by Craig Marker | Dec 22, 2017 | Strength and Conditioning, Strength and Conditioning
The one-handed Hardstyle swing is a great tool that builds explosive strength, powerful grip, and impressive glutes. Although the same benefits can be found in heavy two-handed swings, the one-handed version amplifies muscle activation as the body needs to stabilize...
by Craig Marker | Jul 8, 2017 | Strength and Conditioning, Strength and Conditioning
At Breaking Muscle, we have some great authors discussing many programming ideas and fundamentals of training. For the beginner to the seasoned athlete, all of these choices would seem to be a good thing. However, research indicates that having too much choice may not...
by Craig Marker | Apr 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
The waiter’s walk might be one of your best tools to build shoulder stability and strength. A waiter’s walk is performed by simply holding a weight overhead and walking. I recommend using a kettlebell, or two. A barbell with a snatch grip or jerk grip works great,...
by Craig Marker | Jan 2, 2017 | Strength and Conditioning, Strength and Conditioning
The kettlebell swing is a fundamental skill that is great for beginner to advanced athletes. It has almost magical properties, in that it increases strength in many domains. Part of this “what the hell effect” is related to reversing the momentum of the kettlebell....
by Craig Marker | Dec 15, 2016 | Strength and Conditioning, Strength and Conditioning
“Everyone loves the Turkish get up. Except me. But they are so darn good for me I do them anyway. I do 20 per week usually with my snatch weight bell but sometimes just with a shoe… the Turkish get up is the cod liver oil of exercise lifts.” He’s right. The Turkish...
by Craig Marker | Jul 4, 2016 | Strength and Conditioning
Strength coach and author Dan John speaks around the world about the training methods he has honed over his fifty years of lifting and coaching. You might be surprised to learn a coach of this caliber does not charge hundreds of dollars to train people. Everyone who...
by Craig Marker | Apr 13, 2016 | Research
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by Craig Marker | Mar 4, 2014 | Strength and Conditioning
An excerpt from BreakingMuscle.com The StrongFirst Tactical Strength Challenge was started in 2002 by Pavel Tsatsouline. At the time, Pavel was looking for a way to help military and law enforcement operators test workplace performance, but the exercises involved are...
by Craig Marker | Feb 21, 2014 | Strength and Conditioning
Product Review: The Ring Thing from BreakingMuscle I have to start this review by expressing how excited I am that I can now do strict muscle ups! I watched all of Dusty Hyland’s series on muscle ups, and I was getting close (Dusty makes it look easy.) With the Ring...
by Craig Marker | Feb 20, 2014 | Psychology
You Are What Your Plate Size Tells You to Eat from BreakingMuscle Many of us have heard that the size of our plate can affect how much we eat. Brian Wansink and his colleagues have done a tremendous amount of research on how visual cues affect consumption. For...
