Murph has become a traditional Memorial Day workout for some. Here’s a primer on how to approach it to get the best results, no matter what your level of ability.
It is more than likely that many people will be doing the hero WOD “Murph” on Memorial Day. To make the day enjoyable for everyone, Coach Mike Tromello offers his insights on how to scale the WOD to suit your own abilities. It shouldn’t be the case that some people end up spending a day finishing Murph and those who have a higher skillset are done pretty quickly. If you scale Read More

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Why buy a bottle of engineered-to-last-a-year chocolate milk when you can make a better version at home?
This month, the coaches of Breaking Muscle UK were asked to consider strength as the focus of our articles. This is pretty easy for me to cover as a recipe contributor, as my advice for building strength is simple: fuel your workouts properly to get the best results in the gym.

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For athletes who don’t already possess a good range of motion, yoga can be a futile endeavour.
In recent years I have stated, “if you can do yoga – you don’t need to.”

I can hear the yogaphiles beating at their keyboards already, denouncing me for having no idea what I’m talking about. Beat away. In the meantime, I’m going to explain why yoga can have no benefit for a performance athlete.

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No one will care how well you did on today’s workout three years from now, but you will remember if you injure yourself.

Every minute on the minute (EMOM) and you go, I go (YGIG) training sessions reinforce the quality of movements. In this article, I discuss workouts that reinforce low-quality movements and how we can improve by focusing on virtuosity.

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The world is an unpredictable place. Protect your body from preventable injuries by learning how to fall.
We’re not talking ballet here. The Black Swan refers to an unprecedented and unpredictable event that has a huge impact. It’s the unknown and the dangerous. This concept, developed by scholar Nassim Taleb, is the epitome of what we don’t want to happen. In our physical lives, this is slipping and falling.

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