Seattle, Washington, USA. We all know about Bill Gates and Microsoft and the Space Needle from the 1962 World’s Fair. Caffeine addicts know it as the birthplace of the Starbucks chain of coffee houses. ... Continue Reading
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Movement as Animation: Teaching CrossFit “By the Numbers”
What if I told you watching Bugs Bunny cartoons or playing FIFA 14 for hours a day can make you a better CrossFitter? I'd be lying, of course. But if I told you that studying the principles behind ... Continue Reading
How TV, the Internet, and Your Phone Are Hurting Your Fitness
The average American spends 8.5 hours a day staring at screens.1 Said another way, we spend more than one third of our lives looking at a screen. I don’t know about you, but this got my attention and even ... Continue Reading
How to Banish Your Pain Faster and More Completely
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) can be a phenomenal tool to help you overcome injuries. Sometimes it’s simply our emotional pain that keeps our physical pain present. Sound crazy? Consider that ... Continue Reading
How Being Fit Can Keep You Safe and Improve Your Day
Four women have been attacked in the last week on and around my local University of Florida campus. Upon hearing of the most recent incident, I began to wonder what a woman might be able to do if put in ... Continue Reading
Beginner Workout: Cycle 3, Week 11
EDITOR'S NOTE: For an in-depth description of the beginner workouts and the movements contained in them from their creator, Bret Hamilton, have a look at his article on getting started with this 12-week ... Continue Reading
The Lifting/Longevity Paradox (Athlete Journal 107)
As I watch older lifters struggle with orthopedic issues, I often wonder: If my sole or primary objective was to feel as good as possible at age eighty, would I still lift as hard as I do? That’s a ... Continue Reading
What Forefoot Running Actually Means
Running is weird. Considering that you learn to do it as a child with no coaching at all and that running itself is hardwired into us and was a major reason for our survival as a species, most of us just ... Continue Reading
Using Powerful Body Language Can Increase Your Actual Power
You may have heard that smiling can make you happier. What if acting more dominant can help you lift more weight? Recent research suggests that your body language changes the body’s physiology to increase ... Continue Reading
Beginner Workout: Cycle 3, Week 10
EDITOR'S NOTE: For an in-depth description of the beginner workouts and the movements contained in them from their creator, Bret Hamilton, have a look at his article on getting started with this 12-week ... Continue Reading
How to Train Smart Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Pregnancy seems at first to have a distinct beginning and a distinct end. You make a baby, you carry a baby, you deliver a baby. Voilà – it all takes ten months max. That’s what I used to think, but ... Continue Reading
The Moment Grid Became a Sport
The New York Rhinos had it sewn up. After ten races, they led the Miami Surge by three points and the final race heavily favored New York’s strengths and skills. Then, the Surge threw their bonus flag. ... Continue Reading
You’re Not Getting Stronger Because You Don’t Know How to Move
Have you hit a plateau in your training? Getting frustrated because you just can’t get even one more pull up or add any more weight to your lifts? Or maybe you’ve even had to decrease your ... Continue Reading
An Introduction to Kettlebell Sport Training Methodologies
Click Here to Start Your Free Kettlebell Sport Workouts I treat kettlebell sport like another job. In fact, if you add up the total number of hours I spend training each week it would definitely qualify ... Continue Reading
Beginner Workout: Cycle 3, Week 9
EDITOR'S NOTE: For an in-depth description of the beginner workouts and the movements contained in them from their creator, Bret Hamilton, have a look at his article on getting started with this 12-week ... Continue Reading
The Evolution of Weightlifting Coaching
In today’s fast moving pace of any movement that gains popularity with the masses, practices and procedures change at an almost dizzying rate. What was cool yesterday is passé today, just because of what ... Continue Reading
Beginner Workout: Cycle 3, Week 8
EDITOR'S NOTE: For an in-depth description of the beginner workouts and the movements contained in them from their creator, Bret Hamilton, have a look at his article on getting started with this 12-week ... Continue Reading
Coaching Kids Will Brighten Up Your Week (Athlete Journal 47)
I was so ready to get back to training this week and go ham, but I’m still having trouble with my elbow. I was able to practice the moves and roll, but I couldn’t go as hard as I wanted to. On the bright ... Continue Reading
Everything You Need to Know to Do a Perfect Pistol
When you see a pistol done well, it looks so easy. Then you try one. To help you perform a perfect pistol, we've put together all the videos on the topic from our expert coaches. Watch these video, ... Continue Reading
Fight for the Right to Recess: 3 Reasons Kids Need Break Time
According to the United Nations, the opportunity for play and recreation is a fundamental human right of every child: The child is entitled to receive education, which shall be free and compulsory, at ... Continue Reading
Combat Skin Samurai in Combat Rashguard (Product Review)
Combat Skin is a newcomer to the Brazilian jiu jitsu gear market, and so far they’ve produced striking designs with each new product. I’ve had more people stop me in class to take a closer look at the ... Continue Reading
GRID at the Garden: My Thoughts on a New Sport
For two hours between 7:00pm and 9:00pm on Tuesday August 19, 2014, the stars aligned to cause an event that itself caused ripple effects across time and space: the new fitness league, GRID, premiered at ... Continue Reading
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 2: Challenging the Overreaction
In part one Historical Perspectives I shared a historical review of single leg training. In this second installment, I will focus on what I call the overreactions to the single-leg training trend that I ... Continue Reading
Beginner Workout: Cycle 3, Week 7
EDITOR'S NOTE: For an in-depth description of the beginner workouts and the movements contained in them from their creator, Bret Hamilton, have a look at his article on getting started with this 12-week ... Continue Reading
