Here’s a good read for the lady who avoids strength days and won’t miss a heavy metcon workout; who eats little fat but drinks a good bit of wine or light beer on the weekend; who skips breakfast but snacks on Special…
Vitamin D Deficiency
by Dr. Frank Lipman:
For the last 30 years or so, doctors (dermatologists in particular), health officials, beauty experts and many product companies have been demonizing the sun. They’ve told us to avoid it because without sunscreen, exposure to…
Sleep.
Dan John wrote:
You will ignore this point, everyone does. The first thing to do to increase muscle mass is to sleep more. Cover your windows in your bedroom with an additional blanket, toss a towel over your LCD on the…
This website is absolutely essential for anyone who coaches Olympic or Power Lifters.
The basic premise? Post original weightlifting articles from the 50s and 60s. This is back when “Muscle and Fitness” “Flex” and “Men’s Health” didn’t exist. Weightlifting back then was…
If you’ve been following any of the CrossFit Games coverage lately, you most likely have seen the huge growth of compression gear warn among athletes. At the 2009 CrossFit Games, Skins was one of the sponsors and many athletes sported the Skins…
The Floreio Art.
Floreio means flower in Portuguese. and it is a sub-art of Capoeira which includes a very sophisticated form of floor flow work.
In the last 15-20 years this art has made big steps and developed a great deal, but…
Unless you knew someone who was into it, a family member or friend, you probably had very limited exposure to Olympic lifting growing up, other than seeing it on TV once in a while and vaguely associating it with communism. A completely…
#1. Jumping from one program to another. You gotta stick with it. Don’t just do workouts you think “look tough”.
#2. Learn how to Olympic lift. Sure you “can” muscle up 135 lbs in a workout a couple times. However, you are…
Below is a post written by Ryan Powell, one of the guys behind The Athlete’s Forum. He travels roughly about 80% of the time for his job and has found a way to eat and stay fit while doing it.
CrossFit…
