Athlete Development
Fitness
- Stress Is Ruining Your Fitness
- Periodize Focus, Not Just Intensity
- Do You Need Extra Grip Work?
- Armor Your Back Against Age and Injury
- Rev Up Your Horsepower: An Interval Weight Training Plan
- Loaded Carries: The Ultimate Functional Exercise
- A Simple Plan to Stay Fit as You Grow Old
- The Simple Path to Being Your Fittest at Any Age
- So You Want to Be a Lion?
- Everybody Wants to Be a Lion…
- What Is the Secret to Success?
- Don’t Race: The Cost of Early Athletic Specialization
- Movement 101: Standards for Movement Quality
- Serious Fitness for Fighters in 3 Sessions a Week
- A Proven Method for Building Full-Body Power (Plus a 6-Week Plan)
- 3 Training Mistakes That Leave Fighters Too Smoked for Skill Work
- Put in the Work: How I Beat SEALFit Kokoro Camp
- 100: Your Magic Number for Everyday Strength
- Command Your Training: Turn Up the Volume to Reach Your Goals
- Don’t Be a Specialist: Your Routine Needs Variety
- The Most Memorable Fitness Swindles of the Last 30 Years
- Back to Basics: How to Assess Movement With the Plank
- GPP in the Modern World: How to Become an All-Around Athlete
- The 3-Day Vacation Workout Plan for Masters Athletes
- Recovery 201: Next-Level Practices for Muscle Adaptation
- You Don’t Need More Training, You Need More Recovery
- Is Your Sport Killing Your Athletic Potential?
- Are You a 7 Or a 2? How to Spot the Best Trainer for You
- Injury-Free Running at 40: 2 Tricks and a 6-Week Plan
- A Simple Daily Routine to Make Old Spines More Supple
- Ready to Ruck: How to Get Started and What to Buy
- A 3-Week Workout Plan to Crush Murph
- The Only 4 Training Variables You Need to Plan Your Own Workouts
- 2 Fitness Solutions for Serious Athletes Over 40
- The 2nd Choice Challenge: Make Gains by Working Weak Spots
- Use Kettlebells to Get in Fighting Shape
- You’re Not 20 Anymore: 2 Tips for Older Athletes
- Go Big: 15 Challenges for Serious Athletes
- Barbells Don’t Hurt People: How Not to Crash in the Gym
- Conjugate Method: A Better Way to Plan Your Training Week
- Try These Kettlebell Workout Splits for Major Muscle Gains
- Live Long and Prosper: Real World Fitness for the 40+ Athlete
- Live Long and Prosper: Fitness for Mature Athletes
- The 5 Deadliest Kettlebell Sins
- Want to Be a Better Runner? Then Slow Down
- Conjugate Method: A Better Way to Plan Your Training Week
- How to Physically Prepare for the RKC (or Any Event or Certification)
- The 4-Day 40+ Fitness Plan
- How to Get Massive, According to the Movies
- Bulls and Toby Keith: Fitness Lessons for the 40+ Athlete
- Why I Will Never Program a Deadlift Again
- In 2015: Move Better Than You Ever Have Before
- Why One-Hand Swings Are King
- Screw Goals: It’s All About Your System
- Back to Basics: How to Exceed Your Fitness Goals in 2015
- How to Prepare for Success in Your First Triathlon
- The Dark Place of Competition (Where We Learn and Grow)
- The 2-Day ITB Cure for Endurance Athletes
- Why Your Mobility Work May Be Harming You
- The Critical Importance of the Off-Season for Your Recovery
- Greasing the Groove: A More Effective Way to Prepare for Push Up Tests
- Circuit Training Doesn’t Get You Fitter
- Craving Success? Then Respect the Process
- The Fitness Industry Has Failed: How Variety Will Get You Fit
- 3 No-Nonsense Ways to Build Fitness Through Swimming
- The 3 Keys to Obstacle Course Racing Success
- All You Need to Know About Getting Started with Kettlebells
- How Elite Endurance Athletes Got There (And How You Can Too)
- What Forefoot Running Actually Means
- Why Everyone Needs a Training Camp Experience
- Fingers and Fists: The Drills Pro Swimmers Use
- Curls Get the Girls: How to Build a Better Arm Workout
- Finding Your Ideal Weight: How Getting Leaner Kills Performance
- Function vs. Performance for the 40+ Athlete
- Why All Coaches Need Courage
