Fitness
- ‘How To’ Is Pointless Without ‘Why’
- Learning to Fight
- You Should Stop Exercising
- You Are Not Your Body
- Is Personal Training Too Personal?
- How to Age Gracefully
- When It Comes to Fitness Start with the Right Questions
- The Treadmill Is More than a Hamster Wheel
- How to Calculate Your Fitness Age (Though Your True Age Is an Attitude)
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Fitness
- Where Faith Meets Fitness
- The Elusive Flow: Finding Ultimate Human Performance
- Why MMA Creates The Fittest Athletes
- 10 Lessons in Mindfulness
- Boxing Should Be Your Next Sport
- Facing the Second Half of Your Fitness Life
- The Case for Competition in Youth Sports
- Are You Weak in the Knees?
- What Your Kid Needs to Know About Exercise
- The Myth of Exercise and Weight Loss
- The Real Reason Your Hard Work Isn’t Paying Off
- What Are Your Injuries Telling You About Your Life?
- Safety: The Most Important Part of Choosing a Fitness Program
- How to Choose the Right Fitness Program for You
- 5 Underrated Reasons You Should Pick Up a Martial Art
- Rowing Is Here and It’s For Everyone
- 5 Totally Valid Reasons You Shouldn’t Exercise
- The WODFather: Why Greg Glassman Is Good for Fitness
- Go Outside and Play! 5 Fitness Lessons From Your Inner Child
- Sparring Essentials: Learn How to Take a Punch
- Sparring 101: When, Why, and How to Take a Hit
- The Group Fitness Customer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
- Exercise Is Not the End Goal: How to Enjoy the Process
- Exercise Is Not a Final Destination: How to Enjoy the Journey
- Don’t Always Take the Green Run: 5 Lessons From the Slopes
- The Real “Ideal” Body Type Is Up to You
- Don’t Get Stranded On Your Training Plateau
- Prioritizing Your Fitness Isn’t Selfish – It’s Necessary
- What’s a Fitness Trend? What’s a Fad? Does It Matter?
- The Difference Between Fear and Love in Fitness
- Lessons While Shooting: How to Take Aim in Life and Sport
- 5 Ways to Improve Your Defense and Win More Fights
- 7 Reasons You Aren’t Losing Weight (or Keeping It Off)
- The 5 Most Important Words for Succeeding in Fitness
- How to Get and Stay Ahead During the Holidays
- 5 Martial Arts Lessons on Peak Performance for the Non-Martial Artist
- Why I Believe in the Core Vales of the YMCA
- Do Violent Sports Create Violent People?
- How TV, the Internet, and Your Phone Are Hurting Your Fitness
- The 6 Most Important Things Martial Arts Taught Me About Life
- Can Exercise Make You Happy?
- The Case for Swimming
- The Life-or-Death Reason Kids Need to Learn to Fail
- What Is “Group Personal Training” and Does It Work?
- Why Boxing Is the Toughest Sport
- 3 Reasons Americans Should Love Soccer and 3 Reasons They Don’t
- 3 Exercises You Should Skip at the Gym
- Why I Love the Medicine Ball and You Should, Too
- Could Head Trauma Bring an End to Football?
- Are You Addicted to Exercise? The Tell-Tale Signs
- What Makes Floyd Mayweather, Jr. So Great?
- What Oregon and Colorado Can Teach Us About Fitness
- The 4 Paradoxes of Boxing (and Fighting)
- The 10 Commandments of Fitness and Wellness
- 10 Deal Breakers That May Be Sabotaging Your Fitness Goals
- 5 Lessons the Olympics Teach Us about Sport and Life
- Why You Shouldn’t Work Out When You’re Sick
- The Good, The Bad, and the Bottom Line of the Fitness Gadget Craze
- 7 Reasons Why Your Child Should Practice Martial Arts
- Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover: Instrinsic Motivation vs. External Goals
- A Holiday Wish for the Health and Fitness World
- Kids Are Fatter, Sicker, and Slower – What Can We Do About It?
- Why Fighting Is Like Chess, and Both Are Like Life
- The Pros and Cons of Our New-Found Obsession With Old-School Training
- When You Train and What It Might Mean About You and Your Exercise
- Muscle Activation Techniques: What Is It and How Can It Benefit Me?
- 5 Essential Qualities to Look for in a Good Trainer
- 10 Things I Hate About You (At the Gym)
- A Call to Action: If Obesity Is Contagious, Maybe Fitness Is Too?
