If you’ve been anywhere near a TV set or the Internet in the last month, then you most certainly know the names Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson. Both are star NFL players. One beat his wife and one allegedly ... Continue Reading
A New Normal: The Quirks of an Athletic Lifestyle
The other morning I woke up to find that my right ear was clogged. I jammed my pinky in there, just like you’re not supposed to do. I moved my jaw around hoping for that pop of relief that you can ... Continue Reading
How I Got Started in Competitive Powerlifting (Athlete Journal 1)
Welcome Breaking Muscle readers! My name is Ryan Seaver, and I am here to share my training as a novice powerlifter. To start off, I'll tell you a bit about myself and how I found powerlifting. My ... Continue Reading
Which 4 Exercises Would You Choose for Total Body Development?
A hypothetical. Due to time constraints, assume you had to address your entire body with a minimal number of exercises. In this case, we are going to limit it to four. To optimally address overall body ... Continue Reading
Getting Ready for PanAms (Athlete Journal 51)
It’s the last week of hard training before the No Gi Pan Ams. I’m a little bit nervous and a lot excited. But most of all, I’m sore. This past week has definitely been a burner for me. We’ve been ... Continue Reading
Same But Different (Athlete Journal 108)
Specificity is both necessary and problematic. Not enough and you don’t make progress. Too much and you’ll fall prey to stagnation and overuse injuries. Fortunately, there’s an easy solution. Let’s ... Continue Reading
All You Need to Know About Getting Started with Kettlebells
No dropping weights. No grunting. Free pizza. These are all real things happening in fitness centers currently (although admittedly they’re all at the exact same place). But even if you go to other big gym ... Continue Reading
Inexpensive, Easy Ways to Prepare the Fitness Environment for Kids
In previous articles, I explained how the Montessori concept of “following the child” can be applied in both a school environment and a fitness environment. I also discussed how foundational training is ... Continue Reading
Why You Should Warm Up Less (Like the Russians Do)
Since my new gym opened a couple of months ago, one trend has surfaced that I just can’t ignore. I’ve been aware of this for quite some time, but it seems to be all the more prevalent nowadays. ... Continue Reading
Seattle’s Gift to Weightlifting and Other Sports
Seattle, Washington, USA. We all know about Bill Gates and Microsoft and the Space Needle from the 1962 World’s Fair. Caffeine addicts know it as the birthplace of the Starbucks chain of coffee houses. ... Continue Reading
Science Compares Strongman to Traditional Resistance Training
When it comes to creating programs to improve athletic performance, many coaches are aware that variety can be important, especially when an athlete gets bored with their training. However, too many ... Continue Reading
The Most Effective Ergogenic Aid for Your Performance
The supplement industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. Chances are, if you are reading this article, you more than likely take a supplement. Some of the more popular ones are protein powders, ... Continue Reading
Movement as Animation: Teaching CrossFit “By the Numbers”
What if I told you watching Bugs Bunny cartoons or playing FIFA 14 for hours a day can make you a better CrossFitter? I'd be lying, of course. But if I told you that studying the principles behind ... Continue Reading
How Elite Endurance Athletes Got There (And How You Can Too)
While I’m as amazed as everyone at what elite athletes are capable of, I’ve never been too interested in what they do for training. Sure, it can be eye-opening to see just what the human body can do, like ... Continue Reading
Can Peeing Make You a Better Runner?
The average amount a human bladder holds approximately 700ml. Urine has a higher specific gravity than water due to the minerals contained within, with a specific gravity of typically 1.02. Meaning, our ... Continue Reading
7 Injury Myths You Need to Stop Believing
Rest Is the Best Medicine This point has somehow become controversial in the past, but it really need not be. It is an old belief that when you are injured you need to rest, both yourself and the injury. ... Continue Reading
A Powerful Mental Strategy for Success on Game Day
I believe that training should have a purpose. It should be a means of building your body and mind kaizen style, with the ultimate goal of being game day ready. Being game day ready means being ready to ... Continue Reading
Cardio Before Strength Elicits Better Hormonal Response
Concurrent training is the term for combining training methods in a single session. Specifically, it’s when you do cardio and strength training not just during the same day, but also during the same trip ... Continue Reading
My Body Is Toast (Athlete Journal 50)
Sunday My hand was still in bad shape, so Sunday was a repeat of Saturday. Monday The swelling was starting to come down and mobility was returning to my wrist. I spent a lot of time in massage, ... Continue Reading
How TV, the Internet, and Your Phone Are Hurting Your Fitness
The average American spends 8.5 hours a day staring at screens.1 Said another way, we spend more than one third of our lives looking at a screen. I don’t know about you, but this got my attention and even ... Continue Reading
How to Banish Your Pain Faster and More Completely
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) can be a phenomenal tool to help you overcome injuries. Sometimes it’s simply our emotional pain that keeps our physical pain present. Sound crazy? Consider that ... Continue Reading
How Being Fit Can Keep You Safe and Improve Your Day
Four women have been attacked in the last week on and around my local University of Florida campus. Upon hearing of the most recent incident, I began to wonder what a woman might be able to do if put in ... Continue Reading
The Beauty of Suffering in Kettlebell Sport
Click Here to Start Your Free Kettlebell Sport Workouts I fell in love with suffering when I found cycling. It was my first introduction to endurance sports and I dove head first into the training, the ... Continue Reading
Grow Older and Get Stronger With Our Mature Athlete Workouts
"Getting 'old' is a choice, until it’s not a choice anymore. I have always had the attitude that my body is my body, and I will make it do what I want it to do, not what my age 'allows' it to do. ...I am ... Continue Reading