- 4 Drills That Will Improve Your Kettlebell Press
- Carry On: 2 Kettlebell Loaded Carry Workouts
- Fitness at 40: How to Train Hard and Play Smart
- 4 Lessons Everyday Athletes Can Learn From Professional Athletes
- 5 Fitness Challenges That Will Strengthen Body and Mind
- Every Plan Has Holes: Connecting the Shoulders, Hips, and Core
- Training Masks: Ideal for 40+ Athletes, Bad For Altitude
- Conjugate Method: A Better Way to Plan Your Training Week
- The 3 Elements of Training and How to Order Them
- Running Is the Killer App of the Human Body
- How to Reach Freak Level Fitness
- Minimalist Training 2.0: The How and Why
- What the Hollywood Stars Know About Fitness That You Don’t
- The Reality of Combat and Special Forces Training
- Steady State Cardio Is Not Dumb – If You Do It Right
- Do You Have Performance Problems or Health Problems?
- How to Assemble a SEAL Astronaut Ninja Training Program
- The Advantage of Training With a Power Meter
- Running: The Exercise Equivalent of Vegetables
- How to Physically Prepare for the RKC
- HIT or Myth? The Truths and Fallacies of High Intensity
- How to Recognize, Fix, and Prevent ITB Syndrome
- Go Big or Don’t Bother: 3 Steps to Fulfilling Lifelong Dreams
- How to Calculate Your Training and Recovery Balance Sheet
- Because We Can: Why We All Need to Run
- Integrated Strength: The Right Tool at the Right Time for the Right Person
- Training to Increase Your VO2 Max
- Why 10 x 3 Is Best for Strength and Size
- The Value of the Get Up: Broken Down Into 6 Pieces
- What You Need to Know About Buying Running Shoes
- How to Build a Super Solid Kettlebell Snatch (and Avoid the Dreaded Smack)
- Shoes or No Shoes: How and Why to Build Up to Barefoot Running
- Proper Progression and Loading for the Single Leg Deadlift
- Drug Use in Sports: Can We Ignore It Any Longer?
- How to Run Faster and Lift More (While Training GPP)
- Know Thyself (And You’ll Know How to Train)
- GPP Forever: How to Avoid Accidental Specialization and Actually Get Fit
- Why Are Tour de France Cyclists Outliving Everybody Else?
- The 5 Most Annoying Fitness Questions I Get Asked at Parties
- Don’t Throw Away the Scales
- Advancing Bodyweight Skills: Proper Handstand Progressions
- Starting Out at 40: A Plan for Greater Health and Fitness
- Training Worthy of a Lifetime
- 2 Fundamental Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Your Goals for 2014
- The Real Biggest Loser Is the Show Itself
- Endurance Athlete Holiday Wish List
- Let’s Twist Again: Why You Need Twists in Your Training
- Lunges Are for Sissies – Or Are They?
- Why 70% Can Make You Stronger, Faster, and Healthier
- Snatch By Numbers: Why You’re Snatching Too Much and Too Often
- My CrossFit Cherry Busted: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of CrossFit Competition
- How to Move Up in Weight and Use Bigger Kettlebells
- Who Cares About Your Snatch?
- I Like to Move It, Move It: The Surprising Thing Missing From Your Workout
- Test and Retest: How to Use Race Results to Prepare for Your Next Obstacle Course
- Super Sets: What They Are and 4 Ways to Do Them
- Isometric Training: What It Is and How to Do It Correctly
- Good Movement Is Corrective: Why the Squat Might Be Better Than Screening
- 3 Keys to Successfully Peaking for an Event
- Your GPP Is Broken: Why You Need 90+ Minute Sessions
- Single Kettlebell Ballistic Complexes: How to Save Your Shoulders and Still Work Overhead
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read – Triathlon Journal, Entry 4
- Wave Loading: How to Do It Within the Week and Within the Session
- Do This, Not That: What People With Shoulder, Wrist, Knee, or Calf Issues Should and Shouldn’t Do
- Relax and Enjoy the Ride: Advice for the New and Passionate Athlete
- Flexibility Is Like Any Other Discipline – It Takes Discipline
- Is CrossFit Going the Way of the Globo Gym?
