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The Push Press To Save Your Shoulders
When you learn the push press, you learn how you can and should move in one coordinated athletic effort to move something heavy.

The Push Press To Save Your Shoulders

Discover Supplements That Benefit Your Specific Needs With Supplement Advisor
Should I take fish oil? Isn’t it good for reducing inflammation and heart health? What’s better? Pill form or liquid?

Discover Supplements That Benefit Your Specific Needs With Supplement Advisor

Athletics Versus Aesthetics: What’s the Difference?
How to differentiate between building muscle for looks and building muscle for function.

Athletics Versus Aesthetics: What’s the Difference?

Understanding Maximum Heart Rate
Monitoring your heart rate may improve your overall health and performance, so my suggestion to anybody trying to nail down their MHR is to use multiple methods and monitor your results.

Understanding Maximum Heart Rate

The Hemp Plant's Untapped Potential
Despite initially being skeptical of CBD oil, he took the plunge and began using it, and had such positive results he began researching it extensively.

The Hemp Plant's Untapped Potential

10 At-Home Exercises For Women That Actually Work
Even though you are confined to the four walls of your home, do not let this confinement stop you from following and achieving your fitness goals.

10 At-Home Exercises For Women That Actually Work

The Physiological Effects of Face Masks During Workouts
Masking is a fact of life during the era of Covid-19 but how do they impact strenuous exercise?

The Physiological Effects of Face Masks During Workouts

How to Learn a Handstand and Fall Less
Progress in handstands and calisthenics is determined by how strong your joints and tendons become because these small areas have to withstand the load and force passing through them.

How to Learn a Handstand and Fall Less

The World’s Strongest 70-Year Old
A lifetime of lessons from a lifting legend, Odd Haugen, on what it takes to get to the top and how to stay there.

The World’s Strongest 70-Year Old

Mapping Out Muscle Gain
How to use the Primer-Build-Solidify System to Plan Effective Long-Term, Muscle Building Training

Mapping Out Muscle Gain

Are You the One Sabotaging Your Gains?
There is a time and place to empty the tank and display your absolute end degrees of strength, however, nobody ever wins a weight room training championship.

Are You the One Sabotaging Your Gains?

Do This To Increase Your Bench Press
When your bench press plateaus, the good news is it's easily fixed by identifying the underlying problem and implementing effective solutions to address them.

Do This To Increase Your Bench Press

Failure Doesn't Exist
Mater motivator Ray ''Cash'' Care tells you how to harness your pain and build belief in yourself to conquer life, and he will get in your face until you do it.

Failure Doesn't Exist

A Roadmap to Success for Fitness Professional
Mark Coles teaches us lessons from lifting that transfer to business and beyond.

A Roadmap to Success for Fitness Professional

Get More Power from Rowing
Somehow those on-water rowers seem to coax more and more out of a rowing machine and leave most gym rowers for dead.

Get More Power from Rowing

Hydrow Review - Total Body Home Happiness
This ain't your grandma's home gym. Technology is changing the dynamics of at home workouts. It couldn't happen sooner.

Hydrow Review - Total Body Home Happiness

How to Start Calisthenics Training
This article is meant to simplify calisthenics training, guide you from beginner to advanced, and show you how all levels can use your body as a paintbrush to create a masterpiece.

How to Start Calisthenics Training

How to Build a Brand in the Fitness Industry

Kettlebells and Yoga - Creative. Fun. Fitness Flows.

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The Trainer Who Trains the Trainers
Tom Purvis is the guy the experts go to for advice.

The Trainer Who Trains the Trainers

The Perpetual COVID-19 Strength Plan
Revisiting advanced training tactics for regaining more strength and muscle because gym openings and closing are a rollercoaster ride.

