The following is an excerpt from The Ultimate Guide to Bodyweight Conditioning. In the training world you’ve likely come across these terms before: strength, strength-endurance and endurance. What is the difference in these? What makes something a feat of strength versus a feat of endurance? You may think of deadlifting …
Increase Strength and Mobility with Cossack Squat Variations
In my newest article at Breaking Muscle you’ll find out how to use Cossack squat to increase strength and mobility. Cossack Squat Variations for Improved Strength and Mobility The Cossack squat is a name for a squat that has you descend with most of your weight on one leg while …
Building up to the Back Lever
I put up another article at Breaking Muscle and this time it’s about building your way up to the back lever. How to Build Up to the Back Lever The back lever is a challenging and impressive exercise. It’s one of the lower level exercises performed on the rings in …
Building an Indestructible Body
The idea behind the Indestructible Body is about building your body to the point of being injury proof. Not only will these exercises and drills help you to prevent future injuries, but the same methods are used to rehab old and often times chronic injuries. What derails more people from …
Two Flexibility Workouts to Improve Your Pistol
I put up a new post at Breaking Muscle about two drills to help you improve your pistol. 2 Flexibility Drills: The Keys to Progressing Your Pistol The pistol is one of the best bodyweight exercises for leg training. Even the average person can work up to repping out two-legged …
No Conditioning
A new article all about conditioning and endurance exercise has been put on Breaking Muscle. Why I Don’t Do “Conditioning” and You Don’t Have to Either It’s too bad that running a marathon is still looked at by many as the epitome of fitness. Even the man who popularized running, …
The Problem with Crossfit
Crossfit is a strength and conditioning program which is very popular and for a large part I like what they are doing. A lot of bodyweight exercises, kettlebells and barbell workouts and generally well rounded program is something that I practice myself. Of course what I’m talking about here is …
Ottley Coulter
Ottley Coulter was born in 1890 as the smallest male in a large family of big men, but through persistent training and good diet he managed to reach the highest strength level of them all. He is one of the few circus performers who had at least some kind of higher education, …
Podcast: Feel Like a Billion
On this week’s podcast I discuss my brand new course, How to Feel Like a Billion. [display_podcast] Why a Habitual Routine is Best The Compounding Factor built into this Routine Why my Energy Work is better than yours… Maintaining and Improving in less than 30 seconds – Is it possible? …
How To Blend Bags, Bells, and Bodyweight For Extreme Gains In Strength, Power, and Conditioning
Check out this guest post from Travis Stoetzel. Back before I had my gym I can remember the good ol’ days of rolling around in my Jeep, AKA my “mobile garage gym” and cranking out some of the best workouts ever. I didn’t need a gym. Just some open space, …
Contortionist Back Bending Skills
I wouldn’t say my backbend is anywhere close to most contortionists. But I have achieved a good amount of bridging skills over the years. If you want to take your bridging skills even further, then these are the people you need to learn from. Most of my bridging has focused …
If I Had Only One Tool
Using your bodyweight as the resistance in training is one of the most important tools. I like barbells. I love kettlebells. But if I had to pick one and only one tool it would be my own bodyweight. Why? You can build just about everything you need with it. Strength …
Why Bending Steel Could Be the Best Thing that Ever Happened to Your Kettlebell Snatch or Deadlift
Jedd’s delivered another terrific article on steel bending, how it balances the power you develop in other ways. Well worth reading. Of course, this is in promotion for his new DVD – Nail Bending: How to Melt Steel with Your Bare Hands. If nail bending sounds like a good idea …
Straight Arm Press
It’s a skill that has long eluded me. A straight arm press. With my long limbs, I don’t have the leverage and flexibility to quite get the move. Bent arm presses are easy. Straight arm presses not so much. But I am making progress. There are a number of ways …
Progress and Regress in Biofeedback Part 4
I’m regularly getting questions on biofeedback training, almost everyday. So I thought it was time for another report on how its working out for me. The whole system is built on a premise. Everything is movement.We desire to move better. Often this is in the form of moving against resistance, …