Yogi’s Tip Use a stopwatch or timer to aid you in the long holds for this practice. A. Warming the Body This practice is most most beneficial after a workout when the body is still warm and supple. It ... Continue Reading
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Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 2, Week 9, 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
Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 19 – Calling Up the Big Guns
Click here to read other journal entries and articles by Andrew Read, and look for his new journal every Monday as he trains for Ironman Melbourne. Journal Entry 19 - Calling Up the Big ... Continue Reading
Dear Willow: My Friends Think I Joined a Cult
Dear Willow, My friends and family have watched me fall in love with yoga over the last decade. I have experienced great personal growth, and my friends and family label my changes as "joining the ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 2, Week 8, 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
The Paralympic Games: Changing Perceptions, Popularity Still Challenged
One of the best things to have happened to enhance the popularity of the 2012 Paralympic Games was when Oscar Pistorius tried to separate himself from them. When Pistorius qualified for this summer’s ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 18 – Calf Gone Silly Buggers
Click here to read other journal entries and articles by Andrew Read, and look for his new journal every Monday as he trains for Ironman Melbourne. Journal Entry 18 - Calf Gone Silly ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Charles Staley, Part 2 – Staley’s Advice for New Coaches
Charles Staley is both a man who seeks out knowledge and expresses an opinion of his own. That’s a potent combo. Given his personal journey to becoming a coach and the myriad of world-class instructors he ... Continue Reading
Dear Willow: I’m Uncomfortable With Pelvic Exercises
Dear Willow, I started doing Forrest Yoga at YogaOne studio here in Houston on May 31st. In fifteen classes, plus reading Ana's book, the work has made far too great an impact on my life to ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Charles Staley, Entry 12 – Sometimes Bad Things Happen
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
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 2, 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
The Bicycle Collective: Salvage Your Bike, Save Money, See the World
Photos provided by Danette "Dizzle" Rivera and The Bicycle Kitchen. Have you seen the price of gas lately? I can’t even say the number out loud it’s so outrageous. That sort of skyrocketing makes ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 2, Week 7, 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
How to Heal Shoulder and Lumbar Spine Injuries
My work as a chiropractor consists of treating many different athletes, from track and field amateurs and professionals to competitive tri-athletes to professional baseball, basketball, and soccer players, ... Continue Reading
The Right Way to Lose Fat: What to Eat
Let’s set the record straight from the outset: the goal of any weight loss, pound-shedding, “trimming,” or whatever-you-label-it program is body FAT loss, not necessarily scale-weight loss. So, bubble-wrap ... Continue Reading
5 Ways Competition Preparation Is Like College
I have advocated elsewhere that Brazilian jiu jitsu be treated like an academic discipline. I have argued that the domain of BJJ is complex and sophisticated, can claim experts who explore and contribute ... Continue Reading
Running for a Reason: From Afghanistan to the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
Would you race over 160km on foot through the Alps? No? Well, you probably wouldn't voluntarily move to Afghanistan to work in human rights either, but Stephanie Case says yes to those kinds of ... Continue Reading
DVD Review: Alisa Wyatt Intermediate and Advanced Pilates Mat Workouts
If you’re a Pilates purist, I feel confident in saying you will enjoy Alisa Wyatt’s Pilates workouts. I’ve tried the Intermediate and Advanced level workouts, and both were excellent. The Advanced workout ... Continue Reading
Choosing the Best Weight Class For Lifting
I lifted in my first Olympic meet in 1967 when I was seventeen years old, 175cm tall, and weighed 80kg, quite muscular for an untrained high-schooler. Looking back I seem to have developed some sort of ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 2, Week 6, Day 2
Welcome to the 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 before ... Continue Reading
4 Things Successful Athletes Do (That You Don’t)
Author Brian Tracy says if you want to be successful then find what the most successful people in any field are doing and keep doing it until you do it as well as them. So what can we do in exercise terms ... Continue Reading
The Gold Medal Napkin: How To Avoid Being A Clueless Coach
It's your first day. You have never practiced the snatch before. You have seen videos. You have watched other people at your gym do them. They look wicked awesome. And you want in on the fun. You ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 2, Week 6, 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
12 Reps with Jim Wendler, Strength & Conditioning Coach
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to 12 Reps - in each appearance of 12 Reps, our coaches, writers, and occasional guests will be answering the same twelve questions. Go "into the locker-room" with them and get to ... Continue Reading
