CrossFit Games season is upon us. Between February 22 and July 15 the long process of selecting the “Fittest Man and Woman on Earth” will take place beginning with the CrossFit Games Open, continuing in ... Continue Reading
How to Be Coachable: Advice from Expert Coaches
Much is made of a coach’s ability to lead a team and individual athletes to their optimum performance, whether in a high school context or as part of a professional sports team - or anywhere in between. ... Continue Reading
Babies and Iron: What’s a Mom to Do?
Like any mom, I want to provide my children with the best nutrition possible, which is one reason I chose to breastfeed my daughters. So, I was surprised (and discouraged) to learn my baby had low ... Continue Reading
How To Snatch In 10 Seconds Flat
Olympic weightlifters are a bunch of elitists. I'm not saying that to be mean. I'm one of them! And some of that elitism is well deserved. After all, the snatch - when done well - is one of the hardest ... Continue Reading
Can Lifting Weights Make You Flexible?
To stretch or not to stretch? Should I stretch before and/or after training? Is static stretching better than dynamic stretching? Does resistance training increase or decrease flexibility? Why has ... Continue Reading
Fuel For Your Bedroom Fire: Natural Ways to Increase Libido
Last week we took a look at Traditional Chinese Medicine’s view of sexual frequency in association with maintaining good health. For those people who found themselves to be at the bottom end of the scale ... Continue Reading
Love on the Mat: The Story of Lisa, Greg, and BJJ
Many people start training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and find a lifestyle. Fifty/50 BJJ students Lisa Ivy and Greg Anderson started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and found each other. Currently in the midst ... Continue Reading
CrossFit – An Example Amongst Statistics
The fitness world is full of percentages, metrics, and calculations we adhere to like cattle. Statistics we accept as gospel; change we fear as blasphemy. Adding weight to the bar, dropping a ... Continue Reading
Kids and Kettlebells: Is It Safe?
In 2001 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) revised its policy regarding children and strength training. Although the new policy discourages competitive weightlifting and bodybuilding in children,it ... Continue Reading
The 5 Best Olympic Weightlifting Shoes for Under $200 in 2012
When I first started Olympic weightlifting, there were very few choices for weightlifting shoes. It was basically Adidas...or Adidas! And they were NOT cheap. But now, in large part because of the ... Continue Reading
How Much Bacon Should You Be Makin’? Chinese Medicine’s View of Sexual Frequency
It’s Valentine’s month, which most likely means that you have the opposite sex (or the same) on your mind. Ask most Americans how often they should be having sex at their age and the answer is usually ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Andrea DuCane, Part 2 – Always a Student
In part one of our interview with Master RKC Instructor Andrea DuCane, she shared in regards to her first endeavor as a kettlebell instructor - to translate a system built for the military and ... Continue Reading
An Unabashedly Biased Portrait of UFC Fighter Darren Uyenoyama – Part 2
Earlier this week, I shared the first half of an interview I conducted with mixed martial artist Darren Uyenoyama. Read on for the rest! Darren’s nickname is Bone Crusher, though very few people ... Continue Reading
High Speed Power Training Effective for Older Women
As women age finding a workout that increases functional fitness, as well as strength and power, is essential to overall health and wellness. New research in the Journal of Experimental Gerontology, ... Continue Reading
An Unabashedly Biased Portrait of UFC Fighter Darren Uyenoyama – Part 1
Photos by Sean Pierre. Journalists are supposed to be impartial. But columnists get to have opinions. Big, loud ones. So if I’m either of these two things, today I’m a columnist. This is ... Continue Reading
Scientific Analysis of the Kettlebell Swing, Snatch, and Carry
Kettlebells are gaining popularity as a method of training strength and conditioning. There are a lot of claims as to what can be accomplished with kettlebells, but what muscles do they really ... Continue Reading
The 2012 Top 10 Fitness Blog Contest – Nominate Your Favorite Blog to Win!
February 1st marks the beginning of our first annual Top 10 Fitness Blog Contest! What Is It: We want your help in determining the Top 10 Fitness Blogs on the Internet. The Internet is a big ... Continue Reading
What Fighters Know That You Don’t: 5 Facts for Losing Fat
A recent study in the Strength and Conditioning Journal explored methods fighters employ to make weight – still largely unchartered waters – and a few simple facts stood out. Fact 1: If looking ... Continue Reading
Paleo Pregnancy: How “Caveman Cuisine” Benefits You & Your Baby
My diet radically changed during my first pregnancy. Although I still had sporadic cravings for not-so-healthy foods (ice cream sandwiches were my biggest temptation), I found that on a more regular basis ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Andrea DuCane, Part 1 – The Ageless Body
You’ve heard the story before. “I wasn’t athletic as a child,” it starts. Well, did you ever hear the version where not only was she not athletic, but the kickball captains fought NOT to have her on their ... Continue Reading
6 Tips For an Injury Free Yoga Class
Is yoga really a dangerous practice? A recent article in The New York Times, discussed an overwhelming phenomenon happening with yoga related injuries, ranging from degenerative disorders of the shoulders ... Continue Reading
Winner Announced – “Well Fed” Cookbook Giveaway Contest!
Earlier this week I posted a review of the fabulous new paleo cookbook Well Fed, by Melissa Joulwan of The Clothes Make the Girl. Melissa was so kind as to provide us with a copy of the book to giveaway to ... Continue Reading
Celebrities: They Grapple Just Like Us!
The gossip magazine Us Weekly has a feature titled “Stars: They’re Just Like Us,” which shows candid photos of celebrities engaging in day-to-day activities like grocery shopping or drinking coffee. (I ... Continue Reading
Just How Sore Are You? Scientists Use Infra-Red To Measure DOMS
Most anyone who has exercised hard or played sports is familiar with DOMS – delayed onset muscle soreness. That painful stiff soreness that strikes hard a day or two after your activity. For ... Continue Reading
