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The Masters Athlete Experience and a 2017 CrossFit Games Preview
Bill and James Grundler talk about competing as brothers, breakthrough performances, and the intelligent aging athlete.
Breaking Muscle Editors
When Too Much Choice Is Bad for Your Training
Research indicates having too much choice has negative consequences that may interfere with your training.
Craig Marker
The RAIL System: Shoulder Mobility for the Bench Press
Basic movement resets can help alleviate shoulder pain during resisted pressing.
Perry Nickelston
The 12 Labors of Michael McCastle: Achieving the Impossible
It’s great to be strong, but it’s even better to use that strength to help other people.
Breaking Muscle Editors
Build Size. Build Mass. Stay Functional.
The goal of Functional Mass Gain is to put on size, but also get stronger, stay agile, stay fast, stay flexible, and maintain mobility.
Bobby Maximus
How to Progress Your Way to a Perfect Push Up
Dialing in your form and starting with the right progressions are the key to mastering the ultimate bodyweight exercise.
Melody Schoenfeld
Jerks Step
Encourages perfect form in execution and can be a great way to tax the nervous system in training.
Movement Library
Lifting Heavier Isn't Always Better
Low-volume, high-weight resistance training is the accepted "norm" for building strength, but that may not be the case.
Andy Peloquin
Your 1RM Present: A 4-Week End of Year Strength Program
An end of year weightlifting heavy program for intermediate and advanced users with a max 1RM finish before Christmas.
Thomas Showers
Bottoms-up: Press Stimulation
If your training does not include the bottoms-up kettlebell press, your overhead strength and stability are not what they could be.
Justin Lind
Is Your Training Functional or Circus Act?
Whether a movement can be called functional depends on the needs of the individual.
Scott Tindal
Functional: Ban The "F-Word"
For fuck’s sake let’s drop the redundant term and stop calling training "functional,” and just get back to doing the work.
Matt Beecroft
There's Nothing Fancy About Getting Fitter
Your goals are simpler than you think, and so are the methods that will get you there.
Charles Staley
15 Articles That Topped the List in 2015
Here is our most engaging, most viewed, and most admired content from the year.
Breaking Muscle Editors
The Fast Way to Long Health: Move Really Quickly
Do this two or three times per week, and you'll be faster and fitter within a month
Tommy Wood
Will Online Programming Make or Break Your Training?
If you are a novice lifter or looking for quick results, save both your time and your money and wait until you’re ready to focus.
John Clark
Keep It Simple: Classic Tools for Smart Training
These tools are classics - timeless gems in the ever-changing, overcomplicated world of strength and fitness.
Barrie-Jon Mulder
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