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Sizing Up: How and When to Increase Your Kettlebell Weight
The price and weight gaps can make moving to a bigger kettlebell intimidating, but here's how to progress logically and safely.
Justin Lind
So You Want to Write Your Own Program
If you've decided to build your own training plan from the ground up, here's how to get started.
Walter J. Dorey
3 of the Best: This Week's Top Articles, Vol. 4
These pieces have caught your attention throughout the week. So here they are in one place for you to consume, digest, and enjoy.
Breaking Muscle HQ
The One Element of Your Training That Can't Be Forsaken
Keeping a training log will expose when to increase weight and reps to optimize your gym efforts. Don't train for nothing.
Charles Staley
5 Ways to Push Past a Squat Plateau
Try as you might, your squat is stuck. And it has been for a while. Let's look at the underlying causes to fix the problem.
Chet Morjaria
Be Able to Do Everything: Match Your Tool to Your Goal
My personal aim is to always find the best and easiest solution that will also deliver the most benefit.
Max Shank
The 5 Deadliest Kettlebell Sins
The body will respond to anything you throw at it, but the kettlebell is a unique beast that requires high technique and low complexity.
Andrew Read
From Zero To Ultra in 12 Months: How I Did It
Follow these eight programming principles, and you can run an ultra marathon in twelve months, too.
Kyle Williams
How to Put 40kg on Your Deadlift in 15 Weeks
This is not another fancy deadlift program. This is real world advice about what you need to get results.
Chet Morjaria
The Components of a Successful Winter Training Plan for Cycling
Winter means it’s time to knuckle down and get some decent training through the cold months.
Simon Kidd
EMOMs: The Most Misunderstood Method in CrossFit
The benefit of an EMOM is not to mix and match tasks, but to train energy systems and skills, and train you to work.
Patrick McCarty
What's Preventing You From Doing Pistol Squats? How to Progress Pistols
Consider this article to be a user’s manual of sorts for the pistol, complete with a step-by-step progression as well as a troubleshooting guide.
Chris Garay
An Idiot's Guide to Progressive Conditioning Workouts
All successful exercise plans are based on the principles of overload, recovery/adaptation, and progression. If you are not getting better, which of these elements are you missing in your training?
Tom Kelso