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
The Myth of More Is Better
Look around, and you will find yourself surrounded by people telling you “More Is Better.” This line of thought is also prevalent in the minds of athletes as they approach training. Unfortunately, it has ... Continue Reading
Why Trail Running Improves Your Movement Control
In performance terms, running is a pursuit. It’s a distance, for time. In mindset terms, running is a chance to be free from any situation. In system input terms, running is an opportunity to create ... Continue Reading
3 Mobility Drills for Solid Overhead Lifts
If you are working on overhead pressing or jerks, you need flexibility of the thoracic spine and shoulders. Attempting these lifts without full range of movement is asking for injury. In the video ... Continue Reading
Rises and Falls: Weightlifting in the Post-Soviet Era
The 2015 International Weightlifting Federation World Championships are now history. Those who were there saw some fantastic performances that seem otherworldly to us garage gym rats struggling to make our ... Continue Reading
3 Microstrategies for Intelligent Progression
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
Your Body Is Your Business: Be the Boss
Improving business and management skills appeals to almost everyone. Go to any airport and you will see scores of books about this. If you’re not already the boss, chances are you’re either dreaming of ... Continue Reading
6 Elements That Belong in Every Athlete’s Training Program
I work as a college strength coach for over 500 student-athletes from 21 different sports. Below I have listed my top six training elements for these athletes. Regardless of his or her sport, each student ... Continue Reading
Beyond GPP: The New Model of Performance Training
“Movement training” is a becoming popular buzz phrase within the fitness industry, especially as an increasing number of “average” people are becoming aware of the link between exercise and health. As a ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 14
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
Get Back to Fighting Weight and Conquer Race Season
You finished your last endurance race of the season, so you devoured all the Christmas cookies. Some people put on just a few pounds for maintenance, while others go a little past healthy maintenance and ... Continue Reading
Defeat Poor CrossFit Movement With These Work-Rest Strategies
Every minute on the minute (EMOM) and you go, I go (YGIG) training sessions reinforce the quality of movements. In this article, I discuss workouts that reinforce low-quality movements and how we can ... Continue Reading
A Safe System for Heavy Lifting After a Disc Bulge
I’ve had a mountain of enquiries from people all over the world asking the same question: “What is ‘the best exercise’ for my low back problem?” This question shows a lack of insight from ... Continue Reading
Can’t Touch Your Toes? Find and Fix the Root of the Problem
Stand with your feet together. Keep your knees locked. Slowly bend forward and touch your toes. Can you reach them? If not, that means your hamstrings are too tight and they need stretching. Wait. ... Continue Reading
Are You Working Hard Enough to Succeed?
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
The Way You Stand Is Damaging Your Body
Today I want to talk to you about a posture I call “The One Leg Booty Pop.” Technically called “hanging on one hip,” it is where the entire body weight is shifted onto one weight-bearing leg. This posture ... Continue Reading
8 Tips for Success for Kettlebell Sport Athletes
Kettlebell sport competition is relatively new to the West. Although new associations and clubs are being formed, the sport is yet to have the more solid infrastructure of conventional sports, with ... Continue Reading
Banish Pain Permanently: Where You Think It Is, It Ain’t
People come to me to help them deal with pain all the time. They usually want to reduce the cause of their pain to one specific event or a specific muscle that is tight or weak. However, there’s a little ... Continue Reading
The Complete Snatch Warm Up
Many lifters fail to recognize the importance of a well-designed Olympic weightlifting warm-up routine. The inability to recognize and address the individual weak components of this complex weightlifting ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 13
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
5 Cutting-Edge Core Training Progressions
You would think every exercise that could be done to strengthen the core has already been done. Since Charles Atlas first advertised his bodybuilding programs in the 1970s and 1980s, training the ... Continue Reading
Is CrossFit HQ Trolling You?
Recently, the CrossFit Games social media department reposted this video of Brooke Wells’ 345lb back squat double. Nice work, Brooke. Recently, the CrossFit Games social media department ... Continue Reading
Why You Keep Missing Your Jerks
I was fortunate to recently witness the IWF Senior World Championships in Houston, Texas with colleagues. As lifting nerds, this was a perfect opportunity to compare notes on technique and training. You ... Continue Reading
What We Can Learn from the Kettlebell Sport Veterans
The most engaging aspect of kettlebell sport is its inclusiveness. At the recent International Union of Kettlebell Lifting (IUKL) World Championships in Dublin, 35 countries participated and over 565 ... Continue Reading
