The feet are complex beasts that powerfully support many movements in training and day-to-day life. The plethora of joints, muscles, tendons, and fascia in your feet are engineered to provide two functions ... Continue Reading
Life Lessons From the Weight Room
The growth in maturity and confidence I have seen in the young athletes I coach has led me to believe all students should have some training in lifting. As I’ve stated before, society should creatively and ... Continue Reading
Programming for Snowflakes
If someone told you that everyone should follow exactly the same training program from now until doomsday, you’d probably dismiss them as a crank, and you’d be right to do so. "Everyone is different” is a ... Continue Reading
Troubleshooting Technique Errors in Kettlebell Sport
Like in all sports, kettlebell sport demands a high-level of technical proficiency. However, unlike other strength sports, the repetitive nature of kettlebell sport will magnify any holes or flaws in your ... Continue Reading
The Hub and Spoke Method for Attacking Weaknesses
Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments below ... Continue Reading
Don’t Race Your Training: Middle Distance Running Repeats
“Don’t race your training.” It’s solid advice for any athlete at any level. The all-out, seeing-stars, can’t-remember-your-name efforts should always be reserved for competition, no matter what your ... Continue Reading
Movement in Urban Semi-Nature
Amazing lush foliage, giant trees with an intricate and unusual weave of branches through which to navigate and swing, stones aplenty to hoist and heave, and a cool stream are beautiful images for a ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 29
Welcome to our weekend roundup, Three of the Best! Every Sunday, 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
A New Age Foundation for Life-Long Bodybuilding
For many, bodybuilding workouts are a gateway into the world of strength training. People who want to build muscle, get lean, and look good often start by aspiring to look like the massive bodybuilder on ... Continue Reading
The Definitive Case for the Russian Swing
The debate has raged since 2004. That was the year a CrossFit Journal article hit the internet, touting the benefits of the overhead “American” kettlebell swing over the traditional, eye-level “Russian” ... Continue Reading
A Champion Through Adversity: The Late, Great Tommy Kono
On April 24, the world lost a man many regard as the greatest weightlifter of all time: Tamio “Tommy” Kono. Kono held eight world championships, two of which coincided with Olympic gold medals. If ... Continue Reading
How I Was Wrong About Linear Periodization
Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments below ... Continue Reading
Are You Having Any Fun?
It doesn’t have to be fun to be fun. Whatever you don’t like doing is probably what you need to do. Statements like these drive me crazy because they are not true. Before you leave an angry ... Continue Reading
Talent Doesn’t Lift Weights, You Do: Ignite Your Motivation
In the first installment of this series, we learned about myelin, the neural insulator critical to the development of skill, and examined how to stimulate its growth with deep practice in your ... Continue Reading
Of Muscles and Might: The Lead-In Program
I don’t train to just “get fit.” I want to get strong, tough, and thicken-up my body. We are all in an ongoing to fight to get strong and stay that way for as long as we can. Many studies point to ... Continue Reading
The Case for Specialized Glute Training
Strength coaches like complex movements that recruit multiple muscle groups. These movements are closer to athletic skills and may transfer to the playing field better than isolation exercises. So when an ... Continue Reading
Movement Is Bigger Than Fitness
In the grand scheme of things, your PRs and race times aren’t that important. There, I’ve said it. Improving yourself is always something to be proud of, but there’s more to movement than exercise. Hang ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 28
Welcome to our weekend roundup, Three of the Best! Every Sunday, 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
Need Speed? A 5-Gear System to Become a Faster Runner
Speed thrills. Watching an athlete chase down an opponent, or dash away from someone chasing them, is an iconic and exhilarating element of sport around the world. An athlete with acceleration to burn will ... Continue Reading
Rotation for the Real World: The Supine Twister
Adaptation is awesome, especially from a survival standpoint. Until recent history, we had to adapt to survive. That whole "not dying" thing makes adaptation pretty important on the grand scale of useful ... Continue Reading
Quit Dieting: Your Kids Are Watching
“I’m on a diet, so I usually prepare something different than what my kids are eating.” I hear this too often from people who are either currently on a diet or have been on one in the past. Since ... Continue Reading
Build a Resilient Spine: Create Power for Sport Performance
The ultimate goal of any core exercise should be to protect your spine. Spinal stiffness and core stabilization strategies should also transfer directly into your bigger lifts. That’s why it’s important to ... Continue Reading
There’s Nothing Fancy About Getting Fitter
Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get some real perspective regarding health and training. Please post feedback or questions to Charles directly in the comments below ... Continue Reading
A Healthy Nation Must Start at School
Eating and school. These two topics are intertwined in the minds of many adults. Most Americans have vivid, emotional memories of their time in school. We remember the teachers, the smells, the bells, and ... Continue Reading
