mindset

Can your six-pack halt global warming? Will your gains save the polar bears? Maybe not, but your training can actually make the world a better place. An endorphin rush and the warm-and-fuzzies? That’s a ... Continue Reading

We’ve all been there. We are on a training streak and everything is running like a well-oiled machine. Our program is perfect, out workouts are flawless, and we have the momentum like a freight train. ... Continue Reading

When it comes to your training and nutrition knowledge, I always say it’s not the years but the miles; the wear and tear you experience teaches you what you need to know. No one pushes the iron for a ... Continue Reading

If all an education did was teach strong values and create a growth mindset, then our children would accomplish more and create greater contributions than any society in history. Instead, we coddle them ... Continue Reading

(Source: Bev Childress) Investing in a new program or online training subscription? Before you spend all your hard-earned cash, make sure you have the right mental approach to ensure that you will ... Continue Reading

If there’s one thing that’s sure to ruin your whole day, it’s being ambushed by masked gunmen and held for ransom. I’d even be willing to bet that a situation like that would ruin your whole week, month, ... Continue Reading

Fat loss is a daunting task. One riddled with myriad opinions, theories, and the latest and greatest programs, plans, and magic bullets. I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and believe that ... Continue Reading

Cooking is inspirational. It is humbling. It is creative, exhilarating, and spiritual. It connects us to people and places, family and history, and to religion. It is also challenging and satisfying, and ... Continue Reading

When I was a little kid throwing a tantrum, freaking out about dessert, or bedtime, or whatever it is little kids freak out about, my mom used to say, "One of these days I'm going to record you on a tape ... Continue Reading

Searching for authentic sources of motivation on the internet is like trying to find a fitness-related Instagram account without booty shorts. It seems that everyone is driven solely by likes, views, and ... Continue Reading

"Relax. Take a deep breath." I'm sure you've heard it. You've probably said it yourself when someone around you is stressing out and their emotional shrapnel is flying at you. Seems like good advice, ... Continue Reading

I want to talk about choice, and what that means not only for your fitness and your body, but for your life. Let’s start with the hard truth that your body, right now, is a result of past choices ... Continue Reading

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. An oil tycoon, computer genius, a soviet weightlifter, the founder of Ford Motor Company, and one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time walk into a bar… and ... Continue Reading

In running, there is a phrase for when you are at your physical limit. They call it “hitting the wall.” Hitting the wall is the point when you have used up all of your physical power and must draw upon ... Continue Reading

Our language, the words we use and the way in which we speak (and write) them, can have a lasting impact on our current and future behavior. Not only the words we say to others, but more important, our own ... Continue Reading

After years of training and coaching mental toughness, I still sometimes find myself addressing this most basic question. It often comes in the form of a declaration. Someone, sure of their assumptions, ... Continue Reading

Wouldn’t you love to be able to bottle up your training motivation and have it on tap for whenever you need it? To be able to remember all those times when you felt so good about your training that you ... Continue Reading

Mindset in training encompasses a myriad of mental techniques and strategies such as meditation, visualization, counselling, and hypnosis. All of them pursue a single goal: helping the athlete cope and ... Continue Reading

There’s plenty of good advice on Breaking Muscle about the athlete’s mindset. I’m not discounting any of it, but the emphasis tends to be toward improving motivation, discipline, attention to detail, and ... Continue Reading

Great athletes are not born great. They are molded into legends through hard work, experience, and setbacks. Some of the greatest athletes of all time, the rule changers, have qualities that extend beyond ... Continue Reading

In my last article, I shared a phrase I like to use with all my lifting clients: “Build a big foundation with your feet and you’ll build a skyscraper of a squat on them.“ Your training is a ... Continue Reading