The body is built on an X pattern. To move we typically will use one leg and the opposing arm. The force generated off the ground is linked through the core and countered by the opposing ... Continue Reading
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5 Mental Cues to Bulletproof Your Brain for Training
Exercise programming is simple. It really is. If you diligently spent a few days a week, week after week, month after month, year after year, working on improving your strength through quality movement, by ... Continue Reading
Chet Morjaria’s Olympic Weightlifting Holiday Wish List
EDITORS NOTE: We know how hard it is to gift shop, so we thought we would help you out with ideas. Olympic weightlifting coach Chet Morjaria suggests a range of gift options for the weightlifter in your ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 7, Week 11, 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
Vanessa Bennington’s Female Athlete Holiday Wish List
EDITOR'S NOTE: We know how hard it is to gift shop, so we thought we would help you out with ideas. Coach Vanessa Bennington has a few gift ideas for all the active women out there - or anyone shopping for ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 68 – Training Objectives
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ever wonder how a world-class coach actually trains? Wonder what it's like to train as a "mature athlete?" Welcome to the athlete journal of Charles Staley. A big believer in practicing what ... Continue Reading
Training Partials for Stronger Tendons and Bones
I would say that 99% of the fitness and strength training is focused on the muscles and/or the cardiovascular system. But what about the rest of the body? In studying both modern and old-time strongmen you ... Continue Reading
The 2013 List of Best Stocking Stuffers for the Athlete
Shopping for an athlete can be a challenge. You can't buy them candy; if they're serious, then they've already bought a lot of things for themselves; and most of them probably don't find office supplies as ... Continue Reading
The Accumulation of Marginal Gains: Gear Tips for Cycling Faster
The accumulation of marginal gains was a phrase often mentioned after the successes of the track cycling in last year’s Olympics. Making several changes together, that by themselves might appear to be very ... Continue Reading
The Best Paleo Cookbooks 2013: Which Ones to Buy and Why
Given that I review a lot of cookbooks, I also get a lot of questions as to which ones I would recommend and for what reasons. Reading through the many reviews I’ve done over the last couple years would ... Continue Reading
How to Stay Plant-Based and Survive the Holidays
You barely sleep due to the anxiety of having to wake up at an ungodly hour. The terminal is already packed when you get to the airport and the three people in front of you in the security line act like ... Continue Reading
The Jigsaw Puzzle of Recovery
It’s Tuesday morning. You wake up for work at your normal time. But something is off. You just don’t feel right. You manage to make it to work, but it’s one of those days that you just feel wrong. Your ... Continue Reading
My CrossFit Cherry Busted: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of CrossFit Competition
It’s hard not to draw some comparisons between going to a CrossFit competition and a rave. Pay to get in, see a bunch of girls with great bodies dressed like whores on Halloween, and see rampant and ... Continue Reading
A Statistical Analysis of Why You Need to Train Your Submission Basics
When women ask me why I think Brazilian jiu jitsu is the best self-defense system for women, I explain that it was developed to allow a smaller, weaker person to defeat a bigger, stronger opponent using ... Continue Reading
Why I Criticize CrossFit
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do." - Benjamin Franklin Perhaps I am a fool: I criticize CrossFit. A lot. But it’s because I love CrossFit. Ever since childhood, I have ... Continue Reading
The Pros and Cons of Our New-Found Obsession With Old-School Training
I have always joked that if you looked in the dictionary under “old school,” you’d see a picture of my pop. My dad is a New Yorker and will call it like it is any day of the week. He isn’t politically ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 7, Week 7, 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
Science Says YouTube Can Make You a Better Athlete
Some athletes use visualization to help them win, but you can also use it to help you learn. If you can visualize a movement, the same parts of the brain get activated just by thinking about performing an ... Continue Reading
The Sumo Deadlift High Pull Is Stupid
On April 23, 1985, the Coca Cola Corporation introduced New Coke. Banking on some sketchy market research and blind taste tests, the makers of New Coke launched their product onto the market and were ... Continue Reading
How Bad Posture Can Ruin Your BJJ Game and 3 Drills to Fix It
You’re in the finals of the biggest tournament in which you have ever participated. The score is tied with thirty seconds left. You find yourself stuck in closed guard on the top. Suddenly you get swept, ... Continue Reading
Why You Need Phytonutrients and the 4 Best Places to Get Them
When was the last time you counted the number of servings of fruits and vegetables you consumed in a day? Do you know how many an average adult should be consuming? Does the 5 a Day campaign ring a bell? ... Continue Reading
Who Cares About Your Snatch?
You’re special. No, really, I mean it. You are gifted beyond the norm and can get away with things that no one else can at your gym. You can use more advanced exercises, recover less, and train harder. ... Continue Reading
Mobility and Movement, Session 3: Mobility Drills for the Overhead Position
As you may have read in my first article in this series, I am attending a program about mobility and movement at CrossFit 626 where I teach mobility myself. I am finding it interesting to see how the ... Continue Reading
Fitness Competitions: When a Good Idea Goes Very Wrong
It wasn’t that long ago that weekend fitness competitions were few and far between. In 2011 when I launched the Firebreather Throwdown in Cincinnati, there were almost no other competitions in the area. As ... Continue Reading
