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Posture and a Bigger Powerlifting Total

Traditionally, strength is defined as the maximal amount of force that can be produced by muscles in a single effort. Power is a product of both strength and speed. Power and strength are developed through ... Continue Reading

Deck The Halls with Runners’ Gifts

Are you looking for a gift for a runner you love? Or are you perhaps looking for something amazing to get you on the road for your own training for next year's races? Here are ten amazing products that you ... Continue Reading

FITT: Plan and Adapt Your Training

Winter is here in the northern hemisphere. As a cyclist I have to adapt my training for the offseason. In this article, I will explain how to apply the FITT principles to your training. It's all about ... Continue Reading

45-Day Beach Body Booty? Get Real!

“Check out our new 30-day detox!” “Sign up for the 90-day paleo challenge!” “Get ready for bikini weather with our 45-day beach booty diet!” Most every gym, website, and self-proclaimed Facebook fitness ... Continue Reading

The Triathlete Giving Plan

It's the first day of December and you can't avoid it now: time to get into giving mode for the upcoming holidays. There's always that one person on your holiday gift list that is impossible to buy for. ... Continue Reading

10 Lessons in Mindfulness

There’s an old adage that says “wherever you go, there you are.” The literal truth of the statement is obvious, but the importance is in the deeper meaning behind the words. The word that captures the ... Continue Reading

Changing Your Life Is Not a 45-Day Challenge

Support Yourself: The Nordic Lifting Knee Sleeve

Do you need a sleeve to protect your knees from injury? Knee pain and injuries can stop you from running, lifting, cycling, or even walking comfortably. Nordic Lifting's 7mm Neoprene Knee Sleeves are ... Continue Reading

Mirror Neurons and the Scourge of Social Media Coaching

A big pet peeve of mine is all the crappy videos on social media of people performing some heavy exercise with abysmal technique. No, I’m not the guy who chimes in and gives technique corrections to ... Continue Reading

Build a Pain Cave for Winter

The number of brave souls venturing out on our local club ride is beginning to dwindle. With the temperatures steadily dropping, the thought of venturing into the open sounds less attractive by the day. ... Continue Reading

Functional: Ban The “F-Word”

Where I live, we have a chain of “functional” gyms opening. Like most things in the fitness industry, it has all been done before. In this instance, it is circuit training, a program that was developed by ... Continue Reading

A Racing Flat with an Appetite for Dirt

Ask any competitive runner, and they’ll tell you to never bring a brand-new shoe to a race. But when Inov-8 sent me a fresh pair of Trail Talon 250s a few days before my running team went to tackle the ... Continue Reading

Get a Samurai Mindset: Unshakable and Invincible

I'll never forget a story a friend told me back in college, when we were taking Judo classes together. It may have been apocrypha, or made up on the spot, or even from a movie I never saw—this friend was ... Continue Reading

I Am John’s Lifestyle Change

The mission from Breaking Muscle: Go to a local mall and find a random person whose health I can improve through my own creative solutions. And here I am. Sitting on a bench above a floor ... Continue Reading

The Curse of Stress, and How to Break It

I see him everywhere: the man cursed by stress. Though his face and name may change, the story is always the same. Today he’s standing in line at Starbucks, a line that overflows out the door onto the ... Continue Reading

Posture Exercises for Surfers

I have been surfing in southern California for 18 years, and nothing is more familiar to me than the common aches and pains that surfers suffer. Some of the most common areas for surfers to experience pain ... Continue Reading

Obtaining Beast Powers Through Martial Arts

While my friends and I were discussing the amazing feats of the latest superhero program on television, it struck me that learning martial arts is like obtaining superpowers. Heck, Batman doesn’t have much ... Continue Reading

Lower Body Power: VRT vs Plyometrics vs Olympic Lifts

Variable resistance training (VRT), plyometrics, and the Olympic lifts are three popular means of developing power in athletes. All strategies are proven to be effective, but are there periods when one is ... Continue Reading

Boxing Should Be Your Next Sport

Boxing is one of the world's toughest and most compelling sports. It is also a metaphor for life. When it comes to our common vernacular, boxing is the ultimate activity for conjuring up images and phrases ... Continue Reading

Low-Key Strategies for Skill Building

I’m really bad at balancing on narrow, round things. Especially if they are high up. I know the technical points I’m supposed to observe, but I still suck at it. I suck at it because I’ve been woefully ... Continue Reading

Don’t Train In a Dirty Bathroom

The Breaking Muscle Rules for Finding the Right Gym Entering a gym shouldn't be the start of a journey through Dante's Inferno. The first thing you need to understand is, no matter who you are, you are ... Continue Reading

2 Alignment Fixes to Prevent CrossFit Injuries

I personally love CrossFit. I am certified as a Level 1 trainer in CrossFit, I love to participate in the sport, and most of all I love watching the competitions. But as a Posture Alignment ... Continue Reading

3 Guiding Principles for Every Athlete

Watch any large group of people and you almost can’t help but be overwhelmed by the vast spectrum of different body types, backgrounds, goals, and experiences. I see all kinds of people in my own coaching ... Continue Reading