Think your WOD was tough, so you up the ante to a “hero“ WOD? Child’s play. Think a marathon is a long way? Think again. Think Ironman is the ultimate? Not even close. Badwater ... Continue Reading
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The Top 4 CrossFit Open 14.3 WTF Moments
When CrossFit Open workout 14.3 was announced, a collective “WTF?” seemed to explode through the community. From the announcement to the workout itself there were a variety of perplexing moments, and here, ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning: Tim Anderson, Week 1, Day 2
EDITOR'S NOTE: These workouts are written by Tim Anderson, founder of Original Strength. Tim's goal as a coach is "to set people free through movement." Regain your original strength with this four-week ... Continue Reading
Sport Specific: In-Season Baseball – Week 6, Day 1
If you're a baseball player and you expect to maintain your off-season gains, maximize your recovery, and reduce your risk of injury, then you need to have a solid in-season training program as well. You ... Continue Reading
Review: “Exploring Functional Movement” Featuring Gray Cook and Erwan Le Corre
As a Rolfing practitioner (a form of manual therapy), I sometimes feel like the cardiac surgeon who wishes she could instead become a nutritionist and then travel back in time to see her patients twenty ... Continue Reading
Why Extreme Workouts Matter: Strength = Freedom = Happiness
Being strong is being free. The fitter we are, the more freedom we have. The more freedom we have, the happier we are and the closer to self-actualization we get. The most important question is not always, ... Continue Reading
10 Deal Breakers That May Be Sabotaging Your Fitness Goals
1. You Eat the Wrong Foods or You’re on a “Diet” Real food doesn’t come in a box, have a shelf life, or have ingredients you can’t pronounce. If you’re on a diet that advocates lots of packaged ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning: Tim Anderson, Week 1, Day 1
EDITOR'S NOTE: These workouts are written by Tim Anderson, founder of Original Strength. Tim's goal as a coach is "to set people free through movement." Regain your original strength with this four-week ... Continue Reading
Because We Can: Why We All Need to Run
Over the last few years I’ve heard a pile of excuses why running is bad for you. “It raises cortisol." So does anything that elicits a training response. “Running makes you skinny fat.” Only ... Continue Reading
Sport Specific: In-Season Baseball – Week 5, Day 2
If you're a baseball player and you expect to maintain your off-season gains, maximize your recovery, and reduce your risk of injury, then you need to have a solid in-season training program as well. You ... Continue Reading
The Ups and Downs of Running: How to Properly Run Hills and Stairs
The benefits of incorporating different scales, variations, and degrees to running are endless. They are also vital to run training and transfer well into just about any other sport. If running is your ... Continue Reading
Product Review: Fuji Sports Women’s Sekai Gi
For the past fifty years, Fuji Sports has worked with athletes to produce high-quality, functional gear for all martial artists. The product description for their newest women’s gi, the Sekai, ... Continue Reading
Sport Specific: In-Season Baseball – Week 5, Day 1
If you're a baseball player and you expect to maintain your off-season gains, maximize your recovery, and reduce your risk of injury, then you need to have a solid in-season training program as well. You ... Continue Reading
Why Are You Eating That Way? How to Be a Visionary About Your Nutrition
At first, this might seem like a rhetorical question, but have you really ever asked yourself, “Why am I eating this way?” Are you an Olympic athlete looking only to optimize performance over all other ... Continue Reading
Cleanses, Detoxes, and Juice Fasts: Do They Work?
Cleanse, def: to rid of impurities by or as if by washing (Merriam-Webster) I recently did a cleanse with my girlfriend called the Conscious Cleanse. The title is a bit misleading because, so far as I ... Continue Reading
Learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Online: The Dark Side of Technology
Have you ever rolled with a beginner student who tries to hit an advanced sweep on you, while cannot perform a basic guard pass? With the amount of information available to Brazilian jiu jitsu ... Continue Reading
Sport Specific: In-Season Baseball – Week 3, Day 2
If you're a baseball player and you expect to maintain your off-season gains, maximize your recovery, and reduce your risk of injury, then you need to have a solid in-season training program as well. You ... Continue Reading
Muay Thai Workout: How to Train the Roundhouse Kick
As I have stated many times in the past, the roundhouse kick is one of the most powerful techniques in the muay Thai arsenal. It also happens to be one of the signature movements of the martial art. So, if ... Continue Reading
Sport Specific: In-Season Baseball – Week 4, Day 2
If you're a baseball player and you expect to maintain your off-season gains, maximize your recovery, and reduce your risk of injury, then you need to have a solid in-season training program as well. You ... Continue Reading
Hardstyle, Girevoy, or CrossFit? How to Decide Which Kettlebell Style Is Best
I am a student of strength. As such, I can see benefits of many different styles of kettlebell use. I try to take the good components from each school or at least see the different purposes. I have ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 8, Week 12, Day 2
Welcome to the Kettlebell workout from coach Dini Leopoldo. Two new workouts are posted each week - on Tuesday and Thursday - and can be done on any day you have available. Make sure you warm up adequately ... Continue Reading
Sport Specific: In-Season Baseball – Week 4, Day 1
If you're a baseball player and you expect to maintain your off-season gains, maximize your recovery, and reduce your risk of injury, then you need to have a solid in-season training program as well. You ... Continue Reading
Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Is it Okay to Switch Citizenship Just for a Gold Medal?
I am a sucker for the Winter Olympics. I am an avid snowboarder myself, and I love to watch the ski and snowboard events. So now that the winter Olympics are over, what was the biggest thing I noticed at ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 8, Week 12, Day 1
Welcome to the Kettlebell workout from coach Dini Leopoldo. Two new workouts are posted each week - on Tuesday and Thursday - and can be done on any day you have available. Make sure you warm up adequately ... Continue Reading
