A few weeks back when the Olympics were in the news, I wrote a piece comparing two great Olympians: Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps. Both had won multiple medals over a number of (slightly) different ... Continue Reading
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A Systematic Approach to End Chronic Back Pain
You wake up one morning and feel a little bit off. You shrug it off and go about your normal routine, including your scheduled workout. As you are moving the bench out of the way, you notice a little tweak ... Continue Reading
Strong Gift Ideas for Strongwoman
Strongwoman sport still sits somewhere in the shadows but is finding increasing followers. While strength training for women has taken a huge leap forward in the last decade, there are still surprisingly ... Continue Reading
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
“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 ... Continue Reading
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
The Socioeconomics of Western Diets and Obesity
The U.S. is no longer alone in being concerned over the rising obesity rates. In 2013, Mexico's obesity rate surpassed the United States. Between 2013 and 2014, concern over obesity in India rose to the ... 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