The Perpetual COVID-19 Strength Plan

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10 No Equipment Needed Exercises for Strong Legs

How to Self-Diagnose Your Shoulder Pain

Physical Readiness for Firefighters: 12 Week Training Plan

The Ultimate 90-Day Bodyweight Training Plan

A Simple Workout Plan for Serious Mass Gain

Top 10 Foods to Gain Muscle Mass

Cardio Doesn't Kill Gains (and You Should Be Doing It)

A 3-Week Workout Plan to Crush Murph

Greasing the Groove: How to Make It Work for You

Vitamin D Deficiency in Athletes
Vitamin D consumption and levels are a hot button issue because of the considered benefits to the immune system in the fight against Covid-19, but this isn't something we didn't already know.

Vitamin D Deficiency in Athletes

2020's Most Overweight and Obese States in America
Being obese is the new normal.

2020's Most Overweight and Obese States in America

The Move Well Project
This week's guest is Chris Peil, a sports rehabilitation expert, who helps Olympians and the World’s Strongest Man get out of pain and back to performing at their best.

The Move Well Project

The Muscle Lab is Open
Cody Haun is the epitome of a 21st century strength scientists and he's striking out on his own.

The Muscle Lab is Open

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A Weighted Vest for Beginners
Zelus has produced a comfortable and solid 12 lb weighted vest for beginners.

A Weighted Vest for Beginners

The Practice of Natural Movement
Learn about the most functional of functional fitness philosophies.

The Practice of Natural Movement

More Reviews

Can Colostrum Make A Difference In Your Life?

Sandbags to Help You Get It Together

Pull It Tight, Lift It Right

Energy Bars to Upgrade Your Lifestyle

The Guide to Overcoming Poor Posture

How Do You Take Your Vitamins?

Roll Yourself to Better Mobility

Groceries: The Final Frontier in Fitness

Massage Your Way to Better Mobility and Recovery

Social Media Fitness App: Not Your New Bvddy

Everyone's Bike: The NordicTrack S22i
This stationary studio bike by NordicTrack checks all the boxes.

Everyone's Bike: The NordicTrack S22i

Protein To Go: Au Bon Bone Broth
It's expensive but there's no doubting the quality of the final product.

Protein To Go: Au Bon Bone Broth

A Comprehensive Guide to Gym Flooring
You need a good floor. It's the foundation of your home and commercial gym. The same flooring seems to do well in both places and it doesn't have to be expensive.

A Comprehensive Guide to Gym Flooring

Keep Track of Your Nutrition On the Go
Sometimes you don’t have anywhere to keep your meals cool when you are out for the day, but with these bags your problems are solved.

Keep Track of Your Nutrition On the Go

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Recipes

The Keto Diet: Basted Egg with Lemon Ricotta

A Free Keto Diet Recipe Book: Lox Stuffed Avocados and More

Eating Well As We Age: Parmesan Crusted Walleye

20 Ways to Prepare Poultry: Chicken Potstickers

Jackfruit: Protein for Athletic Summers

Summer Barbecue: How About Clean Eating and a Vegetables Only Dish

Subscription Eating - Not Your Mother's Take Out

Prebiotic Food: Broccoli and White Bean Soup

No Powder Protein Bars

Food Intolerances: Should I Get Tested?
The companies that continue to promote the IgG blood tests either do not fully understand the function of the IgG antibody or worse, they do and are continuing to sell their product anyway.

Food Intolerances: Should I Get Tested?

The Athlete's Friend, Eggs: Best Buying Practices
Fun fact in case you missed it—the only difference between brown and white eggs are that brown eggs come from chickens with brown feathers and white eggs come from chickens with white feathers.

The Athlete's Friend, Eggs: Best Buying Practices

Turkey Piri Piri Burgers
As your summer heats up, spice up your burger game with these turkey piri piri burgers.

Turkey Piri Piri Burgers

Greek Pimiento Burgers
Take a summer food vacation to Greece by combining all of the signature flavors in a tasty, grilled burger!

Greek Pimiento Burgers

Caprese Chickpea Burgers
Lighten up your summer eating with this chickpea based vegetarian burger.

