I recently had an opportunity to interview several female weightlifting coaches at various levels of their craft. As a coach myself, I was interested in delving into their history both as a lifter and a ... Continue Reading
The 8-Minute Mile Standard
Running is an essential function that every human should be able to perform correctly. But most people don’t. In the next year, up to 80% of runners will be sidelined with an injury. Running ... Continue Reading
Hips Don’t Lie: 4 Drills to Unlock Your Stiff Hips
The hip joint is one of the most mobile in the body, so why can’t you move yours? Most people I know waste their time with: Foam rolling Couch stretching, and Lounging in pigeon ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 41
Welcome to our weekend roundup, Three of the Best! Every Saturday, we'll post up Breaking Muscle's top three articles of the week. These pieces have caught your attention throughout the last seven days. So ... Continue Reading
The Truth About Traditional Periodisation Models
What if I told you all the "successful" periodisation models we believe in are driven by tradition rather than evidence? Athletes and trainers have sleepwalked into believing traditional training ... Continue Reading
On Success and the Illusion of Choice
Everybody's work and home calendars are constantly filled with urgent deadlines. Every day, we face more decisions that have to be made than there is sand on the beach. We might as well stamp “URGENT” on ... Continue Reading
US Olympic Team and CrossFit Elite Try Brain Training Technology
In the build up to Rio, it has emerged that three US Olympic track and field athletes have used special headphones called Halo Sport to stimulate their brains during their training. A popular CrossFit ... Continue Reading
How to Master the Kettlebell Snatch
In my previous article, How to Master the Kettlebell Jerk, I explained how to perform the kettlebell jerk properly using the base of a solid rack position. Now it's time to look at the tsar of kettlebell ... Continue Reading
What We Mortals Can Learn From Eddie Hall’s Deadlift
Eddie Hall, “The Beast,” just deadlifted a savage 500kg, shattering his own record of 465kg from March of this year. This is one of the most impressive strength feats in recent history, a new benchmark for ... Continue Reading
How To Use Dynamic Tension for Speed Training
Whenever I watch a Bruce Lee film with friends or family, the fight scenes were always what stuck out as revolutionary to them. Surely, they were right, but the part of the films that stuck with me was ... Continue Reading
Combine Sprints and Weight Training for Accelerated Gains
Sprinting is one of the most versatile forms of exercise, as it can be utilized to build power and speed, increase muscle size, shred body fat, and increase your cardiovascular capacity and muscular ... Continue Reading
Study Tests Common Ingredient in Weight Loss Pills
New research published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has analysed the effect of consuming p-synephrine on the burning of body fat during exercise. P-synephrine is an alkaloid found ... Continue Reading
Turbo Charged Kettlebells: The Double Clean
The double clean is one of the most effective stand-alone exercises, and it is a perfect complement to the double swing. It also serves as the primary transitional phase between most of the other ... Continue Reading
Why You Aren’t Getting Better at Kettlebell Sport
Progress is non-linear. One of the most common fallacies in the fitness industry is the idea of adding five pounds to your bench press every week. If this were true, you’d be able to add over 250 pounds ... Continue Reading
You Can Squat…Now What?
Owning the flat-footed squat is kind of like a choose-your-own-adventure-book. From mobility and strength to coordination, the squat sets you up to develop a broad base of athleticism. Now that we’ve ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 40
Welcome to our weekend roundup, Three of the Best! Every Saturday, we'll post up Breaking Muscle's top three articles of the week. These pieces have caught your attention throughout the last seven days. So ... Continue Reading
Protect Your Kids From the Danger of Taking No Risks
It’s summer and the kids are driving you crazy. They are so needy, and messy, and why won’t they just play quietly? When the kids come home for summer it can be a nightmare for your productivity. Of course ... Continue Reading
Transform Your Mindset To Transform Your Body
This article is for those who have been told that you need to stop running because running is bad for your knees, and for those of you that have been told that you need to take it easy because your ... Continue Reading
The Case Against Antioxidants
There are millions of nutritional products in the West that tout “health-boosting” antioxidant properties, particularly in athletic populations. But two European professors analyzed the evidence behind ... Continue Reading
The Recovery Cycle: Master the Invisible Side of Training
There are two common problems when it comes to recovery and regeneration in training. The first is that it’s often overlooked in the overall training process, and the second is that the majority will try ... Continue Reading
Triathlon Training on the Road
Summertime means barbecues, holidays, vacations, and plenty of traveling to go along with them. If you’re a triathlete, it also means you are in the thick of your competitive season. You’ve got key races ... Continue Reading
Advice for Lifelong Training: “Gray Hair and Black Iron”
Today there are more books available on weightlifting and strength training than ever before. When I first broke into the sport there was almost nothing, and we all learned how to press, snatch, clean and ... Continue Reading
Russia Faces Countrywide Ban From Summer Olympics
Russia faces a countrywide ban from this summer's Olympics after evidence has emerged of a four-year state-sponsored doping programme. A report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency found the ... Continue Reading
Master the Hollow Body Hold to Move Like a Gymnast
When the Olympic Games begin in Rio we will marvel at world-class athletes showcasing their skills as they compete for kin and country, medals and glory. The last few weeks brought the U.S. Olympic ... Continue Reading
