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The Teenager’s Guide to Building Muscle

Being a teenager is tough. Parents forget how stressful the teen years can be, with social pressures, hectic schedules, and ever-increasing standards to live up to. Sometimes, it doesn’t leave a lot of ... Continue Reading

How Split Cleans and Snatches Strengthen Your ACL

It’s not uncommon to view exercise protocols through the same lens we view the persistent march forward of technology. Yesterday’s groundbreaking event is today’s antique. What must be kept in mind, ... Continue Reading

Why It’s Not All About the Weight You Are Lifting

Speed of movement, of both the lift and the lifter, is a critical factor in the performances of the snatch and clean and jerk. It is also, along with rhythm and dynamics, an important index for determining ... Continue Reading

Get Your Motivation Motor Started

We’ve all been there. We are on a training streak and everything is running like a well-oiled machine. Our program is perfect, out workouts are flawless, and we have the momentum like a freight train. ... Continue Reading

The Stoopid Tax: a Fitness Industry Honey Trap

Ladies and gentlemen! Gather 'round and hear the mysteries of the secret Orient! Formulated by the light of the full moon on frozen slopes of the Himalayas and infused with the blood of a Buddhist holy ... Continue Reading

Subversive Fitness: Day 94 of 360

Day 94 of 360 Skill work/ proficiency test/ 10RM measurement: Mace 360 Address the set-up and mechanics, practice short sets at skill work weights, and increase as position and execution ... Continue Reading

A Head-to-Toe Approach to Back Tension

If you’re struggling with tension or pain in your back, it’s more than a nuisance. It affects your quality of movement from the ground up. Your back—specifically your spine—is literally the axis you ... Continue Reading

What Is CrossFit to You?

“I hate competing. It gets in the way of my training.” -My wife, the most wonderful woman in the world For a long time, I thought she was being funny or ironic when she said this. For me, the whole ... Continue Reading

Eccentric Strength to Fight the Aging Process

Every effective program—those for high-level athletes, the average Joe, or those getting on in years—will include at least a partial focus on eccentric loading. The eccentric portion of a movement is the ... Continue Reading

The Mom’s Guide to Buying a Jogging Stroller

Buying a safe, high-quality jogging stroller is one of the best investments you will make in your postnatal health. Traditional baby strollers are not built to withstand long walks or jogging on irregular ... Continue Reading

Change Your Thoughts to Crush Your Goals

If all an education did was teach strong values and create a growth mindset, then our children would accomplish more and create greater contributions than any society in history. Instead, we coddle them ... Continue Reading

Training For Two: The Cardiovascular Effects of Pregnancy

Thanks to some promising research over the last few decades, more and more fitness professionals and women are aware of the benefits of exercise during pregnancy. From reduced risk of diabetes and ... Continue Reading

The Overtraining Myth

We’ve been told that overtraining isn't good for us, but what does it really look like? Ultra-marathoners may run upwards of 20-30 miles every week as part of a “light” maintenance phase of their training. ... Continue Reading

Four Mental Strategies for Fitness Success

(Source: Bev Childress) Investing in a new program or online training subscription? Before you spend all your hard-earned cash, make sure you have the right mental approach to ensure that you will ... Continue Reading

The Handstand Builder For Women: Day 2/3, Week 5

Day 2 of 3: Week 5 A: 5 Rounds For Time: 20 Burpees 20 Russian Kettlebell Swings B: 3 Rounds For Time: Day 2 of 3: Week 5 A: 5 Rounds For ... Continue Reading

Don’t Pack Away the Bike Trainer Yet

As I write this article, the sun is shining, early season races are starting, and it is all too tempting to pack away the training equipment for another year and step out on the bike. But wait! ... Continue Reading

Subversive Fitness: Day 71 of 360

Day 71 of 360 Bench press: 3 x 5 (up to) 80% of 2RM 2 x 10 @ 50% Rest as needed between sets. If sets require interruption, make as minor an adjustment as needed and complete the next ... Continue Reading

An Unbiased Argument for Flexible Dieting

If you go back and take a short look at the way people were dieting 5-10 years ago, you would witness a horrible scene of well-meaning individuals putting themselves through extreme levels of restriction ... Continue Reading

Subversive Fitness: Day 65 of 360

Dy 65 of 360 Kettlebell “Short swing“*: 2 x 20 @ 88lb. W, 106lb. M (or scaled as needed to 75% of 5RM) 2 x 20 @ 70lb W, 88lb. M (or 2 intervals down from above) 1 x 20 @ 55lb. W, 70lb. M (or 2 ... Continue Reading

The Handstand Builder For Women: Day 3/3, Week 3

Day 2 of 3: Week 3 A1: 3 Rounds 1 Minute of Superman 1 Minute of Flying Lunges 1 Minute of Rest B: Tabata Mash Up Sit Up Kettlebell Swings Sit Up Kettlebell Swings 8 rounds of ... Continue Reading

What You Feel Says More Than What You See in Movement

Our central nervous system (CNS) drives all physical movement. Your nervous system acts as both the individual musicians and the conductor of a large, beautifully harmonious orchestra. Fluid, athletic ... Continue Reading

Passion and Purpose: Building the Bold Spirit

If you are at all socially conscious, you must be amazed at the number of challenges piling up for our future generations. Turn on the news, and we learn that our old concepts of retirement—social security ... Continue Reading

The Importance of Sleep for Weightlifters and Other Athletes

Athletes are well aware of the importance of proper training if they want to make progress. They are also aware of the need for proper nutrition. Often given short shrift, though, is the need for recovery ... Continue Reading