One of the best training analogies I’ve ever read is by Mike Boyle. He said training is like farming. You do all these things today that you can’t see producing a result in the hope of a future payoff. You ... Continue Reading
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3 Important Choices That Will Superpower Your Training
In today's world there is no secret to success when it comes to your health and fitness. If anything we can run into the problem of information overload. The Internet, TV, books, eBooks, magazines, and ... Continue Reading
Stop Doing Kegels: Real Pelvic Floor Advice For Women (and Men)
"Suggested tattoo for trainers, therapists, and athletes: Tighter does not equal stronger. It’s just tighter.” Katy Bowman A few years ago, Katy Bowman kicked up a dust storm when she offered not ... Continue Reading
The 3 Most Horrifying Lies About the Snatch
I am a horribly bad person. I'm sitting in this bar tonight drowning in Irish coffees, distracting myself by watching tattooed hipsters playing pool and dancing drunken dances to an odd mix of country ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 2, Week 5, 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
Awake & Evolve: Cycle 4 – Deep Hip Opening ~ Yin Practice
Yogi’s Tip Use a stopwatch or timer to aid you in the deep yin holds for this practice. Enjoy! A. Child’s Pose Coming on to your knees, bring your big toes together and sit on your heels, trying to ... Continue Reading
DVD Review: “Burn With Kearns: MMA Strength & Conditioning” by Kevin Kearns
Is there a more natural training modality that fighting? I’d argue that running and fighting are the closest modern training methods to what’s truly engrained in our DNA. With that comes an incredible ... Continue Reading
12 Reps with John Hackleman, MMA and Fitness 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
Forget Crunches: How to Actually Strengthen Your Core
Forget crunches, hanging leg raises, and the Shake Weight. I’m about to tell you what the single biggest bang for your buck, core stability exercise is. But first we need to look at the function of the ... Continue Reading
“Keep It Simple”: A Fitness Mantra For Moms
I’m tired of hearing moms complain about motherhood. I’m not saying I’ve never done it, but just because I’m a hypocrite doesn’t make me wrong. I hear it all the time: in the grocery store, at the post ... Continue Reading
Weight Loss Lessons From a Complete Pig
Recently, I tried to eat three whole chickens. Plus sides. Specifically, 3.5kg of schnitzel, complete with potato roesti, and sauerkraut (cabbage). For my American friends, that's eight pounds of food, ... Continue Reading
Why Adding Weight to the Bar Is the Whole Damned Point
I made a huge mistake. Sometimes a friend, even if they are your favorite person, can lead you down a road that causes you to pull your hair out. This happened the other night. I was coerced to ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Workout: Cycle 2, Week 4, 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
Awake & Evolve: Cycle 4 – A Meditation for Letting Go
Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Andrew Read, Entry 15 – Super Compensation
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 15 - Super ... Continue Reading
Gameness: Pit Bulls Have It, Do You?
“Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the ... Continue Reading
First Rule: Do Not Talk About Intermittent Fasting
People are cruel. If people find out that you don’t eat breakfast purposely they will look down upon you and aim malicious verbal intents directly at your soul. You could be totally ripped and that person ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Holley Mangold, Entry 14 – The Big Day Happened
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold. Holley is part of Team USA headed to London this summer. Follow her journey here as she trains for the 2012 ... Continue Reading
The Science Behind the “Science Behind Sweat”
Workout logging sites come and go. In my case, they mostly go. Either the logging wants you to follow a "GET RIPPED" tabloid routine, or the logging does nothing but, well, log my workout. Software should ... Continue Reading
12 Reps with Dan John, 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
3 Workouts to Build Explosive Strength for BJJ
Brazilian jiu jitsu is a martial art that was developed to allow a smaller, weaker person to protect him or herself from a larger, stronger opponent by using leverage. As BJJ practitioners develop ... Continue Reading
You Can Already Do the Splits: How to Relax Into Stretch
Every single thing your body has ever done it remembers perfectly, even if you don’t. When I used to teach motorbike riding for the California Superbike School we spent a lot of time “clearing” people’s ... Continue Reading
How to Swim Faster: It’s All in Your Head
One of the first things everyone always asks me when it comes to swimming is, “How can I get faster?” More often than not this question comes from the recreational swimmer, triathlete, or CrossFitter. And ... Continue Reading
The Literariness of the Olympics
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald I easily ... Continue Reading
