Unless you’ve been living in a cave recently -- or perhaps because you’ve been living in a cave recently -- you’ve probably heard of the concept of “Paleo” or “primal” fitness. First impression: ... Continue Reading
Kinetic Analysis of the Push-Up: Which Version Is Hardest?
It's a thought that comes up often during workouts – just how much weight are you moving while performing a push-up? And what is the difference in load between a knee push-up and a toe push-up? Or what ... Continue Reading
5 Myths About Meditation
A myriad of research that has demonstrated the positive effects of a meditation practice on stress, physical health, chronic pain, sleep, mood, concentration, and athletic performance. Meditation can give ... Continue Reading
How Can Your Fitness Keep You Safe? Interview with Bodyguard – Miguel DeCoste
What do physical fitness and personal security have to do with one other? Well, according to Miguel DeCoste, a personal safety and threat assessement specialist, they have a lot to do with each ... Continue Reading
Compression Tights May Not Be Worth Hype for Performance Benefits
New research in the Institute of Training Science and Sport Informatics, examined the effects of popular graduated compression stockings on running performance in male and female competitive ... Continue Reading
An Introduction to Implement Training: Get Strong Like a Strongman
The popularity of implement or strongman training is on the rise in strength training programs today. Implements used in strongman style training can include; tires, sandbags, water filled implements, ... Continue Reading
Run All Night: Ragnar Relay Series
If you like to temporarily deprive yourself of sleep, hygiene, and at least some of your sanity -- and if you have a sense of adventure and a love of running, then the www.ragnarrelay.com might be for you. ... Continue Reading
How to Move Better and Relieve Pain
Recently while researching negative heel shoes, I came across the website of Katy Bowman. Our modern society is plagued with “diseases of affluence,” like heart disease and diabetes. Katy believes some of ... Continue Reading
Yoga Effective at Changing the Antero-Posterior Curvature of The Spine
Research in the field of human performance is once again finding the multitude of benefits of incorporating yoga into an overall health and fitness program. New research in the Journal of Human Movement, ... Continue Reading
A Walk In the Park: Taku’s Equipment-Free Workout
Looking for a challenging workout, but you don’t have any equipment? The following is an excellent General Physical Preparedness (GPP), bodyweight circuit, designed for all-around athletic ... Continue Reading
Tips for Choosing a CrossFit Gym
When I first started training in CrossFit, over six and a half years ago, there were not many options for schools. I trained where I did because there were only ten CrossFit affiliates in the world and ... Continue Reading
The Dog Brothers’ Summer Gathering of the Pack
On September 18, 2011, the Dog Brothers held their Summer Gathering of the Pack at Gokor Chivichyan’s Hayastan Mixed Martial Arts Academy in North Hollywood, CA. Describing themselves on their website, ... Continue Reading
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: How & Why To Do a “Technical Stand-Up”
In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), there is a move that goes by several descriptions: the get-up, standing up in base, or the technical stand-up; the latter is how we will refer to ... Continue Reading
Inside the World of Women Ultrarunners
The sport of ultrarunning is becoming more popular today, as athletes search for new ways to challenge themselves in competition and training. Ultrarunning is defined as the sport of long distance ... Continue Reading
4 Weeks to Better Cardio: Taku’s Interval Training
Looking to get in great cardiovascular shape without a complicated or time-consuming plan? Try this out. This plan is a continuation of my series for the open-field sport player such as lacrosse, ... Continue Reading
Meditative Breathing Practice Increases Vital Capacity and Lowers Blood Pressure
New research is further confirming the positive effects of a meditative breathing practice. Research published in the Journal of Physical Education and Sports Management, examined the effects of a 6 week ... Continue Reading
Female Athletes Still Lacking Crucial Knowledge About the Connection Between Menstrual Health and Bone Loss
Recent research in Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, assessed a group of female high school track athletes, and their knowledge of menstrual health and bone loss. Researchers investigated ... Continue Reading
“Talk Test” Put to the Test
While there are endless gadgets on the market to measure your heart rate, most of us are familiar with the more folksy method known as the “talk test.” Simply put, if you are exercising and still ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Liam “Taku” Bauer
This week marks the start of a new four-week cycle of workout programming in our Strength and Conditioning Workouts. Our new Featured Coach is Liam “Taku” Bauer. “Truth, Not Trend” is the slogan for Hybrid ... Continue Reading
How Clean is Your Gym? What do Trainers and Coaches Really Know About MRSA?
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are rampantly spreading in gyms, locker rooms, and athletic facilities. Staphylococcus aureus (staph) is a common bacterium that causes a wide ... Continue Reading
The Best Way to Reduce Dangerous Belly Fat
The desire to lose belly fat is a popular one for aesthetic reasons, but loss of belly fat is imperative for many on a medical level. Abdominal obesity frequently indicates a high level of visceral fat. ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Andy Petranek, Part 3 – The Coach
In the third and final segment of our interview series with former Marine and CrossFit LA founder, Andy Petranek, we are going to explore his personal coaching philosophy and his thought process in writing ... Continue Reading
What We Know about Handedness
A concept as basic as the hand we choose for eating, writing, making contact with our loved ones, is at the heart of extensive empirical research. Roughly nine in ten of us favor our right hands for these ... Continue Reading
Variations in Tempo Effects Power Output
Tempo training is an important component of training commonly overlooked by strength and conditioning professionals and athletes. More research is being conducted to determine the efficacy of this style of ... Continue Reading
