Drew Baye is the President of Drew Baye's High Intensity Training and one of the smartest science-based professionals in the business. Drew designed the UXS bodyweight training device and the Kratos ... Continue Reading
More Protein Isn’t Always Better
Protein powder is probably the most common supplement for athletes, along with perhaps a multivitamin. As a result, the protein supplement industry has grown dramatically in the last few decades, and now ... Continue Reading
10 Practical Daily Strategies for Reducing Your Salt Intake
Sodium is an essential component of our diet. It helps regulate blood pressure and helps the body maintain a proper balance of bodily fluids. It is also incredibly important for athletes to replace after ... Continue Reading
Why You Need Phytonutrients and the 4 Best Places to Get Them
When was the last time you counted the number of servings of fruits and vegetables you consumed in a day? Do you know how many an average adult should be consuming? Does the 5 a Day campaign ring a bell? ... Continue Reading
The Best Supplements for Special Forces Operators Doing Training and Field Work
If you are training to become an operator or currently are an operator in the Army special operations units, Air Force CCTs, Air Force PJs, Navy SEALs/EOD, or Marine MARSOC, then you can benefit from ... Continue Reading
Echinacea Shown Ineffective at Improving VO2 Max
When talking about performance in sports, especially as measured by the types of measurements made in labs, things can get complex. However, it’s important to understand performance variables and what they ... Continue Reading
12 Reps With Vanessa Bennington, Nurse Practitioner
EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to our 12 reps feature. In each appearance of 12 Reps, our coaches, writers, and occasional guests will be answering the same twelve questions each time. Go "into the locker-room" ... Continue Reading
Take Your Cod Liver Oil: Supplement Advice For Athletes From the Weston A. Price Foundation
Last week I discussed the Weston A. Price Foundation approach to nutrition and how it might apply to athletes. This week, we’re delving deeper into an issue every athlete is familiar with: supplements. The ... Continue Reading
The Type of Fruit You Eat Is Important
When it comes to foods as basic and healthy as fruit, it seems to be a no-brainer to recommend them for health. Perhaps the simplest and best all-around nutritional advice you could receive is to eat a ... Continue Reading
Unconventional Nutrition Advice From Sally Fallon of the Weston A. Price Foundation
Athletes talk a lot about macronutrients. From the ideal macronutrient ratio to the role of protein in muscle development, you hear a lot about the best way to eat to gain muscle, avoid fatigue, and ... Continue Reading
How Restricting Calories and Nutrients Affects Your Health
Too often nutritionists, coaches, and athletes can get caught up in a nutrient focus. They may be so focused on getting some nutrient, like protein, that they will only eat high-protein foods at the cost ... Continue Reading
A Comparison of Carb Back-Loading and the Renegade Diet
It was 3:54pm. The dim fluorescent lights of Whole Foods bathed me in their gloomy light. People walked past, acting as if they hadn’t noticed my despair and torment. I sat, knees drawn into my chest, ... Continue Reading
Your Diet Can Improve Your Brain Power
Most of us spend a lot of our time thinking about how our training and diet affect our muscle power, but for many of us brain power is important too. I've always been interested in the idea of a ... Continue Reading
The Effects of the Paleo Diet on Diabetes and Satiety
As the paleo diet grows in popularity, we will see more and more clinical use of the diet as a treatment for disease. Any diet that claims to be superior for health will ultimately have to put its ... Continue Reading
You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure
In my last article I wrote about the stress that being a cop has on your mental health. This is hard to avoid since the stress comes with the job. While you cannot avoid the stress, you can definitely turn ... Continue Reading
How Fruits, Veggies, and a Lack of Seasons Contribute to Overeating
I’ve recently moved from a sub-tropical climate to a place known for snow sports, so you’d expect the food available to me would have changed significantly right? Well, surprisingly, not really. Thanks to ... Continue Reading
Prolonged Exercise? Sip on Some Carbs
Do you ever exercise for one, two, or even three hours at a time? If so, then you can benefit from drinking carbohydrates while you exercise. An upcoming study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning ... Continue Reading
Pop Quiz Challenge: Test Your Nutrition and Fitness Knowledge
You may think you're an expert, but now it's time for an official fitness pop quiz! I am all about espousing the truth to assist you in moving forward with your goals. That is important when sifting ... Continue Reading
3 Simple Steps to Properly Fuel Your Performance
I love the amount of discussion recently around the concept of eating for performance. Fuelling your body to be the best athlete you can be, whether you’re just starting out or a regular athlete, is a much ... Continue Reading
MSG, Trans Fat, and Aspartame: 3 Secret Ingredients That Are Killing You and Your Results
Most of the readers of Breaking Muscle are concerned about health and actively do something about it. There is perhaps no single better way to stay healthy than a good diet. While this is common sense, the ... Continue Reading
Fermented Milk Shown More Effective Than Milk Post-Workout
When we exercise, damage is done to the muscles in the microscopic scale. People who exercise regularly can sometimes take this for granted, but whenever a routine is changed the reminder of the muscle ... Continue Reading
Controlling Satiety: What We Know About Snacking
Years ago, I knew a nutrition teacher who was overweight - very overweight, in fact. He would actually bring it up on the first day of class because apparently it was a question he got on a regular basis. ... Continue Reading
A New Look At Vegetarian Versus Omnivorous Diets
There’s been a lot of dogma over the years about the health benefits of vegetarianism. For decades a vegetarian diet has been associated with better health and longer life. The problems of confounding ... Continue Reading
Stop Fearing Your Food: How to Create a Healthy Relationship With Your Nutrition
What do you think of when hear the word diet? The first word that springs to my mind is restriction, closely followed by hunger and hard work. Generally not something anyone is too excited to embark upon; ... Continue Reading
