The Unknown and the Known: Train for All of It Training for the “unknown and unknowable” is a popular reason to go hard in the gym these days. While it is important to be ready for whatever we can be ... Continue Reading
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No Time to Lose Weight? Simple Options for Daily Calorie Burning
When mediocrity is an acceptable thing, it is sad to say that doing something is better than doing nothing. It is now common place to engage in a mostly inactive day that includes lousy food options and ... Continue Reading
12 Simple Strategies to Boost Your Bench Press (and Save Your Shoulders)
Pretty cool title, right? But surely it can’t be true? Putting kilos on your bench press doesn’t usually mean happy days for your shoulders. How many of you have started to focus efforts on your bench, ... Continue Reading
4 Motivational Lessons Rocky Balboa Can Teach You
Welcome to the Rocky Balboa School of Motivation! Here are four powerful lessons drawn from the life of Rocky Balboa, the ultimate motivational underdog. Each lesson features the message broken down ... Continue Reading
The Single Secret to Becoming a Better Runner
Do you want to know the secret to becoming a better runner? Become more efficient. That’s it. Overly simplified, yes, but that is it. An Example of Excellent Running Technique All that training you ... Continue Reading
Why It’s Time to Regulate the Supplement Industry
Next to CrossFit, perhaps the most controversial subject in fitness is that of dietary supplements. Supplements are big business, to the tune of $32.5 billion annually. The majority of Americans ... Continue Reading
5 Simple Ways to Avoid GMO Foods
I always assumed my food was safe from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) if I purchased it at my local health-food store. But that's not always true. Did you know the U.S. government has ... Continue Reading
A Weightlifting Etiquette Handbook for CrossFitters
Dear CrossFitters: I love you, know I do. But also know that our weightlifting cousins look at us and our grip-and-rip weightlifting technique as the Cousin Eddies of the sport. While they hone ... Continue Reading
Why I Always Hit a Daily Training Max (Athlete Journal 6)
The deload week has finally passed. My mind and body got a chance to relax, and I entered the gym as a Hungry, Hungry Hippo. You can only be patient for so long. ... Continue Reading
9 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Running
I started running longer distances about fifteen years ago. Before that I would run a mile or two to keep in shape for soccer and then call it quits. What got me started running distance? My ego. The ... Continue Reading
The Benefits of Weightlifting Meets for Specific Skill Levels
With the popularity of CrossFit and its use of Olympic lifting in its routines, we are also seeing a rise in people interested in entering an official weightlifting event. In addition to CrossFit, many ... Continue Reading
A Bittersweet End to My Training Cycle (Athlete Journal 41)
The time has gone by pretty fast, and I have now finished my last full week of training before the IBJJF New York Pro and Masters Worlds. I guess the best word to describe the experience of preparing for ... Continue Reading
What Is Yoga, Really? An Interview With Arvind Chittumalla
Will the real yoga please stand up? This is a question many are asking today as yoga continues to expand as a commercial venture in the United States. According to statistics, $10.3 billion was spent on ... Continue Reading
Love CrossFit? 5 Tips to Avoid CrossFit Burnout
Is it possible to be sick of CrossFit? Them’s fightin’ words, to be sure, but think about it. CrossFit is so engaging and addicting that we often go at it so hard and fast right from the start that memes ... Continue Reading
The Benefits of Deloading (Athlete Journal 5)
Deload. Taper. Unload. Backoff. Rest. Whatever you want to call it, it’s never a fun week. As athletes we don’t only grow and get stronger in the gym. We also progress when we recover. A deload is a ... Continue Reading
A Simple Protocol for Testing Your Work Capacity
A few years ago, I had an opportunity to develop a training program for a large joint-military unit (Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force). Fortunately, the only requirement of the commanding officer was ... Continue Reading
Promoted to Purple Belt! (Athlete Journal 55)
Big news! I received my purple belt from Phil and Ricky Migliarese on October 11th! A few weeks ago, I found out that I was on the Balance promotion list for my purple belt. I was pretty excited ... Continue Reading
Circuit Training Doesn’t Get You Fitter
Humans love black and white. We love definitive. We want everything to fit in a box, be on a list, or abide by rules. The problem with all that is the world and our lives are chaotic and ... Continue Reading
The 2014 Worlds Masters Weightlifting Championships (Athlete Journal 53)
Everybody has their trials and tribulation stories of traveling. Mine are no different. So we won’t bother expanding on that. Everybody has their trials and tribulation stories of traveling. ... Continue Reading
5 Martial Arts Lessons on Peak Performance for the Non-Martial Artist
Performance is everywhere we turn. Interviewing for that next job. Going on that first date. Competing in your local fitness competition. In order to succeed at anything, you must be prepared to perform ... Continue Reading
Cheating Death: How To Thrive In a Sit-Down Work Environment
Welcome to the real world. The one where nothing revolves around health and well-being, but instead around your "productivity." The one where you slowly trade your present and future health for a ... Continue Reading
Got Midterms? BJJ Can Help (Athlete Journal 54)
It’s been a challenging week at school, but I still managed to get in a lot of good training. Midterm grades are due next week, so of course all of my teachers decided they needed to give us one last test, ... Continue Reading
4 Cues From Toddlers to Help You Get Stronger and Perform Better
Someone once told me the best way to progress in knowledge is to go back to the beginning and look at the fundamentals in a new light. So I figured to learn how to move better, it might be helpful to look ... Continue Reading
Camille Leblanc-Bazinet: Strong, Real, and Less-Than-Perfect
There exists an epic, ongoing tug-of-war for the attention, self-esteem, minds, and hearts of young women. On one side, you have Madison Avenue, advertisers, giant retail, fashion, and media. On the other, ... Continue Reading
