I was renting a cheap apartment in the basement of a dog groomer's house. I was scraping by, working second shift at a bar, and training twice a day in Kamloops, British Columbia. I am training under the legend, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, with an elite throws group trying desperately to salvage my college throwing career that I ruined by partying too hard and too often. 

I had been following the same program for weeks, and I begged Dr. B to change my program. I needed something new and interesting. I felt stagnant and frustrated. I was contemplating moving back home, and questioned my motivation. Why I was training out in the freezing cold, getting minimal sleep, and still dedicating to hitting that coveted 19 meter mark??? 

"No. Not now, you are not ready. Not good timing" Dr. B would say.

Fast forward five years, I am running my own strength training business. I am still training myself, seeking to hit the 300 lb. snatch milestone. My business partner Dan, and I decided we should implement a simple experiment ... snatch every day, and see where that gets me.

Designing a strength experiment is about choosing a priority for the program and determining a fix for the change you need to see in that athlete. The Secret Strength Experiments will teach you how to make those choices, and how to create effective change for the athletes who need it the most.

My name is Dane Miller, and I LOVE to train athletes to reach their greatest potential! I am the founder of Garage Strength Sports Performance, a high performance training center in Leesport, Pennsylvania. I am also the owner of Earth Fed Muscle, a sports supplement company and Throws University, a throws training group.

In the past twelve years, I have produced two Olympians, six Olympic trial qualifiers, 25 national champions, 17 state champions, and 21 NCAA all-Americans, all covering 7 sports. The numbers don’t lie, and the numbers don’t stop. As the owner and master coach behind Garage Strength, I have become on of the most well-known and recognizable names in the United States for weightlifting, track and field, and coaching expertise. I am the recipient of the USA Weightlifting (USAW) Larry Barnholth Award for Coaching Excellence in 2018, and I was appointed to assist at USAW training camps at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. I was named team leader and team coach to 6 Team USA squads. I have had the honor of training under and with athletic luminaries including Anatoly Bondarchuk, Zygmunt Smalcerz, and Charles Poliquin.