I hate when people ask me questions like, “If you were stranded on a desert island and could only do one exercise, which would it be?” In my head I am always thinking that between spending all day long ... Continue Reading
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Strength & Conditioning – Al Kavadlo: Week 3, Day 3
This four-week program is designed by calisthenics expert and author Al Kavadlo. Three workouts are posted each week and cover a total of twelve bodyweight exercise progressions and tutorials, including ... Continue Reading
Why I Trust My CrossFit Coach Not to Hurt Me
This is a rebuttal to Josh Bunch's article, It's CrossFit and It's Going to Hurt: I still remember the day my CrossFit coach yelled at me to quit. Twice. We’d spent the first part of the workout testing ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 5, Week 1, 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
Pushing the Limits: Wrestling With Fitness (Book Excerpt)
The following in an excerpt from Al Kavadlo's book "Pushing the Limits": Wrestling with Fitness As a kid, I was a huge pro wrestling fan. There is just something magical about watching ... Continue Reading
5 Tips for Successfully Popping Your Triathlon Race Cherry
Triathlon is the fastest growing sport in the world for many reasons. For me, the most obvious of these reasons is its inclusive nature. There are not many sports in the world where you share the exact ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 4, 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
Balance is My Breath: Competition, Goals, and Character
On Friday, Breaking Muscle posted an inspirational video called How Bad Do You Want It? The video is a collage of top athletes who are or were at the top of their field. The narrative of the video is ... Continue Reading
Made Strong Through Weakness: How CrossFit Transformed an Italian Prison
Being one of the first CrossFit certified coaches in Italy, I started to promote the methodology by teaching in fitness centers, colleges, and schools all around the country. One morning in 2011, as I was ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Al Kavadlo: Week 2, Day 2
This four-week program is designed by calisthenics expert and author Al Kavadlo. Three workouts are posted each week and cover a total of eleven bodyweight exercise progressions and tutorials, including ... Continue Reading
6 Yoga Poses for Better Posture
Being afraid I’ll end up looking like the humpback of Notre Dame when I’m older is a reasonable fear. Either osteoporosis or poor posture may be my fate, unless I take some steps in the right direction. ... Continue Reading
How to Diagnose and Cure Exercise ADD
I used to stand on the balcony overlooking the free weight area at the 24 Hour Fitness in Santa Monica watching the action figures, as my friend called them. I had noticed that every time Muscle and ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Ruth Anderson Horrell, Entry 4 – 3/28/2013
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the athlete journal of Ruth Anderson Horrell. Hailing from New Zealand, Ruth competed in the 2011 and 2012 CrossFit Games and hopes to do the same in 2013. Check in every week to ... Continue Reading
On Being Strong: How CrossFit Ended My War With My Body
Being strong has its advantages. Generally speaking, any physical task is a little bit easier than for other people: you can buy everything you want from the supermarket and still carry the shopping bags ... Continue Reading
Are Women’s Only Gyms Discriminatory?
I remember being crushed in preschool when the boys wouldn't let me play Ninja Turtles with them because I was a girl. I pointed out that April was a central character in the show and they reticently let ... Continue Reading
Sport Specific Training: What Specifically Do You Mean By That?
Sport-Specific Training – The Old Days In my day, sport-specific training - which I don’t believe was even a term at the time - meant becoming more physically fit by strength training, running, and ... Continue Reading
3 Unique Kettlebell and Sandbag Exercise Progressions
In my first article on combining sandbags and kettlebells, I discussed understanding the differences of our training tools. After all certain tools do things well that others do not. We shouldn’t be ... Continue Reading
Science Says You Get Better Results With a Coach
Do you have a coach who supervises your training? If not, then you should get one, because research shows that athletes make significantly greater gains with a coached training program versus going it ... Continue Reading
What We’ve Learned From Ultimate Fighting
Back in the day us kids would sit around and match up superheroes. “Who’s the top superhero?” we would speculate. I was always a Superman guy – the superhuman strength and ability to fly seemed hard to ... Continue Reading
Sunday Seven: The Week’s 7 Most Popular Articles, Vol. 51
Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the 7 most popular articles of the week. This week: para-athlete Cleuton Nunes, recovery tips, handstand walking, CrossFit coaching, BJJ tips ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Julie Warren, Entry 13 – The LA Marathon
EDITOR'S NOTE: Along with Andrew Read and Narisa Wild, Julie Warren will be sharing her training experiences for upcoming endurance challenges. Follow Julie as she prepares for her next adventure - the ... Continue Reading
Product Review: Strength Wraps
Strength Wraps are a product created by Kelley Urbani specifically to support the practice of CrossFit. After years of practicing and coaching, Kelley found that one of her staple pieces of exercise ... Continue Reading
Pushing the Envelope: How Each Generation Builds the BJJ Evolution
Photos provided by David Brown Photography. Last summer, I went to my college reunion and waxed nostalgic with a bunch of old friends about a significant time in my young adulthood. Many of the ... Continue Reading
Learning Sucks, But You Should Do It Anyway
When I was four years old I could read at a fourth grade level, but I couldn’t tie my shoes so they weren’t going to let me into kindergarten. I have a September birthday, so I was one of those kids doomed ... Continue Reading