Caprese Chickpea Burgers

Ginger Scallion Pork Burgers
Change up your barbequed burger routine with a little something unexpected.

Ginger Scallion Pork Burgers

MoreCoaches & Trainers

Gym Owners: How Do You Measure Your Success?
Unfortunately, many gym owners don't even count the money they don't pay themselves and lose sight of what truly matters in a successful gym business.

Gym Owners: How Do You Measure Your Success?

The 6-Week Challenge: Playing a Losers Game
6-week challenge versus professional coach for life: Which business are you in? You can’t be in both.

The 6-Week Challenge: Playing a Losers Game

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Leave No Client Behind

A Practical Experiment in Muscle Fiber Activation

Training the Overspecialized Athlete

Rational Periodization in Strength Training

The Approach of the Coach: Evidence Versus Intuition

Productive Programming: How to Develop a Sound Training Philosophy

Crunching Numbers: How to Grow a Fitness Business

Are You Programming Recovery for Your Athletes?

If You're Not Training Champions, You're Only Creating Elitism

The Invaluable Experience of Working for Free

Client’s First Day: Find the Pain
Without a deeper, personal connection, the business of coaching isn't going to work. Learn the process of building relationships in your coaching business.

Client’s First Day: Find the Pain

Coach Compensation: Beyond Dollars Per Hour
Coaches should be paid based on gross revenue, and on clients sticking around.

Coach Compensation: Beyond Dollars Per Hour

Develop an Online Presence: The Importance of Your Website
It’s okay if your website isn’t perfect, but if you build it, people will begin to find you.

Develop an Online Presence: The Importance of Your Website

Developing and Leading Successful Workshops
Teaching others keeps the spark alive behind why you got into the industry in the first place.

Developing and Leading Successful Workshops

PodcastsMore

Maximize Muscularity and Strength; Minimize Risk of Injury
Jordan Shallow, the Muscle Doc and founder of Pre-Script, is a chiropractor, strength and conditioning coach, powerlifter and educator.

Maximize Muscularity and Strength; Minimize Risk of Injury

Getting Schooled on Building Muscle
Chris Barakat is a competitive bodybuilder, educator, and researcher who truly walks the talk.

Getting Schooled on Building Muscle

The Trifecta of Strength: Powerlifting, Weightlifting, and Bodybuilding
This episode is absolute gold for anyone who is a fan of thoughtful strength, a crazy attachment to lifting, and erudite hypertrophy.

The Trifecta of Strength: Powerlifting, Weightlifting, and Bodybuilding

When the Fittest Among Us Get Covid-19
Amanda Thebe, a force of nature in women's health and coaching, as well as a serious fitness enthusiast in her own right, talks about her long-term symptoms from Covid-19.

When the Fittest Among Us Get Covid-19

Get Lean, Get Strong, Get Results
Mario Tomic's passion for training has taken him on a journey from being a computer programmer to YouTuber, to coach, to an entrepreneur who lives the digital nomad lifestyle.

Get Lean, Get Strong, Get Results

The Pros and Cons of Training to Failure
Paul Carter of Lift Run Bang has some strong thoughts about going over the top in your training, and not in a good way.

The Pros and Cons of Training to Failure

CoachesMore

Daniel DeBrocke

Daniel DeBrocke

Tom MacCormick

Tom MacCormick

Strength and Conditioning, Personal Training, Sports Science

Jimmy Pritchard

Jimmy Pritchard

Strength & Conditioning, Exercise Science

Jesse Irizarry

Jesse Irizarry

Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training

Solly Muwaniri

Solly Muwaniri

Personal Training, Bodyweight Training

Douglas Perry

Douglas Perry

Technology, Cycling, Swimming

Wendi Iribeck

Wendi Iribeck

Registered dietician, nutritionist, Fitness coach

Clinton Sills

Clinton Sills

Hypertrophy, Physique coach

Chris Holder

Chris Holder

Kettlebells, Strength and Conditioning, Martial Arts

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