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Choose Lift Straps and Wrist Wraps Based on Function

At first glance, you will notice that the Gymreapers lifting straps have some extra padding on the wrists for comfort. It’s a great pair of straps for the deadlift unless you’re planning on lifting over ... Continue Reading

Njoie Nforce Percussion Massage Gun Review

The Njoie (pronounced enjoy) Nforce massage gun is a lightweight percussion massage gun that uses short duration staccato bursts of gentle hammering to get into your soft tissue. Does it help recovery? ... Continue Reading

How to Snack Fat

Is it a good time to start a keto diet routine? Fat Snax may help. If the spread of covid-19 has motivated you to pay extra attention to your health, the keto diet is something you might want to ... Continue Reading

A Crispy Seaweed Treat for Vegan Athletes

If you are vegan, or just looking for healthy, nutritious snacks, you might want to try gimMe Organic's Premium Roasted Seaweed. The first thing that stood out to me was the variety of flavors. The sesame ... Continue Reading

Hydrow Review – Total Body Home Happiness

Full disclosure: this isn't going to compare the Hydrow home rowing system to a Concept 2 rower, which is probably what most readers of Breaking Muscle are most familiar with. Full disclosure: this ... Continue Reading

Zelus Weighted Vest Review – A Weighted Vest for Beginners

Franco Columbu, who was Arnold Schwarzenegger's best friend, a champion bodybuilder in his own right, as well as a competitor in strongman and powerlifting events, had his own views about adding weight to ... Continue Reading

The Practice of Natural Movement

Anyone who knows Erwan Le Corre knows that he is a deeply serious man and, in total contrast, a liberated family man who is unbound by conventions that most of us hang on to as to be normal. Le Corre has ... Continue Reading

Protein To Go: Au Bon Bone Broth

Au Bon bone broth is premium quality bone broth that tastes amazing and is excellent for your health. Broths are all the rave at the moment, yet broths have been used for a very long time as a healing ... Continue Reading

Keep Track of Your Nutrition On the Go

Even when you meal prep, sometimes you just don’t have anywhere to put your meals when you leave your home for the day. Packing a full-size cooler isn’t always practical, and some of us don’t have access ... Continue Reading

Can Colostrum Make A Difference In Your Life?

Thirty days ago I received my shipment of Colossal bovine colostrum. It arrived neatly packaged and protected from damage in reflective padded packaging. The whole thing screamed of advanced ... Continue Reading

Sandbags to Help You Get It Together

Sometimes you just need to change it up with a different training stimulus to get yourself out of a rut. Sandbags did this for me. I’m big into endurance training, and when I hit the gym each week, I ... Continue Reading

Pull It Tight, Lift It Right

The lifting belt is one of the most misused pieces of equipment in the gym. In fact, some manufacturers don’t understand how a belt is supposed to work due to the fact that they construct belts that are ... Continue Reading

Energy Bars to Upgrade Your Lifestyle

There you are, in front of a crowd of thousands cheering your name. You step up to the bar, get a firm grip—your body in perfect position. You are about to complete the lift of your life. Suddenly the ... Continue Reading

The Guide to Overcoming Poor Posture

What is posture, exactly? And what does it mean to have good posture? Can it help you eliminate pain? Or move differently? What is posture, exactly? And what does it mean to have good posture? ... Continue Reading

How Do You Take Your Vitamins?

NutraGlow is a supplemental company that consists of two products: Super B and Super Lean. Super B is designed to promote overall balance in the body while boosting energy. Super Lean is designed to assist ... Continue Reading

Roll Yourself to Better Mobility

The Plexus Wheel is one of those inventions you sort of wish you had thought of yourself. It’s fairly simple—it appears to be made out of some sort of PVC and coated with a soft rubber that actually makes ... Continue Reading

Groceries: The Final Frontier in Fitness

Food is fuel and you have a lot of options where you can get it from. Too many options, maybe, and a lot of them should be disqualified on the grounds of their suitability for a healthy lifestyle. You ... Continue Reading

Massage Your Way to Better Mobility and Recovery

The TimTam adjustable and rechargable high power massager looks more like something you would find at a hardware store rather than at a spa. It has a rapid speed pulse that has made some of the toughest ... Continue Reading

Get Wild: Clean Foods to Fuel Your Body and Mind

Sometimes it’s the little things that make all the difference—excellent coffee, good tea, quality salt, and coconut oil. For many of us who keep our nutrition clean, quality products really keep us ... Continue Reading

Convenient Nutrition: Protein Pods

It’s a routine practiced every day in gyms and boxes across the land—exercisers finish a session and hustle to get in their post-workout recovery meal. For decades it’s been preached that the optimal ... Continue Reading

Clean Protein: Looking for Mr. Good Shake

There are so many protein powders on the market. As a consumer, it’s really difficult to sort out the good ones from the junk filled options. Some of the choices are high in sugar, or they don’t contain ... Continue Reading

Feed Right, Live Right With Clean Supplements

There are three things I spend my days focusing on: my family, LSU strength and conditioning, and nutrition/supplementation. Each of these impacts the other but none more so than adequate and proper ... Continue Reading

Flexible Pants for Your Yoga Practice

Flexi Lexi is a yoga clothing company based out of Thailand. They produce yoga tights that are functional and fun, with patterns that are a little bit different. In order for yoga tights to be functional, ... Continue Reading