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unilateral
A Comprehensive Guide to Unilateral Training for Injury-Free Training and Performance
Unilateral training has a hugely beneficial impact on joint health, stability, coordination, and balance.
Michael Hulcher
Women: Protect Your Knees With the Sprinter Stance Squat
This movement provides a safe gateway to crucial single leg work for women.
Jessica Bento
Work Your Muscles with Unilateral Training
Using dumbbells, kettlebells, bands, and even simple bodyweight movements, you can explore the vast array of movement options available to you.
Brad Borland
Don't Let Your Training Become a Circus Act
Your ego-fueled lifts are more like the freak show than the strongman, and are setting you up for big problems.
Brad Borland
The Primacy of Unilateral Training for Athletes
The correct recruitment of the smaller muscle groups is typically much greater in single leg movements, compared to its dual-legged counterpart.
Rich Stead
Mash Up Your Kettlebell Movements to Challenge Mind and Body
Take two simple movements, put them together in a new way, and create the greatest bang for your buck when it comes to total body and mind engagement.
Justin Lind
Center Your Training on Unilateral Movements
Life and sport are almost never symmetrical. Why do you train that way?
Justin Lind
Weaponize Your Training: Do The Kettlebell Walk
A simple modification to your regular kettlebell swing can transform it into a lethal unilateral training weapon.
Justin Lind
Create Muscular Balance With Unilateral Training
From increased stability to altering muscular force, these bodyweight movements should be part of every athlete's training.
Todd Kuslikis
How to Prime Your Body for a Bigger Squat
This strategy will flat out make you strong, even beyond the walls of the weight room.
Brandon Richey
A Study of Muscular Force and Athletic Performance
Getting stronger is important for any athlete, but developing a solid base in every plane of motion is the key to being at the top of your game.
Tom Kelso
The Critical Role of the Adductors in Avoiding BJJ Injuries
If you have a strong lower body, but still feel unstable, then your adductors might be the missing piece.
Samuel Spiegelman
Combat Asymmetrical Sports Postures With 2 Simple Fixes (Video)
These will help athletes in sports like snowboarding, golf, tennis, surfing, or racquetball.
Maryann Berry
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 4: Correcting the Imbalances
The imbalance of quad dominant over hip dominant exercises is dangerous. Salvage your body before too much more damage is done.
Ian King
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 3: 7 Key Practical Strategies
Most people undermine the power of single-leg training. In the following I share seven key strategies that will help you make the most of it.
Ian King
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 2: Challenging the Overreaction
I encourage everyone to analyze the true contribution of a new trend to your training before committing to long-term implementation.
Ian King
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 1: Historical Perspectives
Everywhere you look in the training world today you see single leg exercises. But it wasn’t always this way.
Ian King
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