We can talk technique, sequencing, and programming, but the truth is, if you want to move better, you need to rest better. Exercise and rest are two sides of the same coin, but few trainers really address ... Continue Reading
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7 Steps to Find the Best Coach for You
You’ve been writing your own programs and watching YouTube videos by all the gurus, and you’ve finally decided it is time to hire a coach. Great! I firmly believe everyone needs a coach. Everyone. ... Continue Reading
Explosiveness and Technique: Weightlifting Versus Powerlifting
In Olympic weightlifting we are often called upon to differentiate our style of training and competing from powerlifting. Even more frequently, our activities are erroneously referred to as “powerlifting.” ... Continue Reading
Not Enough Time? Audit Your Schedule, Make Time to Train
Training can have a remarkable effect on all aspects of your life. Improving physical fitness will make you healthier and better able to cope with stress. You will look better and feel more confident. Your ... Continue Reading
Your Secret Weapon for Pain-Free Muscle Growth
You might look like a beast grinding through heavy weight, but you're not doing yourself many favors in the hypertrophy department. Pushing top-end weight with sub-optimal form may help you increase ... Continue Reading
The Time Is Now: Stand Up for Gender Equality in CrossFit
In Part One of this series, I discussed gender inequality in CrossFit and in women’s sports at large. It takes more for women to have an equal playing field with men - the “more” being a hypersexualized ... Continue Reading
So You Want to Be a Lion?
I see a lot of programs online with tough-guy inspired themes. These plans promise to turn you into a lion, with names like tactical this or operator that. But as I said at the recent Strength Matters ... Continue Reading
Everybody Wants to Be a Lion…
I see a lot of programs online with tough-guy inspired themes. These plans promise to turn you into a lion, with names like tactical this or operator that. But as I said at the recent Strength Matters ... Continue Reading
Sit Better to Move Better
We can talk technique, sequencing, and programming, but the truth is, if you want to move better, you need to rest better. Exercise and rest are two sides of the same coin, but few trainers really address ... Continue Reading
Be Better at Life: How to Find More Time to Train
Training can have a remarkable effect on all aspects of your life. Improving physical fitness will make you healthier and better able to cope with stress. You will look better and feel more confident. Your ... Continue Reading
The Mental Side of Injury: How to Adapt and Overcome
Often when I’m talking with people, I mention the activities and training I engage in. When I ask if they train or play sports, their standard answer is, “Well, no. I used to, but I got injured. If you had ... Continue Reading
Will Online Programming Make or Break Your Training?
Online coaching and programming is a good method of getting expert tuition for a fraction of the price. With the right mindset, focus, and coach it can help you achieve brilliant results and take your ... Continue Reading
The Single Most Important Aspect of Kettlebell Sport
Ask any kettlebell sport athlete what the single most important aspect of success in the sport is, and you will probably receive the same answer: efficiency. I often see beginners approach the kettlebells ... Continue Reading
Is Your Diet Dirty? 7 Tips To Clean It Up
Whenever someone tells me they eat clean, my next question is always, “What does clean eating mean to you?” A clean diet could include meat, dairy, and grains, or it could exclude one or all of these ... Continue Reading
Keep It Simple: Classic Tools for Smart Training
In this day and age of accessibility for everything from strength training and nutrition, to mobility and recovery, I find myself wondering where the simplicity has gone. If you are reading this you are ... Continue Reading
Zoodles: A Delicious, Gluten-Free Pasta Alternative
When I first decided to embark on a food-as-medicine lifestyle, I gave up gluten. The results were so drastically positive I could not deny it was my poison. But when you’re 100 percent Italian and live in ... Continue Reading
What Is the Secret to Success?
I’ve been at this game for a long time, and I am still amused when people want the secret. What often happens is two people start training at roughly the same time. One of them works often and hard, both ... Continue Reading
Feats of Strength: How to Tear a Deck of Cards in Two
In my previous article I covered how to rip a phonebook in half. Now we move on to a related feat of strength: tearing a deck of cards in two. Anyone who has handled playing cards before knows this is a ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Sport: 5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started
Over the years, I’ve made a lot of mistakes with my kettlebell sport training. Every experienced athlete wishes they could go back in time to help their younger self avoid pitfalls and become even better, ... Continue Reading
Training Through Pain: Salvation Through Suffering
When it comes to hard work, perspective is everything. Do you work as hard as you think you do? When you go the gym, are you giving it everything you have or are you just showing up? That's me. How much ... Continue Reading
“Can You Go?” Dan John’s New Program Design Resource for Athletes
Breaking Muscle receives no compensation in exchange for reviews. We received this product for free and did not experience typical customer service. The opinions expressed belong solely to the ... Continue Reading
10 Landmine Exercises You’ve Never Tried – and Should
Believe it or not, the landmine was invented long before they came out with this: The Rogue Landmine Those with a considerable amount of training experience will remember what it was like shoving a ... Continue Reading
10 Cues for a Perfect Kettlebell Swing
If you are an 80’s kid or older, you are familiar with The Karate Kid. It’s one of those movies you come across while flipping through the channels on a Sunday afternoon and just have to stop and watch ... Continue Reading
The 10 Commandments of the Kettlebell Swing
If you are an 80’s kid or older, you are familiar with The Karate Kid. It’s one of those movies you come across while flipping through the channels on a Sunday afternoon and just have to stop and watch ... Continue Reading
