It’s not often that an exercise is as cool-looking as it is effective, but club training is changing the game. Clubs, of course, are traditionally mêlée weapons (read: used for bashing heads in), and ... Continue Reading
3 Simple Exercises Strength Athletes Should Do for Stronger, Healthier Feet
Imagine wearing gloves for the entire day, from the moment you leave your house until you return again late in the evening. Do you think your hands will be affected, especially if you choose stiff gloves ... Continue Reading
The Lifter’s Guide to Magnesium: What This Nutrient Does for Strength
Ask the average strength athlete to list the supplements they can’t live or lift without, and the list will probably stop at protein powder and creatine. Folks with a higher budget might add fish oil, ... Continue Reading
Check Out Dave Castro in These Navy SEAL Workout Videos from 2008
The United States Navy has a pretty fantastic YouTube page featuring everything from instructional videos on Navy Life Skills to candid interviews with personnel in a variety of key roles. ... Continue Reading
Fight Bad Driving Posture with This Car Mobility Routine
Disclaimer: Always prioritize the safety of the road and follow all local laws related to driving. These exercises are intended to be performed prior to driving as well as at the conclusion of a trip, ... Continue Reading
Mobilize at Your Desk in Just One Minute Per Hour
Disclaimer from the author: If you are experiencing even slight discomfort, I highly recommend consulting with a practitioner well versed in helping prevent or heal orthopedic injuries. Even if you have no ... Continue Reading
7 Corrective Exercises to Strengthen Your Shoulders From Injury
Weightlifters, powerlifters, and functional fitness athletes are all at risk for injury. Weightlifters spend much of their training day in an overhead position performing snatches, jerks, and overhead ... Continue Reading
Salty, Crispy, Protein-Packed Salami Chips Will Change Your Snack Game Forever
You're following Paleo(ish), trying to cook your own food, and you can't eat chips. I know, it's a big problem because you want chips. You want that salty, crunchy, crispy texture without the white ... Continue Reading
4 Grip Strengthening Exercises Borrowed From Rock Climbers
Whether you're a powerlifter, weightlifter, CrossFitter, strongman athlete, or just trying to open a jar of pickles, you'll never progress if you can't hold onto the bar (or kettlebell, or log, or ... Continue Reading
3 Minute Morning Mobility: How to Prepare Your Body for the Day Ahead
I am not a morning person (at all). So when I get out of bed, I need all the help I can get. I try to keep my coffee intake to no more than two cups in the first hour or so of waking up. That's ... Continue Reading
4 Resistance Band Exercises to Get You Strong Without Using Big Weights
Trying to get strong or maintain your strength on the road? Maybe you're injured and avoiding weights? Or perhaps you're just bored and looking to mix up your training? Grab one of those giant rubber ... Continue Reading
Double Edge Fitness: Coaching Is a Career, So Treat Your Trainers Like Professionals
Derek Wellock, co-founder of Double Edge Fitness in Reno, NV has one piece of advice for gym owners struggling to keep their coaches and members happy: “Don’t 1099 your coaches.” In an industry ... Continue Reading
Can Nick Massie’s Ice Age Meals Change Paleo Forever?
When you think of what sort of food is the best fuel for athletes, you don’t think of a strip mall in Reno, Nevada. You don’t think of frozen food, with a cellophane film and a microwave-safe container. ... Continue Reading
The One Question to Ask to Figure Out How to Scale Your WOD
Whether you're still in the toddler stage of your fitness career, coming back from an injury, or just building confidence, at some point we all have to ask ourselves, "Should I scale this ... Continue Reading
Explain Like I’m 5: Why Does Working Out at High Altitude Suck?
If you've ever traveled to an area above 5000ft and tried to do a WOD, you already know how much it sucks to try and work out at higher elevations. Everything is hard. Finish times are slower, ... Continue Reading
4 Lessons Learned from CrossFit Games Athlete Mistakes
Most of us will never make it to The CrossFit Games...except maybe as spectators. While we can all relate to the pain of Fran or understand what it's like to hit a massive PR in the Open, competing at the ... Continue Reading
Should You Switch to Liquid Chalk?
Seeing as an awesome perk of my job is getting to drop into gyms around the world, lately I've noticed an uptick in gyms who are no longer using regular old block chalk. Up until recently, I'd ... Continue Reading
Give Your Carbs a Makeover with Maple Bacon Sweet Potato Fries
Ahhh, the sweet potato. Whether you follow Paleo, Zone, or some variation on a macro counting diet, you've probably gotten very familiar with sweet potatoes. As athletes, the humble sweet potato ... Continue Reading
5 Topics Worth Revisiting From the CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Course
You remember your CrossFit Level 1 course, right? That one weekend years ago, where you likely had to travel away from home and get familiar with some random town like Garden City, Long Island. You were ... Continue Reading
Make This One Change to Immediately Improve Your Handstand Walk
Event 11 of the 2016 CrossFit Games will be a walk to the finish line. Specifically, a handstand walk to the finish line. According to Castro's surprisingly specific post (which likely means there ... Continue Reading
The 6 Most Creative and Ridiculous Pool Exercises We’ve Ever Seen
Summer is here, and that means ample opportunities to get fit by the pool. Swimming laps may be the go to exercise to get in your cardio, but they're just so....boring. Also, laps require a decent sized ... Continue Reading
4 Wild Variations on Benchmark CrossFit Workouts
We’re all familiar with our share of CrossFit benchmark workouts. Whether it’s one of the Girls, a Hero WOD, or one of Dave Castro’s wild ideas that has wormed its way into CrossFit mythology (14.5, ... Continue Reading
4 Ways to Get More Out of Training Alone
CrossFitters are a particular breed. We want to do our own thing and not rely on anyone else — nah bro, I’ll set up my own bar over here. I’m going RX+! — but we also want to suffer (and succeed) with ... Continue Reading
Pretty Close to Perfect Protein Bars From Your Own Kitchen
Over here at BarBend, we’re kind of obsessed with any food that comes in block or bar form. We’re particularly fond of peanut-buttery or almond goodness made with added ingredients that don’t sound ... Continue Reading