Let’s imagine you are the crew chief of a race team with a single car to race. This weekend your job is to see to it that your team does as well as possible. If everything goes well, you might even pull ... Continue Reading
10 Cues for a Perfect Kettlebell Swing
If you are an 80’s kid or older, you are familiar with The Karate Kid. It’s one of those movies you come across while flipping through the channels on a Sunday afternoon and just have to stop and watch ... Continue Reading
The 10 Commandments of the Kettlebell Swing
If you are an 80’s kid or older, you are familiar with The Karate Kid. It’s one of those movies you come across while flipping through the channels on a Sunday afternoon and just have to stop and watch ... Continue Reading
Can I Train Strength and Endurance in the Same Session?
Exercise is critical for health, longevity, and quality of life. Experts universally agree that everyone should participate in both endurance-oriented and strength-oriented activities several times per ... Continue Reading
How to Grow Older and Still Enjoy Training
I used to tell people that if I could go back to when I first started training (around the tenth grade), I would tell my younger self to change so many things. But now I realize my younger self would not ... Continue Reading
3 Reasons the Ground Is Your Body’s Best Friend
If you want happy joints, you gotta get low. As adults we may grudgingly get on the floor every once in a while, but for most of us the journey down to the floor and back up is not a pleasant one. ... Continue Reading
What Are Your Injuries Telling You About Your Life?
Earlier this year a fascinating study highlighted the importance of optimism and its correlation to the success of heart attack recovery.1 The study concluded that heart attack victims who displayed the ... Continue Reading
Tendinosis Versus Tendonitis: The Critical Difference
I’m sure at some point in your athletic endeavours you have dealt with injury or pain. Sometimes those injuries can produce pain that doesn’t want to go away and forces you to try to find a ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 3
Welcome to our brand new weekend roundup, Three of the Best! Every Sunday, we'll post up Breaking Muscle's top three articles of the week. These pieces have caught your attention throughout the last seven ... Continue Reading
First Trimester Fitness: 3 Ways to Overcome Fatigue
The first trimester of pregnancy is infamous for being a fitness deal-breaker. I can’t tell you how many stories I’ve heard of moms who were training for marathons one week, then stuck in bed drinking ... Continue Reading
Strengthen Your Ankles and Hips to Avoid Running Injuries
This short video works on strengthening the ankle and hips, which will help you avoid future knee or ankle injuries. I have run a few 50k trail races, and the most common problems I see are ankle or ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Weightlifting Warm Up
Olympic weightlifting requires maximal mobility, neuromuscular control, and power production. Limitations in any of these aspects will result in missed lifts, stalled progress, and potential injury. As a ... Continue Reading
10 Ways to Inject Positivity Into Your BJJ Community
Sometimes it seems like an inordinate number of column inches are dedicated to news stories about the lousy things people in the jiu jitsu community do. Particularly in recent years, there has been ample ... Continue Reading
Should Cyclists Run?
Should you run? If you are a triathlete then the answer is most surely yes. But what if you are a recreational or amateur cyclist? This week I’m exploring the pros and cons of running for cyclists. If you ... Continue Reading
How to Trim the Fat Off Your Warm Up Routine
Do you warm up before your training sessions? By now, the answer is probably yes since the industry has force-fed you the idea of the dynamic warm up being the most pivotal aspect of fitness. But the ... Continue Reading
Get the Diagnosis Right: It’s Not Tendonitis, It’s Tendinosis
I’m sure at some point in your athletic endeavors you have dealt with injury or pain. Sometimes those injuries can produce pain that doesn’t want to go away and forces you to try to find a ... Continue Reading
Train Smart: Programming Tips for Experienced Athletes
Note: Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments ... Continue Reading
CrossFitters: Time to Call Ourselves Out on the Shenanigans
Hey CrossFitters, have you ever noticed that we rarely call “shenanigans” on ourselves? As a tribe, we love to do a lot of outrageous, experimental, and potentially dangerous things, photograph them, and ... Continue Reading
5 Essential Strength Training Principles for Fighters
So you are a budding martial artist or sport fighter. Or maybe you’re training for reality-based self-defense and want to get stronger but don’t know where to start. Here are some principles you probably ... Continue Reading
Got a Cranky Elbow? How to Train Smart and Prevent Pain
Twingy and tweaky elbows are never desirable. But much like with shoulder pain, if you’ve been lifting for any appreciable amount of time, you’ve probably experienced (or currently have) elbow pain. But ... Continue Reading
2 Programs to Build Up Your Pull Ups
Some of the biggest smiles in training come after people achieve their first strict pull-up. People feel a great sense of accomplishment when they can lift their head above the bar with their own strength. ... Continue Reading
The Runner’s Guide to Loving Gravity
Running is like breathing. Just because you do it doesn’t mean you do it well. Whether you’re prepping for your first 5k or your next marathon, it’s critical to develop an understanding and appreciation of ... Continue Reading
Feats of Strength: How to Tear a Phonebook in Half
In my previous article, I gave an overview of what feats of strength are and why you should do them. Now, in this article, we dive into the specifics of one of the more popular challenges - tearing a ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 2
Welcome to our brand new weekend roundup, Three of the Best! Every Sunday, we'll post up Breaking Muscle's top three articles of the week. These pieces have caught your attention throughout the last seven ... Continue Reading
