Strength and conditioning programs are key in distance running programs to increase leg strength, correct muscular imbalances and asymmetries, and improve overall performance. Weightlifting, in the form of ... Continue Reading
What Does the Science Actually Say on Artificial Sweeteners?
Very few topics in nutrition are as controversial as whether or not artificial sweeteners are bad for you. Surely, you can’t just sacrifice calories without sacrificing taste, can you? That’s not how the ... Continue Reading
Why Olympic Weightlifting Will Make You a Better Sprinter
As an athlete, life is easier when you are fast. In many sports, sprinting speed is one of the predominate physical characteristics that differentiates an athlete’s level of playing ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Windmill – Muscles Worked, Variations, and Benefits
Movements like the kettlebell windmill offer coaches and athletes both stability and mobility training benefits across most joints and tissues of the human body. Strength, power, and finess athletes can ... Continue Reading
What Athletes Should Look for in a Paleo Meal Service
Over the last few years, paleo and healthy meal delivery services have grown substantially in popularity. This change in opting for meal delivery services over cooking makes sense when you consider busy ... Continue Reading
Should You Train Core Every Day?
Core training is something nearly every strength/power athlete and everyday fitness enthusiast are concerned about, in one way or another. Some athletes and coaches are looking at ways to improve core ... Continue Reading
14 Triceps Exercises to Improve Your Bench Press and Overhead Strength
Big triceps are not just a symbol of hard work and consistent effort in the gym, they are highly functional and necessary for serious strength and power athletes. Without them, bench pressing will stall, ... Continue Reading
What Exercises Are Best for Weight Lifting Belts?
When reaching for a weight lifting belt, what exercises signal the need to use one? Are they movements that you feel a belt benefits, movements that warrant a belt's use based off of what's presented on ... Continue Reading
11 Arm Exercises Olympic Weightlifters Should Be Doing
Olympic weightlifters rely heavily on leg, back and pressing strength, with accessory movements being integrated to bring up weak muscle groups, improve any asymmetries and imbalances, and enhance a ... Continue Reading
10 Box Jump Variations to Boost Strength, Explosiveness, and Athleticism
The box jump is a plyometric exercise that is used by strength, power, fitness, and sports athletes to increase lower body power and explosiveness. While most of us are familiar with the box jump, it is ... Continue Reading
Does Soy Lower Testosterone? What Athletes Need to Know
One of the most controversial topics in sports nutrition has got to be soy. The humble, unusually high-fat bean has been a dietary staple in much of Asia for thousands of years and today it makes up some 7 ... Continue Reading
10 Lunge Variations to Build Leg Strength
The lunge is a movement used by most strength, power, and fitness athletes to increase leg strength, squatting and pulling abilities, increase unilateral performance, and increase injury resilience. The ... Continue Reading
Turkish Get Up Exercise Guide
The Turkish get up is a movement that can benefit athletes of all levels and sporting goals. Strength, power, and fitness athletes alike can increase overhead strength, core and shoulder stability, and ... Continue Reading
10 Manual Resistance Exercises to Build New Muscle and Strength
Manual resistance training has been shown to be a viable option for building strength, stimulating muscle growth, and enhancing the contractile properties of muscles (as it works to develop better ... Continue Reading
Will the Rogue Fitness .50 Cal Trolley Change the Power Rack Game?
With an undying love for barbell sports, comes an undying love for lifting equipment. At times with lifting equipment, it can seem like you don't really need something, until you see it. The next item ... Continue Reading
YouTube Personality Nick Bare Tries Brian Shaw’s 12,000 Calorie Diet
A professional strongman diet is no joke. In fact, it seems like every time you watch a video covering what a professional strongman eats in-season, they often describe adhering to their diet as one of ... Continue Reading
Study: Breakfast Pre-Exercise May Increase Nutrient Metabolization
To breakfast, or not to breakfast, that is the question. Breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal of the day, but that's been seen as a slight exaggeration. After all, the most important ... Continue Reading
6 Leg Finisher Circuits for Strength Athletes
Leg finishers are a brutal way to induce serious muscle building, work capacity improvements, and even kick start recovery processes. Strength athletes can benefit from performing these short and intense ... Continue Reading
Bodyweight Workout Finishers for Weightlifters
Bodyweight exercises are beneficial for establishing foundational fitness, building muscle, and improving bodily control. While Olympic weightlifters must be well-versed with a barbell and the competition ... Continue Reading
Certain Cancers Use Body Fat for Fuel, Says New Study
If you’re tired of being told that maintaining a lean physique is just an exercise in vanity, you might be pleased with this news. A new study by researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute has ... Continue Reading
Reebok Fans Rejoice: The Reebok Nano 4 Is Making a Comeback
If you're a fan of cross training shoes, and more specifically Reebok, then the following news is probably going to make you very happy. Earlier this week, Reebok officially announced that the popular ... Continue Reading
6 Stretches and Warm-ups to Improve Ankle Mobility
Ankle mobility is key for most movements in Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, and competitive fitness (not to mention proper joint integrity for all individuals). Limited ranges of motion in the ankles ... Continue Reading
Snatch Grip Deadlift – Form, Muscles Worked, and How-To Guide
The snatch grip deadlift is a deadlift variation often seen in Olympic weightlifting and strength sports. Olympic weightlifters will use the snatch grip deadlift to increase snatch specific pulling ... Continue Reading
4 Single-Kettlebell Circuits You Can Do At Home
Kettlebells are a versatile piece of fitness equipment that can be used to increase fitness, strength, muscle endurance, and cardiovascular health. The large appeal for learning kettlebell exercises is ... Continue Reading