- Free 4-Week Training Plan to Get You Spartan Race Ready
- The Training Solution for the 40+ Athlete
- Fit at Forty: 3 Keys for Guys Like Me
- Get Bigger Guns With Kettlebell Cleans
- April Luu: Apex Predator and Elite Spartan Race Competitor
- 5 Drills to Help You Achieve Your First Pull Up
- Turn Up the Volume: The 2 x 7 x 52 x 10 Rule
- 2 Myths About Women and Weight Lifting Debunked
- Barefoot Running Shoes and Choosing the Right Shoe for You
- The 6 Steps to Building Mental Toughness
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read – Spartan Race Training, Entry 3
- Everything Is a Plank (If You’re Doing It Right, That Is)
- Women and Pull Ups: 3 Secrets for Success You’ve Probably Never Tried
- How to Adapt Your Training to Injury (Or Not Get Hurt to Begin With)
- Phase One: How to Reset the Body and Awake Your Inner 6-Year-Old
- The Killer App: Using the Right Equipment for the Right Exercise
- The Sixth Minute: Why Minimum Effective Dose Doesn’t Work
- Don’t Be a Bad Customer: How to Be a Good Client and Stay Healthy
- Fuzzy Programming: Why a Little Chaos Is Good for Your Training
- The Basic Week: A 7-Day Plan for Building Strength and Fitness
- The SMMF: Mental Training – Gym Jones Style
- Project Mayhem: Sign Up and Tell Complacency to #$@% Off
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read – Spartan Race Training, Entry 2
- How to Maximize Strength and Size With Bodyweight Exercise
- The 3 Missing Pieces in Your Training Program Puzzle
- The Program Maximum: Kettlebell Training for the Advanced Athlete
- 3 Training Lessons Learned While Chatting With Dan John
- Good Swings Are Fast Swings
- What to Pack and How to Train While Traveling
- The Double Kettlebell Clean Training Program
- How to Do the Perfect DOUBLE Kettlebell Clean
- How to Get (Safely) Yoked With Kettlebells
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read – Spartan Race Training, Entry 1
- The Bookmark: How to Use Your Training Journal to Recover From Injury
- If It Fires Together, It Wires Together: Tying the Body Together in Training
- Rationalizing the Swing: Why the American Swing Is Wrong
- You’re Going to See This Again: Fitness Trends Are Talking and You Need to Listen
- Stop Sucking and Train More
- For Older Guys Doing Martial Arts: 3 Rules and a Workout Plan
- Common Sense Programming for the Intelligent Insect
- How to Stretch Like the Professionals
- Do Cartwheels: Why You Need Learning and Fun in Your Training
- Specialization Is for Insects: Why Mediocrity Beats the Elite
- The Problem Is You: Time to Face Your Weaknesses
- 5 Tips for Successfully Popping Your Triathlon Race Cherry
- 6 Week Training Plan for Your Obstacle Course, Tough Mudder, Spartan Race
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 41 – I’m An Ironman
- 3-Day Strength Program for Kickboxers, MMA Fighters, and Grapplers
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 40 – The Last Week
- Speed Racer: How to Get Faster at Running, Cycling, and Swimming
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 39 – The End of the Road
- Treadhills: 2 Treadmill Workouts That Improve Running Performance
- Why You Should Stop and Go Home After Hitting a PR
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 38 – Goal Times for Ironman
- 1+1=3 (or FMS + HKC = All You Need)
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 37 -The Light at the End of the Tunnel
- A Week-by-Week Guide to Becoming a Runner (Later in Life and/or Safely)
- The Daily Pre-Workout “Tune Up” for Your Race Car (Your Body)
- Beware of Snake Oil Salesmen (Especially Ones With Science)
- Tactical Periodization: What It Is and How to Do It
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 36 – My Longest Training Run
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 35 – Pigheaded Stubbornness
- A Question on Drugs: Do You Uphold Our Double Standard?
