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9 Exercise Tweaks for Strength, Size, and Mobility

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

What Hurts You (a Little) Is Good for You

In our modern society, we associate coddling ourselves with being healthy. We obsess over antibacterial rooms while sitting in our comfortable chairs. We shield our children from dirt and discomfort. But ... Continue Reading

See It, Do It, Win It: Charge Up Your Visualisations

The Soviet Union started using visualisation in sports from the 1970s, and now it is in the toolkit of most elite athletes. From scoring the goal, to flipping the somersault, to winning the race, ... Continue Reading

Welcome to College Athletics: A Letter From Your Strength Coach

You did it. You spent the last four years busting your butt in your given sport. You pushed your physical and mental boundaries and positioned yourself to be recruited by a four-year university. In fact, ... Continue Reading

Is Perfectionism Holding Your Training Back?

In today’s world, perfectionism is a popular term. It’s dropped by apologetic neat freaks as they adjust skewed picture frames, not-so-apologetic brides at meetings with their florists, and far too many ... Continue Reading

From Rehearsal to Reality: How to Train for Chaos

In every physical endeavor, there is what looks good in practice, what happens in real life, and the space between the two. This is perhaps best exemplified in martial arts training. Martial artists ... Continue Reading

A Unified Theory of Deadlifting

Hamlet - Act 3, scene 1 (Original draft): “To flex or not to flex, that is the question” Reading between the lines, we can sense the troubling thought that concerned the Prince of Denmark, and has ... Continue Reading

3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 12

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 4-Week Real Strength Squat Routine

Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you already know the five basic human movements: Push Pull Hinge Squat Loaded carry I believe I first learned about this list from Coach ... Continue Reading

CrossFitters: Stuck In a Strength Rut? Implement These Strategies

“I’ve hit a plateau and my strength numbers have been stuck for months. What should I do?” I get this question a lot. Don’t let anyone tell you that you’ve hit a plateau because of your body ... Continue Reading

Resolve to Make This Your Best CrossFit Year

How did you do last year? Did you make the masters qualifier or the regionals team as you had set out to do at the beginning of the year? Did you hit that 200lb snatch or get the sub-four minute ... Continue Reading

Why You Should Try Something Entirely New This Year

Are your new year’s resolutions based on reigniting the same old routines? Consider trying something entirely new this year. It may be intimidating, but trying new things can open your eyes to unexplored ... Continue Reading

Need to Train Things You Hate? Try Temptation Bundling

Avoid These Push Up Mistakes to Protect Your Wrists

As a physical therapist, I often hear complaints of wrist pain during push ups. While this could indicate an injury, it more often means you need to tweak your form. The good news is, you can get rid of ... Continue Reading

The Black Swan: 3 Ways to Bulletproof Your Body for Falls

We’re not talking ballet here. The Black Swan refers to an unprecedented and unpredictable event that has a huge impact. It’s the unknown and the dangerous. This concept, developed by scholar Nassim Taleb, ... Continue Reading

The Essence of an Athlete: How Portal Helps McGregor Win

Recently we saw a flood of Facebook re-posts of UFC fighter Conor McGregor training with Ido Portal. These posts have drawn attention to free movement as training. The post linked above contains an ... Continue Reading

3 Movements the CrossFit Games Need to Get Rid Of

Dave Castro has come up with some pretty solid competition workouts. “The Pool” in 2013 (swimming and bar muscle ups) was a beautifully simple test of multiple layers of fitness and skill. The 2014 “Muscle ... Continue Reading

Balance Variety and Routine for Year-Round Progress

15 Articles That Topped the List in 2015

According to you, the readership of Breaking Muscle, the theme of 2015 was Get Better. You spent the year learning to mobilize your hips, heal your low back, come back from a pregnancy, or teach ... Continue Reading

Strength Training for Yogis: Handstands for Strength and Balance

Learning to stand on your hands takes dedication, courage, and strength. There’s no way around it. But that’s a good thing. Many of us started yoga for reasons other than handstands. But as we ... Continue Reading

Set Goals and Go: How to Become Unstoppable

This is one of my favorite times of the year, and it has nothing to do with the holidays. If you are anything like me, this time of year is heavy in planning for the beginning of the year to come. It’s a ... Continue Reading

Banish Pain Permanently: Correct Your Alignment

In the twelve years I have worked in the fitness industry, I have observed a lack of effectiveness in the techniques used by most athletes to combat chronic pain. Today I am on a mission to set some things ... Continue Reading