The aorta is our healthy blood highway, effectively transporting our bloody supply to our peripheral tissues. When we are young, most of our large arteries are termed, elastic, but they stiffen as we ... Continue Reading
The 505kg Deadlift Mark Remains Untouched
In December 2015, Eddie Hall achieved the then world record deadlift at the World Deadlift Championships 2015, with a 463 kg (1,021 lb) deadlift. In 2016, The Beast, as Eddie is known, set a new world ... Continue Reading
Frailty Is the Disease, Physical Exercise Is the Cure
An interesting study review article in Nature, The Degree of Frailty as a Translational Measure of Health in Aging, looks at the impact of the different levels of frailty and their effect on aging, ... Continue Reading
How Lifting Weights Burns Fat
Findings from a new University of Kentucky College of Medicine and College of Health Sciences study add to growing evidence that resistance exercise has unique benefits for fat loss. The Department ... Continue Reading
6 Weeks of Exercise Leads to Genome Changes Linked to Disease
It's like social media always says, regular physical exercise is awesome and it's your fault you don't look like an Instagram filter on steroids. However, real scientist also know that working out ... Continue Reading
1, 2, 3 World Records for Lasha Talakhadze and Olympic Gold Dominance
Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia is the most dominant weightlifter of his generation and he is well on his way to being the first man to break the 500 kg total in weightlifting. Lasha Talakhadze of ... Continue Reading
Erwan Le Corre, MovNat Founder, Breaks National Static Breath-Holding Record
Erwan Le Corre is a pioneer in natural movement and the founder of MovNat. He is also a US National Record Holder. Recently, Le Corre, a Breaking Muscle favorite contributor, held his breath for 6 minutes ... Continue Reading
Probiotics and the Gut-Muscle Axis
Research into the gut-muscle axis finds some interesting connections between the role of inflammation and gut microbiota in the development of muscle failure in older populations. The implications ... Continue Reading
Dancing to Better Health
Postmenopausal women deal with the struggles of managing their weight, their cholesterol, and many other health related issues. A new study in The Journal of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) ... Continue Reading
SoulCycle and Equinox Demand Vaccination Proof
The big boys of fashionable fitness, Equinox and SouldCycle, will be requiring proof of vaccination of all of their New York attendees starting early in September. In an internal survey of its members and ... Continue Reading
Erectile Dysfunction and COVID-19, a Relationship Made in Hell
ED is defined as “an inability to obtain or maintain an erection for satisfactory sexual intercourse”. Studies have indicated that there is a relationship between ED and the vascular system, due to the ... Continue Reading
Long Term, Low Carb Diets Not Superior to Other Diets
The researchers at Stanford University's School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, who are behind the recent review of the benefits of low carbohydrate diets found many issues with the benefits and ... Continue Reading
Tia-Clair Toomey Keeps Getting Better and Better at CrossFit
Here's the thing about Tia-Claire Toomey, she hadn't been doing CrossFit for a long time when she made it to her first games in 2015. Her background was in track and field but she represented her country ... Continue Reading
Building Big Back: The Pendlay Row
Glenn Pendlay was a renowned strength and conditioning coach who, unfortunately, passed away in 2019 at the young age of 48 losing his battle against cancer. Glenn Pendlay was a renowned strength and ... Continue Reading
Hidilyn Diaz’s Weightlifting Gold Comes with a $660,000 Prize
The Philippines have been sending athletes to the Olympic Games since 1924. On the 3rd day of the Tokyo Olympics, on a last gasp lift that held everything in the balance, 30-year-old weightlifter Hidilyn ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Owns the Olympic Weightlifting Platform in Tokyo
Giorgi Tchintcharauli, the doctor of the Georgian national weightlifting team, has posted video of Lasha Talakhadze's practice sessions at the Tokyo Olympics and it should be enough to send every one of ... Continue Reading
CrossFit and MMA Should Be Olympic Events
Let's be honest, CrossFit and MMA are more popular than sport climbing and boxing these days. So, why are we looking at the latter at the Olympics in Tokyo and not the former? It could be that the ... Continue Reading
Body Composition More Important Than BMI
A study that came out this year in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on the relation of body fat mass and fat-free mass to total mortality, is freely available for all to read and the findings ... Continue Reading
World Record for Axle Press Broken by Iron Biby
Iron Biby, the Burkino Faso-born strongman born Cheick Sanou, has broken the world record for the axle press held by World's Strongest Man champion, Eddie Hall since 2017. Iron Biby broke the record by ... Continue Reading
CrossFit Founder, Greg Glassman, Will Roar Back
A new article in the New Yorker, Does CrossFit Have a Future, sounds like a comeback tour of sorts for Greg Glassman, CrossFit's controversial founder. Glassman tells the article's author, Matt Horn, ... Continue Reading
Just How Amazing is Simone Biles’ Yurchenko Double Pike
Olympic gymnast, Simone Biles, at the 2021 US Classic, landed the Yurchenko Double Pike on the vault exercise. The first woman to ever perform the "impossible" move in competition just did a pretty good ... Continue Reading
Fitfluencers Should Be Celebrating National Junk Food Day
Today is a glorious day for fitfluencers because it's National Junk Food Day. That's right, a whole day devoted to celebrating burgers and fries, fried Snickers bars, Cheetos, Mountain Dew, the oeuvre of ... Continue Reading
Billionaires in Space: World Deadlift Record at Stake
Billionaires in space is a thing. But, let's be frank, they didn't do anything when they go up there other than just look out the window and take selfies. Which seems like a wasted opportunity. ... Continue Reading
IOC Confirms First Transgender Olympian Will Be Laurel Hubbard
43-year-old Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender competitor at an Olympics this summer in Tokyo. The New Zealander will get to compete in the superheavyweight category in weightlifting despite the ... Continue Reading
