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30 04, 2018

The Only Way To Burn Fat While Building Muscle
Debunking The Myth of Achieving Simultaneous Fat Loss & Hypertrophy

2018-05-13T14:23:40-05:00By Cody McBroom|

The Truth Behind Burning Fat & Building Muscle Simultaneously Some science will tell you that, technically, building muscle while burning body fat is completely impossible. Some science can prove that it may be possible and plenty of experience, from the greatest strength coaches to hit the gym, will tell you it absolutely [...]

23 04, 2018

Test Yourself With The New Functional Strength Standards
How Do You Stack Up Against These 7 Standards of Functional Strength?

2018-04-24T14:46:10-05:00By Dr. Chad Waterbury|

Redefining The Standards of Functional Strength How strong should you be? That’s a difficult question to answer because there are countless variables to consider. Ask five of your favorite strength experts and they’ll undoubtedly give you five different answers. If you were to peruse all the research to determine how strong an [...]

17 04, 2018

The Performance Recovery System
Recover Faster, Train Harder, Optimize Results

2020-03-31T08:26:26-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

The Foundations of Recoverability With the sky rocketing popularity of high intensity training across the board in our fitness and sports performance industries that's predicated on the "more is better" mentality, more than ever, athletes and fitness consumers alike are hitting the proverbial brick wall with extremely poor levels of recovery, [...]

10 04, 2018

Letting Kids Be Kids: The Secret To Optimizing Elite Athletic Development
At What Age Should An Athlete Specialize In A Sport?

2018-04-17T11:55:09-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

At What Age Should An Athlete Specialize In A Sport? It's one of the most highly debated topics in the world of athletic development and sports performance today; at what age should a child specialize in a single sport? With the large spike in early sport specialization programs that have children competing [...]

4 04, 2018

5 Quick Fixes For A Pain-Free Bench Press

2018-04-04T18:47:03-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

Put An End To Painful Bench Pressing The barbell bench press is one of the single most overtrained movements in the world of strength training, but it also happens to be one of the most notorious shoulder killers across an impressively large spectrum of athletes and lifters. While the barbell bench press [...]

27 03, 2018

5 Functional Reasons For NOT Skipping Direct Arm Training

2019-10-08T13:25:06-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

Is Direct Arm Training Actually Functional? We’ve all heard it before, smug functional training zealots preaching against the programming of direct arm training due to having no functional carryover into athletic, strength or power performances. It’s time to stop being scared away from direct arm training from the guys who don’t even [...]

19 03, 2018

Anti-Core Training For Banged Up Meatheads

2018-05-13T14:25:23-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

The Commonly Misunderstood Core Training Spectrum Core training is a truly continues to be one of the most misunderstood topics in the sports performance and fitness industries. Lets be honest, we’ve all seen some crazy shit when it comes to training the abs, or in attempt to develop a “stronger” core as [...]

25 02, 2018

The 5 Best Single Leg Exercises For Strength, Balance & Agility

2021-08-22T08:06:43-05:00By Dr. John Rusin|

Cheaters Are Going To Cheat Single Leg Lifts Training single leg movements like the lunge and RDL can be a brutally humbling experience for any serious athlete or lifter. But chances are if you suck at unilateral work, your ego isn’t the only thing likely to endure some serious hurting. A [...]

24 01, 2018

Reversing The Low Testosterone Lifestyle with Training & Nutrition

2018-01-24T13:56:43-06:00By Mike Gorski|

Testosterone Levels So Low We Changed Normal Values? Testosterone. The word itself sounds powerful, masculine, and maybe a little bit misunderstood. If you are a man who cares about his health, then you better care a whole hell of a lot about your testosterone to help combat the dreaded low testosterone epidemic [...]

16 01, 2018

The Science Behind Cryotherapy, Ice Baths, Fat-Loss and Recovery

2020-05-04T17:52:57-05:00By Kevin Masson|

Cryotherapy and other thermal agent based modalities are the latest rage in today's sports performance and fitness industries. But with people shelling out hundreds of dollars on these cryotherapy tanks, float tanks, ice-baths, infrared saunas (the list could go on and on) the question remains, is there any actual scientific benefit to [...]

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