The pursuit of health and fitness is as ever-changing as humanity itself, and Greg Walsh has devoted his life to leading that change in a meaningful direction. The pursuit of health and ... Continue Reading
Every Step Is a Gift
Becoming an athlete when you’re already in your 30s is a funny thing. I don’t have any glory days to look back on from my teens and 20s, because aside from a few (very mediocre) years of wrestling in high ... Continue Reading
Ramp Up Your Warm Up: Prepare With Purpose
How do you approach your warm up? If you’re like most people, you come into the gym, spend a couple of minutes on the rower or the Airdyne, do some dynamic stretching, air squats, push ups, and boom – ... Continue Reading
Don’t Underestimate the Power of Zinc
Zinc is one of the most underrated of the minerals. We always hear about sodium and potassium, the electrolytes that control water retention; iron, which your body needs to produce red blood cells; ... Continue Reading
A Comprehensive Guide to Self-Coaching
You can be your own coach. Not everyone desires this, and even those who do might not ever take that leap. Not everyone should self-coach, but everyone is capable of developing the skills, knowledge, a ... Continue Reading
Get Functional Biceps Without a Single Curl
As the ultimate showoff muscles, biceps have garnered their fair share of ridicule over the last few years. Since functional movement has charged back into the mainstream at full speed, many now taunt and ... Continue Reading
Why Everyone Needs to Meditate
Meditation is a practice with a slight image problem. It gets nothing but praise from health and psychology literature, and from our most elite performers. But most people see meditation as a bizarre first ... Continue Reading
The Neuroprotective Benefits of Daily Exercise
Exercise has a wide range of effects on the human brain. It can increase brain function, enhance memory and recall, repair damaged brain cells, and promote a healthier balance of neurochemicals. While most ... Continue Reading
Big, Ugly, and Strong: The Anti-Hero Workout
There’s a question I sometimes ask those who come to me for advice on their workout programs: Do you want to be big, ugly, and strong, or lean and pretty? There’s a question I sometimes ... Continue Reading
Add Muscle to Become a More Durable and Powerful Athlete
Many may wonder if muscle mass is simply a by-product of an athletic strength and conditioning program. It is also questioned whether muscle mass is a good thing for athletes. Can excessive mass slow an ... Continue Reading
Exercise and Heart Attack Survival
We all know that exercise is good for us. It builds muscle, burns fat, encourages production of important neurochemicals and hormones, improves digestion, reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease and ... Continue Reading
Competing in CrossFit: The Hard Reality Behind Your Goal
Since the end of the CrossFit Games California Super Regional, I have had a lot of athletes contact me in regards to getting better. One of the first questions I have begun asking is, “What are your goals ... Continue Reading
6 Accessory Exercises to Make You a Better CrossFitter
When it comes to a multi-functional discipline like CrossFit, you need to have a well-rounded training regimen. Focusing solely on the big lifts, like the squat, deadlift, clean, and snatch simply won’t ... Continue Reading
Break Free From the Tyranny of Your Heart Rate Monitor
Your heart rate monitor is a dinosaur. An outdated piece of equipment, even if it is the newest model. To the masses that use it, consider it a liar. It deceives you about how hard to train, what “zone” to ... Continue Reading
How to Slice Through Gym Traffic
Let me set the scene. You leave the office after another stressful day, endure the congested commute, and stride into the gym only to fight another traffic backup. Only this time, it’s a gym packed with ... Continue Reading
Should You Eat Before Training?
Ask ten trainers about pre-workout nutrition, and you'll get ten different answers. Some trainers insist that it's better to train in a fasted state (first thing in the morning, no breakfast). Others ... Continue Reading
How Randy Hetrick’s TRX Ended Up Everywhere in Fitness
Welcome to the new Breaking Muscle Podcast! Our goal each week will be to get you into the minds and lives of some of the leaders in thought and practice throughout the fitness industry. Our goal is to ... Continue Reading
Training with Hypermobility
For years, hypermobility was a term that we didn’t hear much in the training world. It was understood people have various degrees of mobility, and some were naturally more flexible than others. Once in a ... Continue Reading
Digital Exergaming Gets People Moving
When the Nintendo Wii was first released, it became the in thing to get exercise via video games. The many exergaming options included a wide range of virtual sports, dance games, and even proper ... Continue Reading
Plyometrics for Bodybuilding
What do you think of when you hear the term plyometrics? Do thoughts of CrossFitters, track athletes, or football players doing box jumps, high knees, or bounds come to mind? As a staple tool in an ... Continue Reading
Speed Hides Need
An old adage of the strength coaching sphere tells us that “speed hides need.” This is a concept that any experienced strength coach understands and applies to find areas of weakness, deficiency, or “need” ... Continue Reading
Love Handles Can Be Deadly
In the last few decades, the American average weight and body mass index have risen. While there has been an increase in health consciousness and attempts to get fit, the overall statistics have been ... Continue Reading
What Improv Theater Teaches Us About Mobility
I recently read an amazing book called Do/Improvise by Robert Poynton. He makes a compelling case for creative improvisation as a way of life, and what’s even more fascinating is that these same lessons ... Continue Reading
Troubleshoot Your Overhead Press
The strict standing barbell overhead press gets a bad rap. Many recreational lifters will blame it for their shoulder pain. Others get frustrated because it seems so simple, yet it can be so difficult to ... Continue Reading
