Note: Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get to the bottom of the biggest questions in health and training. Post your questions via social media or in the comments ... Continue Reading
Your Search for the Perfect BJJ Gi Belt Is Over
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Be the Ultimate Athlete: Match Your Tool to Your Goal
There are so many ways to go about training, and so many goals. Strength, cardio, flexibility, fat loss. Combine that with the nearly unlimited amount of gear to choose from in order to achieve all these ... Continue Reading
Live Long and Prosper: Fitness for Mature Athletes
Getting in shape at forty and beyond has never been harder than it is right now. If you’re like most people, when you have a question you fire up the computer and search for an answer. An Avalanche of ... Continue Reading
3 Signs Lifting Weights Isn’t for You
Whatever your health and fitness goals, the benefits of lifting weights are well documented. You can become a leaner, stronger, faster, more confident and mentally tough version of yourself. What’s not to ... Continue Reading
Use Yoga to Get to Know Your Kids Better
After my oldest child was born, I practiced yoga during her naps for a long time. But one day, I decided to try it while she was awake. To my surprise, she plopped down next to me and followed along. She ... Continue Reading
Be Able to Do Everything: Match Your Tool to Your Goal
There are so many ways to go about training, and so many goals. Strength, cardio, flexibility, fat loss. Combine that with the nearly unlimited amount of gear to choose from in order to achieve all these ... Continue Reading
6 Mobility Exercises for an A$$-to-Grass Squat
Can you squat to parallel? Or do you struggle with obtaining that range of motion? If you struggle, or even if you can get all the way down but feel stiff doing so, then read on. I’m going to share six ... Continue Reading
Top 10 PT Test Mistakes (and 12 Weeks of Free Workouts to Fix Them)
Click Here to Start Stew's Twelve Weeks of Workouts Do you have to take a fitness test in a month? Here are twelve weeks of workouts for those of you who: Are beginners and only hoping to pass ... Continue Reading
Talkin’ About Lockouts: Partial Reps for Overhead Strength
I’m a big fan of partial lifting as it provides certain benefits that differ from those of full-range lifting. While working through full ranges of motion is crucial for overall strength and fitness, to ... Continue Reading
12 Reps – The Breaking Muscle Digest – Vol. 1, Issue 1
Get Your Read On - Breaking Muscle Style Here are a dozen top picks and reader favorites from the past week and the archives. GO RUN UP A WALL! HOW TO DO A PARKOUR WALL RUN - This technique, ... Continue Reading
3 Steps to Nip Youth Performance Anxiety in the Bud
Experiencing anxiety before a big sports event is normal, but what happens when this anxiety prohibits optimal sports performance? After a winter hiatus and with spring sports just around the ... Continue Reading
Are You Fit Enough to Fight Fire? Training for Heat Acclimation
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, between 1977 and 2012 there were 4,410 firefighter fatalities. Three-quarters of those deaths occurred during a time other than an on-scene fire and were ... Continue Reading
The Curse of Achilles: How to Prevent and Heal Achilles Tendon Injuries
For centuries, the heel of the foot has symbolized vulnerability. That's largely because it houses the Achilles tendon, which connects the calf muscle to the heel bone. For centuries, the heel ... Continue Reading
4 Balance Drills to Improve Your Bike Control
I have just come back from a few days of mountain biking in southern Europe. It stressed upon me the importance of having good balance and control skills. Spending time on the turbo trainer this winter, ... Continue Reading
4 Balance Exercises to Improve Your Bike Handling
I have just come back from a few days of mountain biking in southern Europe. It stressed upon me the importance of having good balance and control skills. Spending time on the turbo trainer this winter, ... Continue Reading
Understand the Link Between What you Eat and How You Move
Moving with good form requires the right kind of fuel. Simply look at triathletes finishing an Ironman or runners finishing a marathon. Often they are bent over, twisted, and shuffling. Their gait patterns ... Continue Reading
Keep Healthy and Roll On: Inflammation and Grappling
Grapplers are more inflamed than they may realize. The high-impact training combined with poor nutritional and lifestyle habits sets up a perfect environment for inflammation. And inflammation is not just ... Continue Reading
You Move As Well As You Eat: The Link Between Food and Gait
Moving with good form requires the right kind of fuel. Simply look at triathletes finishing an Ironman or runners finishing a marathon. Often they are bent over, twisted, and shuffling. Their gait patterns ... Continue Reading
An Economic Approach to Becoming the Ultimate Athlete
One promise of CrossFit is that it will create “optimum physical competence” in the ten physical domains.1 But I am not sure whether this equates to having the upper-body strength of a gymnast, the ... Continue Reading
Velocity Based Training: Stop Guessing Your Weights and Reps
“I’ve got another attempt in me, I know I do.” I hear this all the time, but the question is - do you really? Enter velocity based training (VBT). VBT can be a key component in taking the guesswork ... Continue Reading
Positivity and Persistence: My Story of Recovery From Injury
At seven and a half months post-op, I competed in the sport of CrossFit again - after fully rupturing my left Achilles tendon. I have tried not to make a big deal of it. Post-op after fully rupturing ... Continue Reading
Tips for Training BJJ on Your Travels
One of the best parts of my job as an auditor is that I get to visit companies in lots of different towns and cities. While I enjoy all the new shopping opportunities that provides, my favorite part is ... Continue Reading
Simple Mobility for a Healthy Lower Back
If you’ve ever experienced lower back pain, then you know it’s potentially expensive. We miss work, file insurance claims, and seek out countless passive therapies to feel better. On top of that, we end up ... Continue Reading
