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When You Hurt a Training Partner
Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a martial art; it contains elements of combat and self defense. Most people practice it in a sport context, but at its heart, it is about protecting yourself and, if necessary, doing ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Mark Bell: Week 1, Day 3
This three week cycle of powerlifting workouts is written by Christopher Duffin of Elite Performance Center and Top 10 Fitness Blog Kabuki Warrior, based on the methodology and philosophy of Mark Bell of ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 3 – Competus Interruptus and Second Chances
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of world-class grappler Valerie Worthington. Follow Valerie as she trains and competes in various events over the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition season. ... Continue Reading
Warrior Princesses and World Records at the Arizona Highland Games
My three-year-old daughter calls herself the “warrior princess” (no Xena influence there), so it’s no wonder the Highland Games are one of her favorite events of the year. Celtic culture is riddled with ... Continue Reading
Guys Like Me: 4 Keys to Fitness for Mature Athletes
An old bull and a young bull are standing on top of a hill overlooking a herd of cows. The young bull turns to the old bull and says, “Let’s run down and **** a cow.” The old bull ponders this for a ... Continue Reading
Performing Interval Run Workouts: A Step by Step Guide
If you want to go faster this season, running speed intervals will make you a stronger and swifter runner. Speedwork - doing repetitions of fast running broken by intervals of recovery running - will train ... Continue Reading
It’s In the Practice – Trudging Forward in the Wake of the CrossFit Open
Now that the fanfare of the CrossFit Open is over, I feel like I’m in the middle of a deserted street after a parade. And I’ve just been handed a broom. The day after our last team Open workout, I ... Continue Reading
Confessions of a Chronic Meditator: The Simple Why and How of Meditation
My name is Traver and I’m a chronic meditator. It’s true, I have been this way for the past four or five years now. I’ve meditated just about everywhere you can think of – on airplanes, in movie theaters, ... Continue Reading
It’s Not a Skirt, It’s a KILT! Highland Athletics 101
I only remember one moment when I really questioned whether or not I wanted to marry my husband. We were sitting in the car talking about weddings, just three months after we first met. I was telling him ... Continue Reading
Shocking Things You Need to Know Before Taking Supplements
The next time you hear about an elite or professional athlete testing positive for substance abuse don’t immediately assume they are guilty. Don’t get me wrong, l am adamantly against performance enhancing ... Continue Reading
Are You Geeky Enough To Be A Weightlifter?
I just spent the last half hour completing The Original Geek Test and scored 44.64945% placing me in the "Major Geek" category. I challenge you to beat that. I just spent the last half hour ... Continue Reading
What the 2012 CrossFit Open Workouts Have Meant to the Everyday Athlete
I’ve read all the journal entries posted here by elite CrossFitters making a run at the 2012 CrossFit Games. I love reading about their two-a-days, intricate recovery programs, and strategies to be at peak ... Continue Reading
Over 30 and Still Training: Advice For Adult CrossFitters and Grapplers
When I was in my twenties, my life revolved around training. I left a company and an entire career, right before both became extremely lucrative, simply because it wouldn’t allow me to train as often as I ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Valerie Worthington, Entry 1 – Off to an Inauspicious Start
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of world-class grappler Valerie Worthington. Follow Valerie as she trains and competes in various events over the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition season. ... Continue Reading
The 7 Best Things About March Madness
They used to call me "The Commish." For ten years, I ran the best office college basketball pool in an industry known for its sharkiness, during the craziest time in March, for a tournament notorious for ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Eva Twardokens, Part 2 – The Evolution
When Eva Twardokens discovered CrossFit it wasn’t like it is today. There weren’t affiliates in just about every town and multiple locations in big cities. Nobody knew the word CrossFit and the CrossFit ... Continue Reading
But Enough about You: Follow Me On My Competition Journey
The good people at Breaking Muscle have given me yet another opportunity for which I am grateful: writing about myself. For the next couple months as I prepare for several grappling tournaments in ... Continue Reading
3 Functional Reasons to Do Isolation Movements
Ian King once said to me, “When a new training paradigm comes along people will overreact in the short term and underreact in the long term.” I’ve been around the fitness industry for long enough to ... Continue Reading
The Arnold Sports Festival: Photo Gallery – Olympic Weightlifting Competition
One of my favorite parts of the 2012 Arnold Sports Festival was watching the Olympic weightlifting Nationals. Some amazing athletes put some serious weight overhead for three straight days! ... Continue Reading
Athlete Journal: Michael Winchester, Entry 4 – 3/14/12
EDITOR'S NOTE: Journals will be posted at 3pm Pacific: Mondays - Ingrid Kantola of CrossFit Central Tuesdays - Peter Egyed of CrossFit Fury Wednesdays - Michael Winchester of CrossFit ... Continue Reading
DVD Review: “Baby Bells – The Fit Pregnancy Workout” by Lauren Brooks
I’ve done a lot of pregnancy workout DVDs in my life. I have two children so far, and during both of my pregnancies I had a strange obsession with pregnancy workout DVDs. I’ve rented dozens from the ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Eva Twardokens, Part 1 – Growing Up on Skis
Anyone who has been around since the early days of CrossFit is familiar with the name Eva Twardokens, or more familiarly, "Eva T." Eva was one of the original CrossFitters back in the Santa Cruz days and ... Continue Reading
Tell Me How It Happened: The Ways People Find BJJ (or It Finds Them)
People from all walks of life train Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Some people make it their life’s calling; others fit it in around other obligations. But by God, they fit it in. Everyone who makes the decision to ... Continue Reading
