EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of world champion powerlifter Chris Duffin. Follow Chris as he trains and competes in various events over the coming year. Chris's journal will be posted every ... Continue Reading
Facing the Pain: Let It Be Your Guide
This article is part one of an exploration in facing your body, mind, and pain. "The wound is the place where the Light enters you." - Rumi It seems like the best way to end up in pain is to move ... Continue Reading
Fighting the “Mehs” – When Taking Some Time Off Is Good
Two weeks ago, I looked at the upcoming programming for my gym. The weeks to come strayed from our normal, focused training and emphasized a lighter vibe before we were to hit the next cycle of more ... Continue Reading
An Argument Against the Barbell
Before you jump on the defense in regards to the title of this article, let me tell you I am one of you, or at least I was. Ten years ago when I opened my first facility, the first piece of equipment I ... Continue Reading
Weighted Sled Tows Improve Sprint Performance Over Sprinting Alone
Towing a weighted sled can substantially improve sprint performance. So says a recent study from the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Acceleration is often more important than speed in ... Continue Reading
Good News: You Can Have Kids and Be in Shape
It's a classic scenario: Healthy, attractive Jack marries healthy, attractive Jill. They have a happy life and start having kids. It's hard to juggle work, everyday life, and small, loud people running ... Continue Reading
What You Don’t Know About CRH Can Kill You
As humans, we are all subjected to challenges, emotional, physical, metabolic, or psychological, that require our body to adapt and change in order to survive. Most people refer to these challenges as ... Continue Reading
How to Stop Sucking at Life and Win at Everything
"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities." - Bruce Lee I used to take a lot of drugs. I'm not talking about hippie drugs like weed, though I smoked that too. I'm talking about opium, ... Continue Reading
Kobe Bryant’s Achilles Injury: Why It Happened and What We Can Learn
If you are not aware, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant suffered an Achilles tendon tear during a regular season game against the Golden State Warriors on April 12, 2013. Without question this will ... Continue Reading
Sunday Seven: The Week’s 7 Most Popular Articles, Vol. 56
Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the 7 most popular articles of the week. This week's most hottest posts feature tips for your deadlift from featured coach Andy Bolton, ... Continue Reading
A Book Review, Interview, and Conversation with MMA Journalist Brian D’Souza
Brian D’Souza is a mixed martial arts journalist and blogger, and as such, he is used to being the one asking the questions rather than answering them. So when I chatted with him about his book Pound for ... Continue Reading
8 Perspectives on Gender in the Gym
Gender issues in the gym can be divisive or isolating, especially if your discipline is predominantly male or female. It doesn't have to be that way, though. How can men and women work together in the gym, ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 40 – Seeing Results
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ever wonder how a world-class coach actually trains? Wonder what it's like to train as a "mature athlete?" Welcome to the athlete journal of Charles Staley. A big believer in practicing what ... Continue Reading
Featured Photographer: Cheryl Boatman – CrossFit
Art can be so much more meaningful when you know a little bit more about the person behind it - the eye behind the lens. That's why I periodically profile sports/action photographers and their work. Read ... Continue Reading
How Yoga Found Me and Carried Me Through Cancer
It’s almost like a bad word, cancer. You never want to hear that word after a visit to the doctor. But I did, shortly after moving across the country as a newlywed army wife. The radiologist called me up ... Continue Reading
For Older Guys Doing Martial Arts: 3 Rules and a Workout Plan
Photos provided by David Brown Photography. In the last few weeks I’ve had requests for articles on training older guys and the benefits of crawling and strength training for martial artists. All ... Continue Reading
How the Length of Your Bones Affects Your Power Output
In a recent article I discussed various methods of performing a bench press. One of the take-home points was that power output was highest when lifting explosively with 55% of an athlete’s one rep max ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Ruth Anderson Horrell, Entry 7 – 4/25/2013
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the athlete journal of Ruth Anderson Horrell, which will be posted every Wednesday. Hailing from New Zealand, Ruth competed in the 2011 and 2012 CrossFit Games and hopes to do the ... Continue Reading
Merging Selves: My Continued Development as a Grappler and Its Larger Meaning
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to give a presentation in front of an academic audience. It was a presentation about me and my orientation to learning theory, for a group of faculty, instructional ... Continue Reading
Why Weightlifting Training Is Best Done in a Group
The sport of weightlifting appeals strongly to the individual sport athlete for a variety of reasons. The most obvious of these is that once you are out on the platform, you are completely on your own. No ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 9 – 4/24/2013
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the athlete journal of CrossFit trainer and masters athlete Patrick McCarty. Patrick competed in the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games in the 45-49 age bracket and has his sights set on ... Continue Reading
The Yoga of Self Defense: Arming Your Inner and Outer Self
I love yoga. I really do. I love the ability to let go of paying attention to the external world for a few moments and filtering through the stories of human peril. I mean, yoga is where we go for ... Continue Reading
The Best BJJ Gear for Women: No Gi, Gi, and Random Girl Necessities
Aside from all of the technical knowledge we work to acquire as we begin training Brazilian jiu jitsu, most of the required (or desired) gear is only available online so we also have to learn what to buy ... Continue Reading
Common Sense Programming for the Intelligent Insect
After writing this article on how specialization is for insects, I received more than one email from people asking how they could go about becoming smart insects. That is, how could they create a training ... Continue Reading
