Have you ever felt like you’re not quite sure if the way you’re lifting is going to make you more injury resistant or more injury prone? It's a pretty common sentiment among lifters, especially those ... Continue Reading
Adaptive Athlete Joe Micco’s Message: Don’t Just Accept Your Prognosis
It was 2011: Joe Micco was 27 and had his whole life ahead of him. A former college and professional football player, Micco had just accepted a coaching position in the Arena Football League, and was ... Continue Reading
150 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles in the United States
150 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles Where you live can have a big impact on how you live. And that’s especially true for fitness-minded folks. Access to outdoor activities, air quality, ... Continue Reading
Connecticut
Connecticut’s 50 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 Connecticut’s northeastern charm attracts many families and business people who are pledging to get healthy. Connecticut is putting a ... Continue Reading
Colorado
Colorado’s 50 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 Healthy living in Colorado is easy when the beauty of mother nature surrounds you. Yogis, hikers, and fitness gurus descend upon Colorado’s ... Continue Reading
California
California’s 50 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 With beautiful long beaches, mountains and nature reserves, it’s no wonder that Californians love to get fit. In the Golden State, as much ... Continue Reading
The 5 Biggest Coaching Misconceptions in Weightlifting
Some of us enter the coaching profession for a livelihood, and many of us do it for free as a hobby, out of pure love. When you love something you want to share it with everyone. It’s just human nature. ... Continue Reading
5 Steps to Effective Remote Individual Program Design
If you have been a personal trainer or group class coach for a while, the thought of remote coaching sounds appealing. For starters, in-person coaching can be pretty exhausting, especially if you’re ... Continue Reading
4 Full Body Bodyweight AMRAP Workouts To Maintain Strength
As much as you love barbells (you and me both, my friend), it can be good to return to good old bodyweight moves. They help uncover weak links in movement integrity. Recognizing that slight leftward lean ... Continue Reading
5 Supplements That Might Help With Muscle Soreness
Sore muscles suck. Your WODs are modified, you scale back only to train movements that don’t cause you discomfort, but it’s still not the same as before. Sticking to your physical therapist’s ... Continue Reading
What to Do If You’re Squat or Deadlift Dominant
While different coaches have different opinions on the topic, I would argue that if your back squat is more than 85 percent of your deadlift, then you’re squat dominant and probably should devote some time ... Continue Reading
Arizona
Arizona’s 50 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 From rust-colored canyons to sparkling blue waters, Arizona is a playground of exploration and activity. Fitness lovers will find a thriving ... Continue Reading
Arkansas
Arkansas’s 50 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 Outdoor adventures await in Arkansas for fitness enthusiasts who love spending time river rafting, climbing, and hiking. This southern ... Continue Reading
Alaska
Alaska’s Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 Known as The Last Frontier, Alaska beckons those seeking health and wellness through comforting isolation. Icy glaciers, frosted tundras, and ... Continue Reading
5 Bodyweight Exercises to Build Dynamic Total Body Strength
When it comes to warming up, the first thing that usually comes to mind for many of us is jumping jacks, planks, and doing a couple of hamstring stretches, or leg kicks. Over the past few years, as my main ... Continue Reading
Alabama
Alabama’s 50 Top Cities for Fit Lifestyles 2020 Known as the Heart of Dixie, Alabama is in the middle of the Deep South and inundated with landscapes perfect for fitness lifestyles. Dozens ... Continue Reading
The Hollow Body Position: Why It’s So Important for Fitness Athletes
The hollow body position is a bit like the foundation of a house: Without a well built foundation, good luck building that house. This is especially true when it comes to learning gymnastics movements: ... Continue Reading
A Guide to Black Owned Businesses in Strength Sports
Over the last decade, hundreds of fantastic strength sports businesses and coaches have emerged to offer their expertise and product to the enthusiasts around them. At BarBend, we have one goal, and that ... Continue Reading
Hey, Powerlifters – Don’t Be Embarrassed To Continue Group Fitness After Quarantine
If you’re an all-barbells-all-the-time lifter — otherwise known as a “what’s a warmup?” or “whomst is cardio?” lifter — you might well never have stepped foot into a group fitness class. But then the ... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Why Stretching Your Shoulders Isn’t the Solution to a Stronger Press
Hands up if you’ve ever felt restriction in any type of pressing movement? Now, hands up if you immediately started stretching your shoulders to help alleviate the tightness? Sorry to burst your ... Continue Reading
The Best Resources for LGBTQ+ Strength Athletes
Creating a community of strength athletes for yourself when you’re a queer lifter can be… complicated. Transphobia and homophobia in strength sports, well, it's not non-existent. There's the gendered ... Continue Reading
3 Foolproof Ways to Never Have a Bad Workout Again (Seriously!)
We’ve all been there. You head into the gym feeling great, your warmups move like butter, and then…everything somehow goes wrong. You miss your top set, or your technique falls apart, or – god forbid ... Continue Reading
4 Single Arm Row Variations to Build a Serious Upper Back
Big bilateral row exercises, like the bent over barbell rows, lat pulldowns, and seated rows often get all the love and attention while single arm rows get neglected or forgotten about. That's a shame, ... Continue Reading
A Vegan Bodybuilder and Powerlifter Talk Eating for Strength and Muscle
Your body doesn’t exactly run on meat and plants and dairy. It runs on macronutrients and micronutrients (and, OK, enzymes and phytonutrients and other stuff) and there are no essential nutrients you can’t ... Continue Reading