The term middle age spread refers to the amount of weight gained by men and women once they hit the big 4-0. Not only do they pack on a few pounds, but their body fat percentage tends to rise as their lean ... Continue Reading
Cluster Sets for Athletic Conditioning
Strength and speed sit at opposite ends of a spectrum that embraces different manifestations of work, different forms of "athleticism" including absolute strength, strength speed, explosive strength, and ... Continue Reading
Lift More and Perform Better Using Mental Intention
If you have been training for awhile, chances are you constantly look for those tips, methods, and tricks to get more results for your efforts. Spending time and money on implementing the latest scientific ... Continue Reading
Developing Explosive Hip Power for Improved Speed and Performance
Photo by Bev Childress Great athletes have great hips. That is a motto I use in my training programs with athletes, and it has proven time and again to be one of our most effective protocols for ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Low Swing
Description Place the kettlebell slightly in front of your body. As you look down at your feet, which are hip width apart, the kettlebell should form an equilateral triangle. Set-up your hip hinge by ... Continue Reading
Five 15-Minute Total Body Workouts Using Only 3 Pieces of Equipment
These workouts are simple and efficient. Ony 3 pieces of equipment are required: a workout bench, a pair of dumbbells (I am using 25 lbs ones here), and a common, ordinary jump rope. Each workout consists ... Continue Reading
The Crucial Need for Rest and Recovery
When I have my mind set on something, I become super focused and I can tend to overdo it. Most recently, I've been fixated on the back of my body, spending time working on my glutes and posture. My ... Continue Reading
Hedonic Hunger and Why Beer Makes You Feel Good
Give me the choice between a good beer or a glass of wine, and I'll take beer any day. Whether at parties, BBQs, clubs, restaurants, or game nights with friends, most people can agree that beer is a drink ... Continue Reading
A 10 Minute Yoga Flow for Low Back Bliss
The other day, a friend at the gym told me about one of their friends who recently went to the doctor complaining of low back pain. They returned with the word “yoga” written on a prescription ... Continue Reading
Hypertrophy Tips for the Long-Limbed Lifter
Do you tower over people when standing, but look normal height when sitting? Are you all arms and legs? Then you, my friend, are not only tall, but also long-limbed. Being tall is cool. It helps with most ... Continue Reading
Cardio Needs to Make a Comeback
Intensity is sexy, and sex sells. Heaps of sweaty, heaving bodies on the floor after yet another burn-the-house-down workout invoke feelings of admiration and respect (and more than a few likes on ... Continue Reading
Managing Strength Training Stressors: Maximizing Peak Performance
An important part of any trainee's development is managing the level of exertion or stress to apply in programming workouts while maximizing the period of peak performance. This requires an understanding ... Continue Reading
The Pistol Squat: Develop Foundational Lower Body Strength
If I were held at gunpoint and forced to choose one lower body exercise, I would choose the pistol (see what I did there?). The pistol squat takes balance, flexibility, mobility, and strength. It even ... Continue Reading
Does Wearing Compression Garments Overnight Speed Up Recovery?
Compression garments are worn for the purpose of improving circulation. They are often used post-surgery, but athletes wear them to speed up post-workout recovery (better blood flow = faster nutrient ... Continue Reading
The Relation Between Biomechanical Stiffness and Feeling Stiff
Back pain and back problems are surprisingly common in our modern day and age. According to the American Chiropractic Association, low back pain is one of the most common reasons for missed work and is the ... Continue Reading
Endurance, Imagination, and Presence
There are two choices to make when faced with society’s problems, or your own. You can sit and talk about how horrible and sad they are, or you can get about the business of doing something about them. ... Continue Reading
The Best Core Workouts You’re Not Doing
Abdominals play a significant role in athletic and functional movements that we encounter daily. The exercises presented here are some of my favorite exercises for the abs and core and to develop ... Continue Reading
Fit for the Holidays Challenge
We are humans. We once braved the Ice Age, chased down wildebeests, outwitted wild tigers, and converted trees into boats to travel the oceans. We survived starvation, violence, and the elements, and ... Continue Reading
Finding Your Asymmetries and Fixing the Uneven Body
Get ready for a hard truth: You are not perfectly symmetrical, and your uneven strength and mobility capabilities could bring major consequences. But dismay not, everyone faces this issue. The aim of this ... Continue Reading
Use Yoga to Improve Your Lifts
Over the past couple of years, I’ve made it a priority to do yoga once a week–whether it’s taking a class, or doing poses in my hotel room when I travel. Yoga is a perfect complement to my weight-training ... Continue Reading
Failure Sucks, But Getting Emotional Is Good
Photo Credit: Bruce Klemens Failure sucks, doesn’t it? There's no worse feeling than seeing your hopes, dreams, and plans go up in smoke. It's tough to start all over again and pull yourself up from ... Continue Reading
The Second Half of Life Playbook: Assess Your Condition
"The journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step." - Forrest Gump With the right lifestyle modifications we can slow the aging process regardless of our current status. No matter what your ... Continue Reading
Oxygen Deprivation Does a Cell Good
The term "get high" is usually used to describe marijuana use, but in this case, we're talking about literal altitude. According to a new study out of the Weizmann Institute of Science, low-oxygen ... Continue Reading
Get Ready for Handstands: Find Freestanding Balance
This is the eighth part of a comprehensive handstand video series designed to bring you toward a strong and stable free-standing handstand. While this video will bring benefit to your training regardless ... Continue Reading
