set of Gerard Trap Bar Training Guides detailed above.

Train Hard,
Trap Bar Training signature

John Wood

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Over 20 Years in the Making...