Tennis is a fun, recreational sport that can keep you active throughout your lifetime. At first glance, it can be misleading because it appears to be a relatively easy, low-impact sport that most people ... Continue Reading
Word It Right and Talk Yourself Fit
Our language, the words we use and the way in which we speak (and write) them, can have a lasting impact on our current and future behavior. Not only the words we say to others, but more important, our own ... Continue Reading
Hypertrophy and Strength: Does Size Matter?
Sixty years after "The problem of muscle hypertrophy: a review"1 scientists at the University of Missouri decided to revisit the topic4. Their review contrasts the attention paid in exercise ... Continue Reading
Want to Race Endurance? Better Hit the Gym
“I don’t need the gym. I’m already running 5-6 days per week. That’s plenty!” Have you ever said something like this? As an endurance athlete, it is easy to buy into the idea that you can just run, ... Continue Reading
The Barbell Rises: Challenges and Opportunities
Although the sport of weightlifting is nowhere near as popular as the mainstream sports of football and baseball, it is currently in a state of boom. Only a few years ago, most pundits considered the sport ... Continue Reading
Get a Samurai Mindset: Unshakable and Invincible
I'll never forget a story a friend told me back in college, when we were taking Judo classes together. It may have been apocrypha, or made up on the spot, or even from a movie I never saw—this friend was ... Continue Reading
Posture Exercises for Bodybuilders
Muscular balance and symmetry are critical when it comes to bodybuilding. One of the drawbacks to a typical bodybuilding training regimen is that the majority of the exercises are executed in the sagittal ... Continue Reading
Nutritional Ketosis for Strength Training
“Fat is bad for you, your cholesterol is going to go up, and so will your risk of chronic disease.” This is what many of us have been told throughout our lives, and this view point has pushed by the media, ... Continue Reading
The Best Gym Is Your Own: Build Your Iron Paradise
The home gym is making a comeback. Sure, big-box gyms, 24-hour fitness centers and gigantic health and fitness resorts are popping up as well, but there is a growing resurgence of do-it-yourselfers out ... Continue Reading
Not as Good as I Once Was: Training in Your 30s and Beyond
The next time you go to the gym, strike up a conversation with anyone who meets one or both of the following criteria: 35 years old or older Has children Note: This is a lot of ... Continue Reading
The Barbell Politicians
Every leap year, weightlifters and other athletes look forward to the Olympic Games. But that is not the only show that year. It is also the year when the USA has its elections for a whole range of ... Continue Reading
Better Muscle Beats Other Muscle
Our stamina comes from our ability to produce energy efficiently over a period of time. In our muscles, energy production comes courtesy of mitochondria. The more mitochondria we have, the longer we can ... Continue Reading
The Shoulder Cure Exercise
The big three areas that keep people from progressing in their training are backs, knees, and shoulders. Unfortunately, most people think that they are all distinctly different issues. But when you ... Continue Reading
Sleep Debt Accumulates Quickly
I’m always on alert for new sleep studies. I find that sleep is a major roadblock in nutrition and fitness. I recently discussed how sleep can change hunger levels, but it can also put us at risk for ... Continue Reading
5 Yoga Exercises for a Healthy Low Back
The principles shared in this video will support your freedom from any strain or pain in the lower back. The simple practices shared are geared to teach you to be aware of how you rotate your thigh bones ... Continue Reading
All About Rhabdo
Have you ever finished a killer workout and known it was going to leave you sore in another day or two? This post-workout pain and stiffness is a condition commonly known as Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness ... Continue Reading
The Comprehensive Rowing Warm Up and Cool Down
A physical therapist once told me, “If you aren’t going to warm up properly before a workout, you probably shouldn’t even do the workout.” I don’t know if it needs to be taken that far, but implementing a ... Continue Reading
What to Expect Your First Time in the Gym
When you first walk into a weight room, it can be overwhelming. There’s a lot of strange equipment, unfamiliar people, loud music, and unclear etiquette. It can feel intimidating. You’ll quickly find out ... Continue Reading
Reprogram Your Life for Resilience
Anything worth having isn’t easy. This can be directly applied to training practices. Many gym-goers tend to shy away from the difficult exercises, techniques and sequences of training. Instead, they opt ... Continue Reading
I Am John’s Lifestyle Change
The mission from Breaking Muscle: Go to a local mall and find a random person whose health I can improve through my own creative solutions. And here I am. Sitting on a bench above a floor ... Continue Reading
The Curse of Stress, and How to Break It
I see him everywhere: the man cursed by stress. Though his face and name may change, the story is always the same. Today he’s standing in line at Starbucks, a line that overflows out the door onto the ... Continue Reading
Resistance Training Plans Might Be Superior to HIIT For Kids
When creating the strength and conditioning routines of children it’s of paramount importance to ensure a healthy, and maximally productive program. Kids’ bodies are still in development, and they have ... Continue Reading
Posture Exercises for Surfers
I have been surfing in southern California for 18 years, and nothing is more familiar to me than the common aches and pains that surfers suffer. Some of the most common areas for surfers to experience pain ... Continue Reading
Ice Your Workout Water For Better Performance
Research1 from the University of Montana addresses the connection between fluid volume and fluid temperature during workouts in the heat. The study, published in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, ... Continue Reading