- The Rule of Five: A Simple Guideline for Effective Training
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 34 – Impending Doom
- When Training Goes Wrong
- At the Core of It: Creating Strength and Tension in the Body
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 33 – VO2 Max and Body Fat Test
- Essential Training Etiquette for Cycling and Swimming
- Why You Should Never Hit a 1RM Again
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 32 – Picking Up Speed
- Taming the Fire: Adapting Training Programs to Your Needs
- Oog Make Fire, Man Make Fitness Cults
- Rated R: For Restricted Movement
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 31 – My First Triathlon
- The Training Equation: Not as Simple as Work + Rest
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 30 – When Training Goes Right
- Dear Coach: Can I Increase Muscle With Bodyweight Exercises?
- The Hardstyle 4-Hour Abs Workout
- The 3 Best Single Leg Exercises for Core and Lower Body
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 29 – When It Snows, Turn Around
- 4 Training Lessons We Can Learn From Bruce Lee
- Why CrossFit and BJJ Should Never Be in the Olympics
- Hypertrophy Is Not a Bad Word: Functional Hypertrophy Training
- The 3 Pillars of Fat Loss
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 28 – Waiting For My Bike
- The Future of Fitness: Who Will Win the Gym Wars?
- How to Train for a Mud Run
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 27 – The Accident
- How To Do The Perfect Kettlebell Snatch
- Speed Kills, Part 2: Speed Development for the MMA Fighter
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 26 – Fingers Crossed
- Dear Coach: My BMX Racer Teenager Won’t Eat
- How To Do The Perfect Kettlebell Press
- Speed Kills, Part 1: Proper Development of Speed for the Athlete
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 25 – Be Prepared
- How To Do The Perfect Kettlebell Clean
- Cardio Is Best Weapon Against Metabolic Syndrome
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 24 – Focus on the Details
- How To Do The Perfect Goblet Squat
- Traumeel: How This Homeopathic Treatment Surprised Me
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 23 – Learning By Doing
- How To Do The Perfect Get Up
- 5 Coaching Lessons I Learned Preparing for the RKC
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 22 – Good News All Around
- How To Do The Perfect Kettlebell Swing
- Living With the FMS: Reconciling Training with Test Results
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 21 – A New Bike and A Lot of Back Bends
- Dear Coach: Are Double or Single Kettlebells Better?
- Cross Training Doesn’t Work
- What You Can Learn From Chuck Liddell
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 20 – The Sun Is Coming Out
- Use the Hammer for the Nails: How to Choose Your Training Tools
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 19 – Calling Up the Big Guns
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 18 – Calf Gone Silly Buggers
- Using Kettlebell Swings to Improve Vertical Jump
- 4 Key Strength Exercises for Endurance Athletes
- 4 Things Successful Athletes Do (That You Don’t)
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 17 – Sleep Is Important
- Patience Is a (Training) Virtue
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 16 – Best Memories Come From the Hardest Things
- Forget Crunches: How to Actually Strengthen Your Core
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 15 – Super Compensation
- You Can Already Do the Splits: How to Relax Into Stretch
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 14 – The 10 Rules of Cycling
- Anyone Can Train: Simple Movement Regressions for Beginners
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 13 – Why You Shouldn’t Run With Your Girlfriend
- Putting the Fun Back in Fitness: The Importance of Play and Community
- The Secret to Get Stronger Not Just Sorer: Exercise Order
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 12 – The Secret of the Run/Walk
- Overtraining Can Kill You: The 3 Stages of Overtraining, Part 2
- Overtraining Can Kill You: The 3 Stages of Overtraining, Part 1
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 11 – Bread and Butter Sessions
- How to Be a Stronger, Fitter Grappler In 80 Minutes Per Week
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 10 – Training With Pain
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 9 – Hardstyle Physical Training
- Adding Muscle with Kettlebells: How I Build Up My Grapplers
- An Argument for the Kettlebell Clean
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 8 – Hypoxic Sets and the 180 Rule
- Dear Coach: Broke My Wrist in BJJ But Want to Train!
