Part of my job as a coach is to prepare my athletes’ psyches for competition. All of my athletes are competitive, stubborn, and inclined to derive satisfaction from concluding whatever they start. It is my ... Continue Reading
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How the Western Diet Triggers Weight Gain
One of the most common refrains I hear from clients is, “I’m always hungry.” We’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic, where caloric surplus is the norm, yet we’re still chronically hungry and looking for ... Continue Reading
Make the Switch to Better Habits and Mindset
Whether you are an athlete seeking peak performance or an adult attempting to reconnect with the health of your youth, the mind matters. Michael Gervais, sports psychologist for the Seattle Seahawks and ... Continue Reading
The Psychology of Skill Development
If you train for any length of time, chances are high that at some point, you will find yourself stuck. You might try increasing weight, increasing reps, working harder, and resting more. As you try ... Continue Reading
The Middle School Block Zero Strength Program
Around the country, schools are investing more into their strength and conditioning programs. Any college football coach will tell you their first hire is the strength coach. This has trickled down to the ... Continue Reading
The 40 Days of Movement Challenge
For the next forty days, I want you to do the exact same training program every day. Why? Beyond simplifying your life, you will learn how to start and finish something. You will learn that consistency has ... Continue Reading
Stop Being So Fragile: Push Harder and Overreach
I grew up, strength-wise, when, “no pain, no gain” could be said without irony or ridicule. I came of age believing that more really was better, and that progress started where my comfort zone ended. Along ... Continue Reading
The Emotional Eating Struggle Is Real, Part One: Start With Why
When it comes to choosing between what’s healthy and unhealthy, sometimes it’s enough to “just say no,” like the anti-drug campaign of the Reagan era. But, when it comes to: Eating more chips and ... Continue Reading
Embrace the Chaos and Try Something New
“And now for something completely different…” That was the line I always remember from watching Monty Python. The whole show was so different that it took a couple of episodes to really embrace their ... Continue Reading
Hike, Swing, and Park for More Kettlebell Power
Kettlebell swings work; of that there is no question. But the best kept secret for improving your swing technique, building volume, and supporting your conditioning isn't just to keep swinging away and ... Continue Reading
A Few Thoughts at Olympic Halftime
Well, even halfway through the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, there was plenty to catch up on. In my last entry on these pages, I mentioned the athletes that Canada, the USA, and Great Britain would be ... Continue Reading
The Old School Patron Saints of Iron: Part 1
In the golden pre steroid era, men made spectacular gains using primitive equipment, primitive methods, and regular food. Nowadays we are plagued with the curse of too many choices. We suffer from ... Continue Reading
The Fallacy of Supplements
It’s hard to watch sports these days without getting bombarded by commercials for supplements. Gatorade insists you need their products to recover. Advocare shows ripped athletes doing incredible feats of ... Continue Reading
How Breast Augmentation Nearly Left Me Crippled
When I was in my mid-twenties, I had a breast augmentation. Several years later, my breast augmentation left me literally crippled in a wheelchair. My body has healed since having the implants removed. I ... Continue Reading
The Kettlebell Snatch: A Simple Tool for Complex Benefits
It's been thirteen years since I did my first RKC (Russian Kettlebell Certification). I wasn’t completely sold on the idea of kettlebells at first, mostly because I was looking at the individual exercises ... Continue Reading
The Case for Competition in Youth Sports
By far the most popular spectator sport in America is football. No other sport even comes close. The juggernaut of football is an impenetrable fortress that will forever represent itself as America’s ... Continue Reading
The Truth About Women’s Training, Part 2
Make sure to read part one The Truth About Women's Training first. One of the things I see in training nowadays is more women getting out there. And by out there I mean outdoors. I think it’s great when ... Continue Reading
A Primer on Diaphragmatic Breathing
The most important element of life is the breath; however, most of us pay little or no attention to the way in which we breathe. Whether it is breathing correctly through an exercise, or taking a moment ... Continue Reading
Why Better Than Average Isn’t Good Enough for Me
People can be remarkably bold when they begin to notice you are changing your life. And by bold, I mean downright rude. Some people seem to have lost the ability to give an honest compliment, without ... Continue Reading
Are You Weak in the Knees?
Arguably the most debilitating sports and fitness injury is a knee injury. Knee injuries are second only to lower back pain in terms of prevalence. According to the Institute of Medicine, 61 million ... Continue Reading
Pattern Before Power: Movement Quality Basics
The most important aspect of any physical training is quality of movement. To dominate on the field and in the gym you need strength, speed, power, agility, and endurance. Everyone knows they are the ... Continue Reading
Growth on the Platform: Female Olympic Talent
As the first week of the Games of the XXX Olympiad wrap up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, all weightlifting creatures are indeed stirring. The controversies leading up to the Games, including the country’s ... Continue Reading
Time to Stop Fearing the Weight Room, Ladies
You walk into the gym during peak hours, change into your cutest fitness apparel, and visualize the “fitspirational” quote you posted on Pinterest the night before. With your earbuds blasting your favorite ... Continue Reading
3 of the Best: This Week’s Top Articles, Vol. 42
Welcome to our weekend roundup, Three of the Best! Every Saturday, we'll post up Breaking Muscle's top three articles of the week. These pieces have caught your attention throughout the last seven days. So ... Continue Reading
