Do Genetics Make for Better Strength and Power Athletes?
The Lifting Game: Weightlifters Versus CrossFit Athletes
Watching Seb Ostrowics over at Weightlifting House on YouTube is one of my guilty pleasures. A bowl of Frosted Flakes, ice cold milk, and the droopy, sonorous musings of a weightlifting nerd are all it takes to reduce my cholesterol and keep me away from Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Time Restricted Eating Is All About Age and Sex
Time-restricted eating (TRE) is the bright shiny toy everyone wants on their diet list these days. Yeah, you can call it intermittent fasting. Salk scientists studying TRE in mice, looked into how it promotes multiple health benefits besides weight loss. The study also shows that these benefits may depend on sex and age.
Prevent Self-Sabotage With a Flexible Framework
Go Beyond the 5 Fundamental Movement Patterns
If you are into strength training, you’ve heard about the fundamental movement patterns—the natural human movements that most trainers believe all humans would, ideally, be able to demonstrate and load.
According toDan John, there are five fundamental movements:
Reducing High Blood Pressure With Isometric Resistance Training
A new study looks the specific mode of exercise for managing high blood pressure, isometric resistance training (IRT). So, let's start with what is IRT? It is a type of strength training.
Why Athletes Hate the Jerk Lift
Hello there, it’s Oleksiy Torokhtiy speaking. You may recognize me from my participation in weightlifting sports for more than twenty years. For ten of those years, I was an active member of the national team from Ukraine.
From Coach to Student of Physical Therapy
As a coach or personal trainer, you are limited by your knowledge and skillset. Therefore, certifications are suitable; however, one could become too heavy-handed and lose sight of their focus.
Body Recomposition - Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
Simultaneously gaining muscle and losing fat is the holy grail for most gym-goers. It’s known in the fitness industry as body recomposition.
Saying Goodbye to a Decade of Breaking Muscle
It’s been 10 years since Breaking Muscle began. When I first started, I wrote about what was interesting to me at the time because I couldn’t find the information anywhere else. I was interested in yoga, CrossFit, Russian kettlebell training, MMA, and then that lead me to weightlifting and gymnastics, but most of the specialist press was about bodybuilding and physique, with very little else. What was interesting to me and Breaking Muscle was niche and difficult to find and definitely not mainstream.