- Easy Endurance: Using the Magic 180 Rule
- The Right Tool for the Right Job: Kettlebell, Dumbbell, or Barbell?
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 7 – Two Masters
- Primal Movement? What It Is And Why We Need It
- No More Circus Tricks: The Proper Progression for Strength
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 6 – It Never Always Gets Worse
- The RKC Evolution
- The Origins and Explanation of “Hardstyle” Kettlebell Training
- Dear Coach: I Want To Look Like a UFC Fighter
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 5 – Easy Endurance
- 3 Simple Strength Programs: Preparing Athletes for Power
- Proper Preparation For Plyometrics
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 4 – Rest, Recovery, Fluffy, and Full
- Increasing Forces: Using the Kettlebell Swing to Increase Strength and Speed
- How To Train Like A Pro, Without Training Like A Pro
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 3 – Staving Off Boredom
- The 5 Keys to Successful Kettlebell Workouts
- The Get Up: Why It’s My Favorite Exercise
- Using the Kettlebell to Build Strength Endurance
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 2 – Plan of Attack
- Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 1 – The Road to Ironman Melbourne
- Preparing for Basic Training, the Academy… or the Zombie Apocalypse
- 2 Rules For Beginning Barefoot Running (And Avoiding Injury)
- Five Reasons the RKC Isn’t Just About Kettlebells
- Dear Coach: Can I Do Kettlebells, Body Pump, HIIT, AND Yoga?
- Time to Get Chilly: 3 Ways to Use Cold Therapy for Increased Recovery
- The Magic Number 10: Balance Volume and Intensity In Your Endurance Training
- Being Fit Forever: 3 Tools to Ward Off Injury
- Can a Bigger Squat Make You Faster? Find Out What Science Says
- Guys Like Me: 4 Keys to Fitness for Mature Athletes
- Testing Training Methods: Are You Training Your Athletes Properly?
- The What the Hell Effect: How I Trained in 3 Months for a 7 Day, 1000km Ride
- 3 Functional Reasons to Do Isolation Movements
- Use Active Rest to Build More Muscle
- The Kettlebell Swing: Why It’s the Perfect Exercise
- What Fighters Know That You Don’t: 5 Facts for Losing Fat
Healthy Eating
- Your Diet Needs a Reality Check
- Your Diet Is Ruining Your Fitness
- Is Your Eating Hardcore Enough? The Truth About Getting Results
- The Carb Debate: Good, Bad, or the Devil?
- The Secret to Supplementation: It’s Not About The Supplements
- An Idiot’s Guide to Post Workout Recovery Drinks
- Energy Drinks and Performance: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
- BCAAs: What They Are and Why to Take Them
- Eat for Endurance: 4 Things Pros Do
Learn
- The Kettlebell Swing Isn’t Everything (But This Workout Is)
- The Unexpected Key to Better Performance and Recovery
- Filtering Fitness: How to Find the Truth When Reading About Training
- Strength Endurance for the Endurance Athlete
Reviews
- Fitter and Faster Over Fifty: A Plan for Older Athletes
- Andrew Read’s Endurance Athlete Holiday Wish List
- Andrew Read’s Endurance Athlete Holiday Wish List
- “Fat Loss Happens on Monday” (Book Review)
- “Swim Speed Strokes for Swimmers and Triathletes” (Book Review)
- “The Cardio Code” (Book Review)
- “Movement Restoration” (Book Review)
- “Obstacle Race Training” (Book Review)
- “Beyond Training” (Book Review)
- Underwater Audio iPod Shuffle (Product Review)
- DVD Review: “Desert Runners”
- Endurance Athlete Holiday Wish List
- Book Review: “Faster: Demystifying the Science of Triathlon Speed” by Jim Gourley
- Product Review: The SmartFlex
- Book Review: “Foundation One” and “Handstand One” by Christopher Sommer
- Andrew’s Hardstyle Holiday Wish List
Train
- This Kettlebell Grip Cue May Change Your Training for the Better
- The Number One Rookie Training Mistake
