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How to Work Swimming Into a Strength Cycle

Swimming rarely makes an appearance in conditioning plans, and we’re here to change that. There’s this persistent belief that swimming just isn’t great cardio. Freestyle messes up your shoulders. It ... Continue Reading

Why You Should Add Crawling To Your Warm-Up and Workout Routine

Contrary to the belief of time-constrained lifters, stretching and warming up are not the same thing, and passive stretching is not enough to ready the body for weightlifting. A proper warm-up increases ... Continue Reading

6 Indoor Rowing Workouts That Won’t Bore You To Death

Walk into any standard gym, and you’ll see a line of treadmills and ellipticals, all occupied, while the rowing machines remain almost completely empty, which is ridiculous because rowing is an incredible ... Continue Reading

6 Elite Strength Athletes Share Their Best Hotel Workouts

Fitness doesn't take a vacation. But boy, can it be hard to find a hotel gym that's worth anything. If you travel, you know what we're talking about. A hotel boasts a resplendent "fitness center" and ... Continue Reading

Meet the CrossFitter Who Did “Murph” 10 Times in a Row

"Murph" is one of functional fitness' most famous — or infamous — workouts, consisting of a one-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 air squats, and another one-mile run. And ideally, it's ... Continue Reading

3 Simple and Highly Effective Accessory Workouts to Add Size and Strength

After squats, cleans, and mobility work, there is only so much mental capacity (and energy) left to devote to accessory workouts. Many great athletes and coaches will push themselves, with the ... Continue Reading

I Tried Jason Khalipa’s EMOM of the Day. Here’s What I Learned

Full disclosure: I love Jason Khalipa. #mancrush I mean, who doesn’t? In my opinion, Jason’s the “OG” of CrossFit. He was crowned champion  at the CrossFit Games in 2008 and has been a staple at ... Continue Reading

3 Intense Hypertrophy Workouts for Serious Functional Fitness Athletes

When it comes to metabolic conditioning workouts, there can be a wide array of rep schemes, exercises, and expected training outcomes. Functional fitness athletes must have great work capacity, strength, ... Continue Reading

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3 Arm Workouts for Weightlifters and Functional Fitness Athletes

In an earlier article I made my case for the programming of arm training (specifically biceps) in strength and power athletes. In weightlifting and functional fitness programming, arm-specific exercises ... Continue Reading

2 No Equipment Workouts To Do While Traveling This Holiday Season

The holiday season can be a pitfall in one's attempts to maintain their current fitness levels. Things like mom's cooking, family meals, and delicious morsels offered around every ... Continue Reading

3 Total-Body Dumbbell Workouts Every Strength Athlete Should Do

We all know the importance of unilateral training, switching up modalities (barbells, kettlebells, dumbbells, bodyweight, etc), and how athletes can improve baseline fitness and general physical ... Continue Reading

Woodchopping Is the Best Strength Workout You’ve Never Tried

Swinging a bladed weapon in a fatigued state isn’t what most people would call a healthful activity, but those people don’t know the truth about woodchopping. It’s an astoundingly effective combination of ... Continue Reading

10 Time-Saving Tips for Weightlifting Workouts

Weightlifting is a very time-dependent sport. Elite weightlifters train hours per day, for years. Even novice lifters looking to increase basic understanding, strength, and power may very well find ... Continue Reading

How to Program Plyometric Jump Training Into Your Weightlifting Workouts

Plyometric and jump-based training has been shown to be extremely effective at increasing explosiveness, power output, and neuromuscular adaptations that increase athletic performance. Jump training, often ... 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

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