In my last article, I discussed the various myths that have arisen over the use of anabolic steroids in sports. Since I found so many myths and had so much to say about them, I soon found I had enough ... Continue Reading
The 1% Solution for Better Movement
This article is for anyone who wants to get better at anything. I’ve applied the concept I’ll explain to pretty much everything, from Brazilian jiu jitsu, to bouldering, to crawling. The basic idea is to ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 25
Welcome to our brand new 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 ... Continue Reading
4 Mindset Lessons From the Legends
Great athletes are not born great. They are molded into legends through hard work, experience, and setbacks. Some of the greatest athletes of all time, the rule changers, have qualities that extend beyond ... Continue Reading
Foot Beats Face: Mat Awareness and Safety in BJJ
Many years ago, I was training Brazilian jiu jitsu with my instructor on a crowded mat. Another pair rolled into us, and my instructor stopped our training and asked them to move. Repeatedly. But they ... Continue Reading
“Hot or Not” Is No Way to Pick a Coach
Let’s call it the Kardashian Effect: you can’t help but look. We’re in the age of “made-you-look” marketing, where the latest nude celeb post, vacation bikini pic, nip slip, and hottie bulking up for a ... Continue Reading
Periodize Focus, Not Just Intensity
Minimalist training plans can be great. By virtue of intense focus, they allow you to improve a few things quickly. This is how elite athletes get so good at their sport – by minimizing the extra ... Continue Reading
How Tough Is Your Mind?
At the pinnacle of every grueling workout live two types of athletes: those who choose grace, and those who choose chaos. Certain workouts reveal these qualities more than others, like a descending ... Continue Reading
An Odd Implement for Surprising Strength: The Slosh Pipe
Sometimes men do weird things for no other reason than to “mix it up” with one another. Classic boys-being-boys behavior. I remember one such instance years ago when a co-worker pounced on me out of the ... Continue Reading
Proprioception: The Next Frontier in Performance
If you’re stuck in a rut and unable to bust through a plateau, the problem isn’t your muscles. It’s your brain. When your brain and body don’t know how to talk to each other, performance suffers. In this ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 24
Welcome to our brand new 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 ... Continue Reading
Spot-Specific Fat Loss Works (But Not How You Think)
If you’re a female who trains, you will have experienced a blank faced look when you say you want to keep your boobs but lose your stomach fat. Every expert you have spoken to, every magazine you have ... Continue Reading
The Athlete With the Best Brain Wins
Why do we even have a brain? Most people presume it's to "perceive the world or to think," but neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert says that assumption is completely wrong. The actual purpose of our brain is to ... Continue Reading
Size, Strength, or Power? A Training Method Primer
What is your ultimate goal: to gain size, strength, or power? Do your workouts reflect that goal? Or do you train blindly without any rhyme or reason? There are proven methods for developing each of ... Continue Reading
Learn the Rules, Then Break Them
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
Water Burns: Tread Water to Lose Fat
I’ve been a big guy all of my life. I was that awkward kid in junior high who was taller and definitely heavier than every kid in my class. Naturally, I migrated to football and found my home at center. ... Continue Reading
Don’t Let the Fitness Industry Tell You What to Do
One of my favorite things about the Internet fitness world is how much I learn every day. Last week I learned from an evidence-based infographic that I don’t have a six-pack because I’m not willing to ... Continue Reading
Your Brain on Movement: Challenge Your Nervous System
When you work with the nervous system, life gets better. Everything you care about - strength, flexibility, you name it - is governed by the nervous system. So if we want to live and move better, we ought ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 23
Welcome to our brand new 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 ... Continue Reading
It’s the 23 Hours a Day You’re Not Running That Count
Us humans are creatures of habit, and the postural positions you practice habitually have a huge influence on your running efficiency. You know you should be tall and not hunched over through your ... Continue Reading
2 Overlooked Reasons Your Hamstrings Are Tight
Do you have tight hamstrings? Conventional wisdom says that to fix them, you just need to stretch. When that doesn’t work, just try to stretch some more. After all, if something is tight, you need to be ... Continue Reading
The Subtle Cue That Unlocks Enormous Deadlifts
In my previous videos for Breaking Muscle UK, we’ve covered how to effectively engage your lats and your elbows to give you a more powerful and stronger deadlift. But for some, that isn’t always the ... Continue Reading
Must-Have Equipment for Strongman Training
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced strongman athlete, it’s impossible to have the exact equipment at home that you’ll use in competition. One of the joys in the sport of strongman is that the ... Continue Reading
Build a Resilient Spine: Lock Down Core Stability
Everything starts at the core. Your abs, obliques, and lower back muscles have to be working during all forms of movement in order to transfer energy and create forces. This means your midsection needs ... Continue Reading
