We all understand that you can’t run before you can walk, and you can’t walk before you can stand, but often people don’t know the requisite foundation that must precede more complex movements in fitness. ... Continue Reading
Yoga and Meditation Boosts Executive Brain Function
Over the last decade, yoga has become one of the most popular types of physical activity in the United States. There are an estimated 36 million people practicing yoga, up from just over 20 million in ... Continue Reading
Online Workouts: A Trainer’s Perspective
As a fitness professional, it is implied that I like working out. It’s true, I like seeing what my body is capable of; I am also a human being with a lot of self discipline, a type A personality, and a ... Continue Reading
The Duh Moment – Balance Eccentric With Concentric Training
Most of the work done in traditional resistance training exercise emphasizes the concentric phase of muscle contractions. This is the shortening of the muscles as they act against a resisting force, such ... Continue Reading
Get Ready for Handstands: Intro to Inversion
This is the sixth part of a comprehensive video series designed to bring you toward a strong and stable free-standing handstand. While this video (see below) will benefit your training regardless of your ... Continue Reading
3 Cone Lateral To Forward Bound
Description Begin by placing 2 cones 6 to 8 feet apart just like the 2 cone drill previously listed. In addition to the 2 cones place a third cone about 6 to 8 feet out in front of the middle of the 2 ... Continue Reading
Reset Your T-Spine With This Simple Stretch
This simple stretch for the mid-to-upper portion of your spine will help to reduce tension, and leave you feeling taller and more open through the chest and shoulders. To do it, you will need a chair and a ... Continue Reading
Could a Drug Be the Solution to Obesity?
Obesity rates have risen drastically in the last three decades. According to the WHO, worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980, with more than 13% of the world's population being overweight and ... Continue Reading
You Don’t Need a Pro – Just Go!
Every Sunday morning, I savor a cup of coffee (or five) while I sift through my weekly dose of fitness articles. Lately, I’ve noticed a recurring theme: “Wanting to be fit without hiring a trainer is like ... Continue Reading
Learning Programming and Finding a Good Coach
John Wooden once said "failing to plan is planning to fail." This applies in life, sport and in coaching. Programming is a necessary, but often challenging aspect to coaching. For a coach, it is important ... Continue Reading
Beyond Elimination Dieting Moderation Is Key
For decades, fats were vilified as the evil food to be avoided at all costs. In the last few years, the pendulum has swung in the other direction, and carbs are now the villains of the food world. From ... Continue Reading
Trajectories from Energy Drinks to Substance Abuse
Energy drinks: helpful or harmful? Resistance trainees looking for a pre-workout boost often rely on caffeinated energy drinks to increase performance. According to one new study from the University of ... Continue Reading
Your Personal Definition of Fitness
Source: Bev Childress One of the more useful conversations sparked by the rise of CrossFit is the very definition of fitness. For better or worse, CrossFit has planted their flag on quantifiable work ... Continue Reading
It Isn’t Fat Shaming: How Protecting Feelings Hurts Health
The number one value of modern societies is comfort. We lust for technologies that promise an easier life, while our gadgets ironically accelerate us into overdrive. We seek quick fixes for every ... Continue Reading
3D Printing and the Future of Artificial Bones
Your skeletal structure (bones) performs two primary functions: support and movement. Not only does the rigid bone structure work with your muscles to keep you standing upright, but it's necessary to move ... Continue Reading
Why Age Is Only a Number
“I go to bed healthy and I wake up with an injury.” - Father Time “I go to bed healthy and I wake up with an injury.” - Father Time Data now reveals that the majority of health and ... Continue Reading
Safe Assumptions in an Unsafe World
As a Krav Maga instructor, I am a big advocate of everyone learning personal safety strategies. Part of my personal ethos is helping other people avoid some of the negative experiences that have shaped my ... Continue Reading
Tart Cherry Supplements Don’t Take to Water Kindly
Tart cherries are rich in anthocyanins and phytochemicals that have been linked by previous research to improved post-workout recovery, which in turn leads to improved athletic performance. In the past, ... Continue Reading
Get Ready for Handstands: Strength and Stability
This is part 5 of a comprehensive handstand video series to bring you toward a strong and stable free-standing handstand. While this video will bring benefit to your training regardless of your ... Continue Reading
11 Rules for Hardgainers to Live By
Most skinny guys think building large amounts of muscle is an impossibility. They spend their time blaming genetics. They believe that their fate is already sealed, and they resign themselves to a scrawny, ... Continue Reading
Only 16 Years Old and Among the Fittest in the World
Tori Dow’s mom got her into CrossFit at about 13 years old. Tori's mom, who is pretty good at CrossFit herself, wanted her daughter to get some of the benefits and jump a little higher. So, they ... Continue Reading
How Those Instagram #fit Selfies May Unmask Depression
Roughly 95 million photographs are shared to Instagram every day, with more than 40 billion photos shared on the platform. With more than 600 million Instagram accounts open today, the social media ... Continue Reading
Train Your Feet: The Alpha of Every Movement
Your feet are the foundation of your body and your movement. What happens at the ground floor level has repercussions throughout your body. Force and balance all start from the feet. Your ... Continue Reading
A New Understanding of How Muscles Work
If you've never heard of sarcomeres, it's because they're very tiny—so tiny, in fact, that they are "the smallest unit within a muscle in which all the molecules responsible for making a muscle work can be ... Continue Reading
