I flunked out. The past four years of pursuing professional baseball at all costs was valiant in effort, against the odds, but I fell short of my ultimate goal. Much like my collegiate clock ran out in ... Continue Reading
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Keep (Sumo) Deadlifting: Unorthodox Rehab for Lumbar Injuries
One of the obvious questions I get from readers and athletes is why and how I use deadlifting as a lumbar rehab exercise when most health professionals avoid it. The start to that answer is pretty simple: ... Continue Reading
3 Bang-for-Your-Buck Mobility Exercises for Bigger Lifts
You’re stuck spending thirty minutes on your warm up and wondering why you can’t make any gains in your training. Even more importantly, your squat depth is abysmal, you lack a comfortable and effective ... Continue Reading
12 Reps – The Breaking Muscle Digest – Vol. 1, Issue 21
Feedback on the The Max Effort Black Box System has been terrific. Thank you to everyone who has purchased it for supporting Breaking Muscle. Watch for more ebooks and programming in the near ... Continue Reading
How to Get Your Best Time Trial Performance Yet
I think it’s always worth reviewing how you did after an event to see how you might improve. How else can you determine what worked and what didn’t work? Or what course to follow from here forward for ... Continue Reading
A Squatting Double Standard: Is the Butt-Wink Okay in Pistols?
The “butt wink” is a colloquialism for when the pelvis tucks under at the bottom of the squat. Research indicates that allowing the lower back to go into flexion makes it is more difficult to avoid staying ... Continue Reading
Survival of the Survivors: The CrossFit (Hunger) Games
In 1965, daredevil Evel Knievel made his first motorcycle jump, jumping his bike forty feet over boxes of rattlesnakes. In 1974, he attempted to jump his “skycycle” over the Snake River Canyon, three ... Continue Reading
Back to Basics: How to Assess Movement With the Plank
A while back I stopped looking at what body parts were used during specific exercises. I got away from thinking that pressing was for shoulders and squats were for quads. Instead, I started looking ... Continue Reading
Arousal 101: What “Mind Over Matter” Really Means
Before embarking on any form of training whether it be as a tactical athlete or complete beginner to exercise, it is important for us to have our mind in the right place. Getting up at 0500 in the snow to ... Continue Reading
Timing Is Everything – In CrossFit and Life
I go to CrossFit five or six days a week. You wouldn’t know this to look at me. In fact, one of the trainers sort of suggested maybe I should stop telling people about CrossFit all the time. I’m not ... Continue Reading
Reality Check: You’re Not That Elite (Yet)
Absorbed into the screen of your computer, you sit in silence and watch the flawless execution of a rep. The seemingly effortless move from start to finish has your mind searching for answers. Like a ... Continue Reading
Living a 1940s Lifestyle to Build 21st Century Fitness
Many people discuss being paleo, but I only know a few who actually live a paleo lifestyle. Becca and Winslow Jenkins have multiple egg-laying hens and forage, hunt, and fish for food. Eric Frohardt hunts ... Continue Reading
The Secrets to Pain-Free Hypertrophy Training
What is pain-free hypertrophy training? It’s exactly what it sounds like. By using advanced training methods, you can achieve both the addition of lean muscle and the reduction of body fat without breaking ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate 90-Day Bodyweight Training Plan
When I was a young man, I struggled with my self-image. My brother was a “hulk” and played varsity college basketball all four years. I, on the other hand, was skinny. I didn’t have much confidence ... Continue Reading
7 Reasons Kettlebell Sport Is for Everybody
One of the reasons I love kettlebell sport is because it is truly inclusive. If you have ever watched a kettlebell sport competition here in the UK, you know that it is endurance weightlifting. The ... Continue Reading
The Man In the Mirror: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
Note: Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get to the bottom of the biggest questions in health and training. Post your questions directly to Charles in the comments below ... Continue Reading
GRID All-Stars and Why I Was Wrong About Lindsey
Last year, when the NPGL was first emerging and trying to find it’s footing in the world of professional sports, I wrote a piece positing that with Lindsey Valenzuela’s signing to the LA Reign, the sport ... Continue Reading
How to Outsmart “I’m Too Busy” and Make Fitness a Habit
What's the most common justification for not working out? A recent U.S. News article outlined the top ten reasons people don't exercise. We can probably all guess the number one excuse, and we've all ... Continue Reading
Gearing Up for the Next Phase: Training for Advanced Cycling
In two previous articles, I introduced training programs for beginner cyclists and intermediate-level cyclists. This month, we raise the bar for the advanced program. This training cycle will take you well ... Continue Reading
No More Bicycle Crunches: 5 Smart Exercises to Work Your Core
Most of us sit for all or part of the day, placing the hamstrings and hip flexors in a shortened position, which can lead to low back pain or just a general sense of tightness. What really blows my ... Continue Reading
An 8-Week Mobility Program for Masters Olympic Weightlifting
Click Here to Start the 8-Week Masters Weightlifting Program Most masters-aged athletes entering into weightlifting, despite their legal age, are young when it comes to time spent in sport. As a ... Continue Reading
WiFi Weightlifting and the Problem With Online Coaching
As a weightlifting coach, I’m frequently asked about online coaching. But I don’t know of any well-established coaches who are interested in coaching this way, and in fact, I’m not sure what the term ... Continue Reading
Accelerate Your Fat Loss With Cinco Sets
Cardio isn’t fun. Whoever says they enjoy plugging away on the treadmill for thirty minutes to an hour is lying (note: enjoying activities you partake in while doing cardio, i.e. listening to podcasts and ... Continue Reading
How to Get Strongman Strong With the Bent Press
<strong">The bent press is a unique lift that was once quite famous due to the strongmen of the golden era. But as it is quite technical, it was considered a trick lift by some and became largely ... Continue Reading
