Great coaching, great programming, and great education come in many different forms but share a foundation of being: Simple - Straight-forward, easy to follow, and un-intimidating. Effective - ... Continue Reading
The Squat Conundrum: Front to Back
Theodore Sloan, Antonio Squillante, and Giulio Palau are three up and coming young coaches, part of a vanguard of new minds coming into the industry. They will approach a coaching tactic or strategy ... Continue Reading
Linking Strength and Cognitive Function in Aging Men and Women
We're all very familiar with the strength-related benefits of resistance training. With stronger muscles, we're more easily able to carry out our activities of daily life: hauling out the garbage, moving ... Continue Reading
The Brutal Simplicity of Fitness
If you’re not having fun with your training, you’re going to quit. So have fun! That’s the sort of simple, no-BS message that dominates the fitness philosophy of Rob MacDonald. You might know him better as ... Continue Reading
How I Learned to Run Again
I recently completed a Spartan Super Run with a good friend of mine. The Spartan Super Run is a 14.4k, 20-plus obstacle race that takes you through different terrains, challenging your body under multiple ... Continue Reading
How to Assess Your Full-Body Flexibility
In my recent articles I’ve discussed the importance of functional flexibility for performance and some of the common stretching pitfalls we all make. Today, I’ll go through five movements that will give ... Continue Reading
Arm Balancing: Improve Your Strength Through Alignment
When someone new watches me demonstrate an arm balance, he or she often responds with, "I don't think I have the upper body strength for that." Well, I don't either. There are some strong athletes who can ... Continue Reading
3 Knee Friendly Quad Exercises That Aren’t Squats
My orthopedist told me that I have one bad knee and one worse knee. I’m 27 years old and I’ve got double knee replacements in my future; if I continue doing the things that I enjoy (hiking, skiing, and the ... Continue Reading
The Weekender Recovery Mobilization
It’s the weekend! You’ve been crushing your body all week, and now it's time for some much-needed rest and recovery. But please, don’t just sit there. Recover! A little movement will go a long way to ... Continue Reading
Refined Grains in Pregnancy Diets and Childhood Obesity
Many studies in the past have linked a poor pregnancy diet to a higher risk of childhood obesity. For example, a June 2017 study found that drinking diet soda during pregnancy increased obesity rates ... Continue Reading
Bring Back That Sinuous Spine
Conventional fitness programs will tell you that your core’s only function is to brace the spine, which should only be used as a rigid lever. But your body is designed to move fluidly, and your spine is no ... Continue Reading
Kung Fu and Kettlebells
Every good thing in your life is about relationships, and that includes fitness. Nobody can illustrate this point better than Dr. Chris Holder, head strength and conditioning coach at Cal Poly, and a ... Continue Reading
Exercise Your Body Image Issues Away
Most of us walk out of the gym/studio/training field feeling two things: exhausted because we pushed ourselves hard, and happy because we know we did the right thing for our health. The endorphin rush ... Continue Reading
Free Fitness: Get Outside
As we cross into the summer months, your opportunities for fitness grow tremendously. Summer gives you the chance to bring your training outdoors. You can try new activities and challenges, mix up your ... Continue Reading
A New Approach to Metabolic Changes in Menopausal Women
It didn’t make sense to me, I had always looked after my body, yet it just wasn’t reacting to food and exercise the way it previously had. I had started to get fat around my once flat belly, my legs had a ... Continue Reading
Prefer White to Whole Wheat Bread? Your Gut Says It’s Okay
This may seem like a ridiculous question. After all, everyone knows that the nutrients and fiber in whole wheat bread are good for your health, while white bread contains simply empty carbs and useless ... Continue Reading
The Athlete’s Guide to Managing Ulcerative Colitis
As a fitness enthusiast, or athlete, you should know that ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the more common gastrointestinal disorders, but the sad truth is that doctors still aren't 100% certain what ... Continue Reading
Change Your World with Hand and Wrist Mobility
Do you ever think about how your hands interact with the ground? Or when you go through your push ups/planks/crawling patterns, are they just a body part that responds, along for the ride, but not really a ... Continue Reading
Stay Fit While Traveling
I recently experienced a long week-and-a-half stint of travel. Memorial Day weekend was spent in Toronto for a fitness conference (a five hour drive both ways), arriving back home for a quick two-day break ... Continue Reading
The Reverse Engineering of Tiredness
Everyone gets tired and sleepy. It's just the body's way of telling us we need to rest, or that we're short on energy and nutrients. It's normal to feel fatigued or desire sleep at the end of a long day, ... Continue Reading
The Best Meals in Life are Shared…Even With Yourself?
Some of my happiest memories are of times I spent sitting around the table with my family—as a child, with my brothers, sisters, and parents; now, with my own wife and kids. Laughing, talking, telling ... Continue Reading
14 Books to Train Your Athletic Mind This Summer
It’s a safe assumption that any regular consumer of this site has no aversions to reading. Mark Twain is credited with saying, “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ... Continue Reading
The Masters Athlete Experience and a 2017 CrossFit Games Preview
In the aviation community, there is a saying that there are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots. There is perhaps no better example of this unity of experience and ... Continue Reading
What is Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome?
Knee pain can be a common complaint among all athletes. Younger athletes with knee pain may actually be suffering from Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome. Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome is a common overuse injury named ... Continue Reading
