Where Sweets and Satan Collide
For all of human history, every culture has crafted mythical tales of monsters, villains, and archenemies to heighten our experience as mortals and display our
Author: Michael Blevins
Michael Blevins is a coach, athlete, and consultant. Featured in Details, Men’s Health, and Men’s Fitness magazines. Author of the blog Grit & Teeth.Trainer for the films: Man of Steel, 300: Rise of an Empire, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. A recently added assistant coach to the GRID’s L.A. Reign. A competitor in the sports of cycling, running, triathlon, weightlifting, and CrossFit. He began his journey into the world of fitness through the study of martial arts, muay Thai, iaido, kali and eventually MMA, which helped shape and lead the way to a lifetime study of the human body.
Posts from this author
How to Train for the Zombie Apocalypse
People love to talk about the apocalypse. Maybe it’s a useful way to sort out the important issues, the non-starters and non sequiturs. Perhaps it
Let’s Talk About Diet, Part 2: Macronutrients
In the previous installment of this series, I established my first point: you need to rein in control of your nutrition by using calories-in as
1 Reason to Stop Reading Fitness Articles Based on Numerical Lists
The popularity of short content in the fitness industry is staggering, especially considering the complexity of the topic. Grabbing attention for attention’s sake now overshadows
1 Reason to Stop Reading Fitness Articles Based on Numerical Lists
The popularity of short content in the fitness industry is staggering, especially considering the complexity of the topic. Grabbing attention for attention’s sake now overshadows
1 Reason to Stop Reading Fitness Articles Based on Numerical Lists
The popularity of short content in the fitness industry is staggering, especially considering the complexity of the topic. Grabbing attention for attention’s sake now overshadows
Let’s Talk About Diet, Part 1: Quantity Versus Quality
I hate talking about diet. The subject usually hits on the same frequency and sensitivity as politics or religion. But of course, just as it
Why CrossFitters Need Less HIIT and More Endurance
Endurance as a term is illusive, misunderstood, inaccurately described, and generally feared and hated by many different gym-rat aficionados. Long slow distance (LSD) then, might
Endurance Is Not a Dirty Word
Endurance as a term is illusive, misunderstood, inaccurately described, and generally feared and hated by many different gym-rat aficionados. Long slow distance (LSD) then, might
The Problem Isn’t Your Strength Program – It’s You
I am hopeful that in an advanced modern era of fitness that the majority of us might recognize a “one-size-fits-all” program only works for the
