Strongmen Jacob Finerty and Shawn Braden Couch at The Training Hall. Over the last decade, athletes and coaches have ventured away from the standard barbell to mix up the way they load their ... Continue Reading
How to Define and Act on Your Values
My last few articles have dealt extensively with the need to hone our purpose and our values. We’ve looked at death, and why it is an essential context to create perspective. We’ve analyzed the six human ... Continue Reading
Don’t Underestimate The Importance Of Vitamin D
When you think of important vitamins, no doubt you immediately think of the big 3: vitamin A, C, and E. Vitamin A is the rockstar that keeps your eyes, hair, skin, and fingernails healthy. Vitamin C is the ... Continue Reading
Lessons From a Life With the Iron
When it comes to your training and nutrition knowledge, I always say it’s not the years but the miles; the wear and tear you experience teaches you what you need to know. No one pushes the iron for a ... Continue Reading
From PVC to Masters Powerlifter in 6 Months
Arnold Schwarzenegger once said, “Pay no attention to the people who say it can’t be done... Arnold Schwarzenegger once said, “Pay no attention to the people who say it can’t be done... I always ... Continue Reading
Resistance Training Is Amazing For Your Heart
(Source: Bruce Klemens) (Source: Bruce Klemens) We all know that resistance training (weightlifting, HIIT training) is good for our health. It increases muscular strength and endurance, ... Continue Reading
PRISE: The Regimen Of Champions
For those new to the gym, dieting, and training, it's easy to find a workout and eating program that works for you. With so many options and a blank canvas to work with, you can start working on your ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Injuries and How to Prevent Them
The practice of training and competing with weights can result in various injuries and damage to the athlete. The causes of injury could include carelessness, equipment problems, the training hall itself, ... Continue Reading
Are Your Weak Neck Muscles Making Your Hamstrings Tight?
To generate power, you need mobility. To have mobility, you need stability. Proximal stability feeds distal mobility. Instability signals the brain and nervous system to put the brakes on power output ... Continue Reading
Build Strength Without Adding Bulk
What I'm about to teach you seems counter-intuitive to many people's goals. Usually, you'll see me writing an article on how to get bigger and stronger. The thing is, some people don't want to get ... Continue Reading
Practice Consistency as a Skill
Of all the areas you can focus on in your training, the single one that yields the biggest results is consistency. Whatever your training goals, consistency is important across the board in achieving them. ... Continue Reading
The Mom’s Guide to Buying a Jogging Stroller
Buying a safe, high-quality jogging stroller is one of the best investments you will make in your postnatal health. Traditional baby strollers are not built to withstand long walks or jogging on irregular ... Continue Reading
Skipping Leg Day Could Kill Your Knees
(Source: Bev Childress/Choose Courage Foundation) We've all seen those funny images of guys and girls with huge upper bodies and scrawny legs, and we all know that skipping leg day can lead to serious ... Continue Reading
The Spencer Technique and Shoulder ROM
The Spencer technique, in which a clinician guides the shoulder joint through its full range of motion (ROM), may prevent injury in baseball pitchers, according to research in the Journal of the American ... Continue Reading
The Essentialists: Chandler Stevens
"More" has become the religion of the 21st century. We assume more is better in training, in eating, and in our to-do lists. Commercials convince us that buying more will make us happy, and social media ... Continue Reading
Discipline Your Mind and Reap the Benefits
In the last couple of articles I wrote, the focus was on dealing with trauma—in particular divorce and how exercise was a helpful form of therapy for a number of reasons. Intense exercise creates a ... Continue Reading
Prepare Your Core for Heavy Carries
Lifting is a valuable element of establishing fundamental strength, performance, and health. But what if your training could give you something even greater than that? What if you could continue developing ... Continue Reading
One More Way Candy Messes Up Your Body
Click to enlarge The word candy has always been a dirty one. We've known since childhood that candy is terrible for our health, yet the sweet deliciousness of our favorite candies—thin mints, jelly ... Continue Reading
Herculean Strength – A Kettlebell Strict Press
The kettlebell strict press demands a place at the heart of your training program. It is the most beneficial upper body pushing movement for both strength and overhead mobility. I personally do some form ... Continue Reading
Is Yoga The Solution For Back Pain?
Click image to enlarge There's a certain amount of back pain to be expected when you do exercise: weight training, HIIT, CrossFit, martial arts, or marathon running to name a few. After all, high ... Continue Reading
PSA: They Aren’t Your Trails
In the interest of full disclosure, the content of this article will be completely, totally, 100% self-serving. You see, I’m a trail junkie. I run on them, bike on them, train and race on them. I advocate ... Continue Reading
Birthing Balls Helping Speed Up Delivery
Birthing balls are one of the latest trends sweeping the pregnant mother fitness world. There's nothing fancy about these balls; they're simply your basic elastic Swiss ball or exercise ball. However, ... Continue Reading
Change Your Thoughts to Crush Your Goals
If all an education did was teach strong values and create a growth mindset, then our children would accomplish more and create greater contributions than any society in history. Instead, we coddle them ... Continue Reading
Strength Is Not the Enemy of Yoga
You consider yourself a yogi. You go to class regularly, and can contort yourself into a variety of shapes. You even attend the occasional weekend workshop to deepen your practice and explore more advanced ... Continue Reading
