"Never get fat." That was the advice of Dr. Saul Maurice Bernstein, the pediatrician who first diagnosed me with left hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy. Dr. Bernstein unwittingly kick-started my journey ... Continue Reading
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Day 2/360: Wolf Brigade Subversive Fitness
Deadlift: 3 x 3 @ 90% of 2RM 3 x 5 @ 75% Rest as needed between sets. If sets require interruption (provided lifts are performed at current, accurate percentages) pause as briefly as needed and ... Continue Reading
Make Strongman Part of Your Fitness Plan
Barbells, kettlebells, and dumbbells everyone gets. They are the tools of strength and conditioning. Strongman has them, too. They are called logs, axle bars and circus bells. Strongman is a pure ... Continue Reading
Day 1/360: Wolf Brigade Subversive Fitness
Bench press: 2 x 5 @ 75% of 2RM 1 x max rep @ 75% of 2RM 1 x max rep @ 60% Bench press: 2 x 5 @ 75% of 2RM 1 x max rep @ 75% of 2RM 1 x max rep @ 60% Rest as needed between sets. If ... Continue Reading
The 10 Ways You Sabotage Your Fitness
Everyone will make mistakes when attempting to better themselves. The plethora of information on the internet doesn’t make it any easier, because of the wide range of opinions that exist on getting ... Continue Reading
Going Pro? Stick With the Coach Who Knows You
Can you smell that? It’s the smell of bridges burning. If you are a college athlete wrapping up your last season at your university, and you feel you have a chance to take the next step as a ... Continue Reading
2017 CrossFit Open Prep: Weightlifting Movements
In this installment, I’m going to cover the lifting movements of Competition CrossFit. There's a lot to cover, so let's just jump in and get started. First, lets talk about cleans and snatches. ... Continue Reading
2 Tools to Reclaim Your Overhead Position
Regardless of your training goals and fitness tools of choice, the arm bar and crooked arm bar demand a place in your regular routine. These two movements combine to offer the best method I know to improve ... Continue Reading
Get Faster and Stronger With a Post-Season Break
We are all guilty of it. We finish our race season and feel the desire to be better, faster and stronger for next year. In case you were thinking of getting straight back into training, there are some ... Continue Reading
Are You a Barbell Generalist?
In my last article, I explored the issue of whether one should be a generalist or specialist with regard to sport training. Since then, I have been made aware of other aspects of the question that bear ... Continue Reading
Holiday Sanity: 5 Ways to Stay on Track
A two-month-long eating and drinking frenzy can do havoc to a waist line. The silliest season is upon us, and while we could blame our weight gain on the time of year, the reality is that it is our ... Continue Reading
Get Smart and Stay On Track This Holiday Season
A two-month-long eating and drinking frenzy can do havoc to a waist line. The silliest season is upon us, and while we could blame our weight gain on the time of year, the reality is that it is our ... Continue Reading
The Myth of Flexibility and Yoga
One of the most common notions people share with me when they learn I teach yoga is that they think they must be flexible to do it. It seems the pervasive cultural model of a skinny girl in over-priced ... Continue Reading
The Quick Start Guide for Beginning Weightlifting
My background is as a founder of a CrossFit gym so, obviously I look at weightlifting with a slightly different perspective than someone preparing to compete in an Olympic weightlifting competition. These ... Continue Reading
Stop Cheating On Your Diet Through Strategic Indulgences
Have you ever watched a NASCAR race? The supercharged cars, driven by the best in the world, zoom around the track at lightning speeds. Of course, the cars can’t go forever—they have to take a break and ... Continue Reading
The Next Evolution of Fitness Technology
Once in a while, technology appears to lap itself and develop much faster than we are able to make use of it. Athletes have witnessed a dazzling pace of technological innovation that has yet to be ... Continue Reading
Life Ain’t Easy: Train Anyway
Most of us spent a huge portion of our childhood being told to do things we didn’t want to do. We had to be told every day to get out of bed, get ready for school, eat our vegetables, do our homework, ... Continue Reading
Movement Medicine: Breaking Down the Turkish Get Up
“Everyone loves the Turkish get up. Except me. But they are so darn good for me I do them anyway. I do 20 per week usually with my snatch weight bell but sometimes just with a shoe… the Turkish get up is ... Continue Reading
Are Meal Planning Services Worth It?
Shopping and preparing your own food is the hardest it has ever been in our modern life. We work more, are constantly connected online, and just want to crash when we come home. Food gathering and ... Continue Reading
Why We Know, But Don’t Do
We all know lots of stuff. For example, most of us know we really should listen to our mothers and eat our veggies (solid advice, mom). We know that we should brush our teeth. We should exercise regularly ... Continue Reading
PE: Literacy For The Body
The dawn breaks on cool, misty morning. Awakened by hunger, a young man gathers his tribe. The winter is coming and they must hunt for boar meat and hides. He instructs the tribe’s children to gather nuts ... Continue Reading
Gift Ideas for Parkour Athletes
Welcome to cold days and long nights. For many of us, that signals a retreat to the training space of our local parkour gym. For one jolly fellow at least, that means braving the elements, and dashing ... Continue Reading
A Heroic Nation’s P.E. Curriculum
Our nation’s greatest need is so simple it would almost hit you over the head. Epidemic levels of obesity and disease from sedentary lifestyles have gone hand in hand with a consistent trend towards less ... Continue Reading
What Every Rower Dreams of This Holiday
What do you buy for a rower for Christmas? Top to bottom, rowers put their bodies to the test during training and they need the foundations to recover well. Here are eight ideas that will make sure the ... Continue Reading