- Perform, Recover, Rebuild: How Perspective Changes for the 40+ Athlete
- Heart Matters: 5 Boxing (and Life) Lessons From Rocky Balboa
- Lessons From the Fall: Turn Over a New Leaf and Switch Up Your Program
- Adventure Racing, Obstacle Course Racing, and Triathlons – Where Does It Stop?
- Why Rock Climbing Is a Lot Like Boxing, and Both Are a Lot Like Life
- What the Heck Is Restorative Yoga and Why Should I Do It?
- What Seniors Can Teach Us About Fitness and Not Giving Up
- What Can Buddhism Teach Us About Our Fitness Journey?
- The Scrawny Male: The Journey of an Ectomorph
- Habits vs. Superstitions (Does it Really Matter if You Wear Different Socks?)
- Community-Based Fitness: Turning the Tide Toward Health
- Crack That Whip: The Jab Is the Most Important Punch
- And Then What? What Happens After We Reach Our Goals
- Why a Non-Yoga, Non-Hippie Guy Thinks You Should Do Yoga
- Shadow Boxing: The Art and Purpose of the Warm Up Ritual
- Use It or Lose It: The Third Pillar of Fitness – Flexibility
- Heart Rate Interval Training: Get a Stronger Heart and Leaner Body
- Finding Balance in Our Physical, Personal, and Professional Lives
- Facing the Pain: Making the Physical Mental and the Mental Physical
- Facing the Pain: Let It Be Your Guide
- Women and Group Exercise: Theories From a Male Instructor
- Five Rules for Success in Fighting (And Life)
- Respect the Rower: An Argument for the Ergometer
- The True Meaning of Having Heart
- What We’ve Learned From Ultimate Fighting
- Take Out the Trash: Why Athletes Should Stop Talking Smack
- The Art of Body Maintenance: 4 Tips for Caring for Your Vehicle
- Why Taking a Hit Is the Best Way to Avoid a Hit
- Go Anaerobic: What It Is and Why to Do It
- Social Media and Fitness: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Results: How to Live at Your Goal, Instead of Visit It
- Keep Moving Forward: Knowing When to Run, Walk, or Crawl
- The Multiplier: Your Personal Superpower
- Finding the Fire Inside You
- When Enough Is Enough: Knowing When To Quit
- 4 Things Men and Women Can Teach Each Other in the Gym
- Rhythm Is an Athlete: 3 Tools for Learning Rhythm
- Swinging the Bat: How to Do the Muay Thai Roundhouse Kick
- The Vital Role of the Kiai, Grunt, and Otherwise Noisy Exhale
- Artist of Life: Can an Athlete Be an Artist?
- Don’t Sweat the Technique: Finding Flow as an Athlete
- Speed Is Power, But It’s Not Everything
- Living Life Like a Boxer: Making and Breaking the Rules
Healthy Eating
- The Fallacy of Supplements
- Why It’s Time to Regulate the Supplement Industry
- Why the Scale Lies About Your Health (and Where to Find the Truth)
- Why Dieting Is Harmful to Your Health
- Why Fitness Professionals Shouldn’t Eat (or Sell) Energy Bars
- Are Energy Bars Good for Us?
- Cleanses, Detoxes, and Juice Fasts: Do They Work?
- What Prohibition and the War on Drugs Teach Us About Our Nation’s Battle of the Bulge
- The Cult of Supplements and the Dangers of Multi-Level Marketing
Learn
- The Gym Is Not a Restaurant
- Get Your Fitness House in Order
- Prepare for Life’s Challenges: Train Martial Arts
- 10 Good Reads on the Mental Aspects of Sport Fighting
- How Success in Exercise Is Like Success in Investing
- An Argument Against Machines: RIP Weight Machines (1963–2013)
- How to Prepare for and Win a Fight
- What the Marines Know About Discipline That Will Make You a Better Athlete
- Momentum: Recognizing and Dealing With It
- Game Plans: When to Hold ‘Em, When to Walk Away
- Be What You Love: Finding Purpose in Art, Sport, and Life
- Seasons of the Athlete: Evolving with Change
- Step On the Gas: How to Throw a Killer Left Hook
- Hero To Villain And Back Again: The Chris Herren Story
- Analysis of the Liver Shot: Throwing and Defending
- How the Tradition of Respect Can Save Boxing From Itself
- Winning Combinations: How to Create Punching Combos
- Gameness: Pit Bulls Have It, Do You?
Reviews
- Suspension Training At Its Best: TRX Duo Trainer
- “The Sports Gene” (Book Review)
- “Driven” and “Tommy’s Honor” – A Tale of Two Worlds
- Book Review: “Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?” by Alex Hutchinson
- Eric Stevens’s Holiday Wish List
