Welcome to Strength Intel

I'm Henry, and if you're reading this, chances are you're the sort of person who thinks there's got to be a better way to approach strength training than just "add weight and hope for the best", I am too.

Over the past 25+ years – first as an elite powerlifter competing at World Championships, then as Head Coach for Great Britain's IPF team, and now running my own facility – I've learned that the difference between good lifters and great ones isn't just about working harder. It's about working smarter.

And that's exactly why Strength Intel exists.

Every fortnight, I'll be sharing the insights, methods, and occasionally hard-learned lessons that separate those who plateau after their first year from those who keep getting stronger decade after decade. We're talking real, practical knowledge you can actually use, think of it as an antidote to all of those ivory tower "Evidence Based" experts who seem to change their minds with every published study.

Now, I should mention – this isn't going to be your typical fitness newsletter full of motivational quotes and generic workout tips. We're going deeper than that. This is for coaches who want to elevate their practice, lifters who are serious about long-term progress, and anyone who believes that understanding the 'why' behind training methods is just as important as knowing the 'what.'

My speciality is in Velocity-Based Training and if you love the idea of finding out more about that side of things then there'll be something here for you. I won't just be writing about VBT though, any and all aspects of getting stronger will be covered. My job is to take the complex stuff and make it actually usable – no PhD required.

The strength community is at its best when we're sharing knowledge and challenging each other to do better. That's what we're building here – a group of practitioners who care enough about getting it right to dig beneath the surface.

Looking forward to the journey ahead.

Stay strong,

Henry