Working out to get big, gain more muscle and look fit, is one thing, but if you’re ready to take your prep to the next level, you’ll need to figure out what bodybuilding division you need to train for that completes your physique to have the best chance of competing.
One of the controversies you often hear is about prescribing the use of free weights vs machines in resistance training programs. Your muscles were designed to overcome the pull of gravity, rather than work against machine resistance. Functional movement incorporates lifting, squatting, and us...
Working out is great unless you don’t recover so well that you avoid the gym the next day. You know what we’re talking about - the soreness, the achey-ness, the I-don’t-want-to-move-ness type feeling. The bad news is this - if you’re not recovering your body isn’t repairing itself f...
Performing the CrossFit snatch can be one of the quickest ways to boost (or bust) your confidence in the box. It’s an explosive, powerful, and impressive movement that requires full body strength, coordination, and mobility. Whether you’re brand new or you’re a seasoned vet t...
The pressure is always on when you’re an athlete. Whether its from yourself, your coach, your parent in the stands or social media. It can come from many sources, but when we apply that pressure to ourselves, then compare ourselves to others as an athlete, we can fall prey to things...
My university had this giant staircase outside of the gym. I’d see people out there just about every day, and at every time of day, running up and running back down. While I often looked at them in awe and kept on walking by, one day it I ended up searching online what are the benef...
You’re already going to be nervous enough for competition day and the last thing you need to do is forget to eat, let alone try to eat, and not know what to eat before a CrossFit Competition. You need fuel and glycogen for your muscles and for your body to pro...
The IFBB & NPC recently introduced a new competitive category, the wellness division, to the lineup of already impressive bo...