An old children's story has a lot to teach us about resourcefulness, optimism, and cooperation. What's more, it may help you—and your clients—keep that hard-...

It occurred to me that personal trainers have as many words for conditioning as the Inuit do for snow; we call it HIIT, cardio, MetCon...

Getting hurt sucks—anyone telling you otherwise hasn’t dealt with it—but injuries happen, and what you take from the experience can have more to do with your...

How is a Pulldown like a Dead Bug, and how can they both improve your Deadlift? These seemingly disparate exercises have more in common than they may appear ...

In the simplest terms, progression and regression are opposites; if we progress an exercise, we make it harder, while if we regress it, we make it easier. It...

The fitness industry and its participants are in the midst of an arms race: our over-reliance on inspiration and motivation to fuel our workouts is slowly in...

Squats and deadlifts are great, but they may not be the best bet for building a bigger booty. If you're serious about lower body power—or just filling out th...

Story is our first language. Story is one of the simplest and most effective ways to get someone's attention and then do something with it. Stories draw upon...

On any given day and in any given gym, odds are pretty good you can find a dude in a stringer tank, beanie, and oversized headphones hitting the leg press in...

On the surface of things, they seem complementary: progress and progression. So how can one stand in the way of the other? Understanding how progression can ...

On the surface of things, Minimum Effective Dose and Maximum Recoverable Volume seem to be diametrically opposed; one argues for doing no more than is needed...

It's easy to write EMOM off as just another CrossFit gimmick. In reality, EMOM work—short for Every Minute On the Minute—is pure programming gold, offering a...

Stealing exercises. We all do it. But how you do it says a lot about you as a coach or trainer. So if you're gonna steal an exercise, do it

Why NEAT—Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis—may actually have more to do with burning fat and losing weight than you'd expect. More Than a Bad Pun Non Exerc...

Does cardio kill your gains? Or can it actually boost them? And how does HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) effect muscle growth? In part one we looked ...

Advanced lifters looking for ways to keep packing on the muscle may find that chasing volume and intensity isn't enough anymore. Training density may be just...

New technology and a glut of fitness trackers are making it easier than ever to measure everything from your steps and your sleep to your bar speed and HRV. ...

Could cardio be the key to unlocking new muscle growth? Or does it burn muscle faster than you can put it on? Spoiler alert: bros need cardio too, and it's g...

The best split for building muscle and getting jacked may just be no split at all. "Back and Bis", "Chest and Tris", "Leg Day", "Shoulders

Single leg deadlifts may be one of the most beneficial—and butchered—exercises out there. If you’re gonna do them (and you should be doing t