I’ll be on a trail for a week in August without access to a grocery store, just the Colorado mountains. Many people take dehydrated food that you can buy at the camping store and I have to admit, it’s ... Continue Reading
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US Olympic Team and CrossFit Elite Try Brain Training Technology
In the build up to Rio, it has emerged that three US Olympic track and field athletes have used special headphones called Halo Sport to stimulate their brains during their training. A popular CrossFit ... Continue Reading
How to Master the Kettlebell Snatch
In my previous article, How to Master the Kettlebell Jerk, I explained how to perform the kettlebell jerk properly using the base of a solid rack position. Now it's time to look at the tsar of kettlebell ... Continue Reading
What We Mortals Can Learn From Eddie Hall’s Deadlift
Eddie Hall, “The Beast,” just deadlifted a savage 500kg, shattering his own record of 465kg from March of this year. This is one of the most impressive strength feats in recent history, a new benchmark for ... Continue Reading
How To Use Dynamic Tension for Speed Training
Whenever I watch a Bruce Lee film with friends or family, the fight scenes were always what stuck out as revolutionary to them. Surely, they were right, but the part of the films that stuck with me was ... Continue Reading
Protect Your Kids From the Danger of Taking No Risks
It’s summer and the kids are driving you crazy. They are so needy, and messy, and why won’t they just play quietly? When the kids come home for summer it can be a nightmare for your productivity. Of course ... Continue Reading
The Recovery Cycle: Master the Invisible Side of Training
There are two common problems when it comes to recovery and regeneration in training. The first is that it’s often overlooked in the overall training process, and the second is that the majority will try ... Continue Reading
Master the Hollow Body Hold to Move Like a Gymnast
When the Olympic Games begin in Rio we will marvel at world-class athletes showcasing their skills as they compete for kin and country, medals and glory. The last few weeks brought the U.S. Olympic ... Continue Reading
The Cal Poly Armor Building Program
Root. Foundation. Base. These terms are interchangeable when talking about becoming a complete athlete. The most prolific athletes of our time have two intangible qualities that are the underpinning to ... Continue Reading
The Gym Is Not a Restaurant
"Many doctors believe in a false premise that the patient is king. It's what I sometimes refer to as the restaurant model of medicine. Well medicine isn't a restaurant, and the patient is not a patron, and ... Continue Reading
How to Prevent a Bad Day on the Bench
It’s beach season, and for those of us in the fitness world, that means it’s bench season. Whether it’s part of a regimented plan or just a sudden urge to pump up the guns before heading out for the night, ... Continue Reading
Start Your Movement Practice
I am a habitual list maker. Nothing is more satisfying than putting pen to paper to strike a line through a task. I do well with routine. Give me a strength program or food plan, and I’ll follow it ... Continue Reading
Deliciously Nutritious: Garlic Soup with Kale Crisps
Everyone can get all the health support they need by just eating real food. Shunning whole food for pills, powders, or potions is missing a huge opportunity for dietary diversity. Flavourful food is one of ... Continue Reading
Bikini Models and Baby Boomers Should Train the Same Way
Years ago, Vladimir Janda presented the distinction between the “tonic” muscles and the “phasic” muscles. The tonic muscles become tighter with age (pecs, biceps, hip flexors) and the “phasic” muscles ... Continue Reading
3 Amazing Full-Body Workouts for Summer Vacation
Summer is the time of the year to reap the benefits of your hard training and clean eating throughout the spring. Hopefully most of you know what I mean by that, and you are eager to take your new winter ... Continue Reading
This Is Why People Hate CrossFit
“It’s no fun ‘til someone dies…” – Tool, Vicarious Nobody died at last year’s Reebok CrossFit Games. If Dave Castro’s recent announcement is any indication, CrossFit HQ considers that a missed ... Continue Reading
The Olympic Weightlifting Primer
The last 5-10 years have seen a rekindled interest in and passion for Olympic weightlifting. Often confused with powerlifting, and sometimes even bodybuilding, Olympic weightlifting is one of the best ways ... Continue Reading
Barbell Dancing
Have you heard of barbell dancing? You read that right. Yes, that is a group of choreographed barbell dancers. The group is known as the Rush Chicks, and they performed the above routine at a recent ... Continue Reading
Real Food Fundamentals
People will give you all kinds of advice about what to eat and not eat. Most often that advice is based on something they read that reinforces their personal thoughts, or it’s based on something that works ... Continue Reading
The Dying Breed of Natural Athletes
Earlier this year, I wrote about the passing of weightlifting great Tommy Kono. Recently, we saw the passing of two more of the greatest athletes in sports. The first was boxing’s Muhammad Ali who called ... Continue Reading
Get Your Fitness House in Order
One of the latest fads to hit Japan is the tidying craze, thanks in large part to best-selling author Marie Kondo’s 2011 book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. The book detailed the ‘KonMari’ method ... Continue Reading
Chasing Rabbits to the NFL: Lessons From Muck City
In 2007, ESPN ran a story about the rich talent pool coming from the region they call Muck City. Located on the banks of Lake Okeechobee in the Florida Everglades, Muck City features two towns: Belle Glade ... Continue Reading
Sprinting Basics for Strength Athletes
Training heavy for strength sports and running have often been thought of as contrary objectives. Many athletes have avoided sprints like the plague because of fears they would slow or stop their gains in ... Continue Reading
Daily Groundwork for a Stronger Squat
Mobility is like going to the dentist. No one likes it, but dental health is essential for your wellbeing, as is making sure your hips, shoulders, or ankles have the appropriate range of motion for safe ... Continue Reading
