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5 Exercises For Fall Prevention

Don't lose your balance. Dan John once said, ‘the most dangerous part of my day is when I step out of the shower.’ Think about it. How easy is it to slip and fall once you get out of the shower? Now if it’s that easy, imagine how your older adult clients feel about losing their balance .   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/37g5rnn via IFTTT

5 Exercises For Fall Prevention

Don't lose your balance. Dan John once said, ‘the most dangerous part of my day is when I step out of the shower.’ Think about it. How easy is it to slip and fall once you get out of the shower? Now if it’s that easy, imagine how your older adult clients feel about losing their balance .   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3fbgbrL via IFTTT

Long Term, Low Carb Diets Not Superior to Other Diets

All low-carbohydrate diets are not created the same and more rigorous trials are required. The researchers at Stanford University's School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, who are behind the recent review of the benefits of low carbohydrate diets found many issues with the benefits and risks and consider these approaches to be controversial and unresolved, particularly for very-low carbohydrate diets (VLCD).   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3zLVOcz via IFTTT

Long Term, Low Carb Diets Not Superior to Other Diets

All low-carbohydrate diets are not created the same and more rigorous trials are required. The researchers at Stanford University's School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, who are behind the recent review of the benefits of low carbohydrate diets  found many issues with the benefits and risks and consider these approaches to be controversial and unresolved, particularly for very-low carbohydrate diets (VLCD). They also concluded that beyond a six month period, the benefits of low carb diets diminish and that long-term weight loss and management isn't any better than any other diets. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3fcKChb via IFTTT

Tia-Clair Toomey Keeps Getting Better and Better at CrossFit

The Australian powerhouse, Tia-Clair Toomey, sits atop the leaderboard after one day at the CrossFit Games, but there's more to it than that. Here's the thing about Tia-Claire Toomey , she hadn't been doing CrossFit for a long time when she made it to her first games in 2015. Her background was in track and field but she represented her country at the Olympic Games in Rio in the 58 kg category in weightlifting. That's 2016.   The same year as she competed in her second CrossFit Games. She was 2nd on the podium. She has been number one ever since.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/2WvXKHQ via IFTTT

Tia-Clair Toomey Keeps Getting Better and Better at CrossFit

The Australian powerhouse, Tia-Clair Toomey, sits atop the leaderboard after one day at the CrossFit Games, but there's more to it than that. Here's the thing about Tia-Claire Toomey , she hadn't been doing CrossFit for a long time when she made it to her first games in 2015. Her background was in track and field but she represented her country at the Olympic Games in Rio in the 58 kg category in weightlifting. That's 2016.   The same year as she competed in her second CrossFit Games. She was 2nd on the podium. She has been number one ever since.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3yb4jgT via IFTTT

Building Muscle as You Age

It was eye-opening to dive deep into a large amount of research on sarcopenia and learn that we are all mostly in control of how much muscle and strength we have as we age.   It’s common knowledge that we lose muscle mass and strength as we age. This is known as sarcopenia.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3l5Kxj6 via IFTTT

Building Muscle as You Age

It was eye-opening to dive deep into a large amount of research on sarcopenia and learn that we are all mostly in control of how much muscle and strength we have as we age.   It’s common knowledge that we lose muscle mass and strength as we age. This is known as sarcopenia.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3f7eFGV via IFTTT

Building Big Back: The Pendlay Row

Big and strong backs are the foundation of big lifts. You can have the strongest legs in the world but if you can't hold yourself up, you're not going to get very far.   Glenn Pendlay was a renowned strength and conditioning coach who, unfortunately, passed away in 2019 at the young age of 48 losing his battle against cancer.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3kY859E via IFTTT

5 Row Variations for Development of Back Muscles

How can you get on the Rowed to Bowed? Here are my five favorite row exercises. Bro, do you row? Almost every type of athlete, from elite weightlifter to weekend warrior, could greatly benefit from more pulling . Here are a few reasons:   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3y8FphL via IFTTT

Building Big Back: The Pendlay Row

Big and strong backs are the foundation of big lifts. You can have the strongest legs in the world but if you can't hold yourself up, you're not going to get very far.   Glenn Pendlay was a renowned strength and conditioning coach who, unfortunately, passed away in 2019 at the young age of 48 losing his battle against cancer.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3f3fdhb via IFTTT

5 Row Variations for Development of Back Muscles

How can you get on the Rowed to Bowed? Here are my five favorite row exercises. Bro, do you row? Almost every type of athlete, from elite weightlifter to weekend warrior, could greatly benefit from more pulling. Here are a few reasons: read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3ybV4Nk via IFTTT

Hidilyn Diaz's Weightlifting Gold Comes with a $660,000 Prize

The first gold medal winner for the Philippines gets a new house and $660,000 as well as the gratitude of a nation that has been waiting for this moment since 1924.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3rG12Uf via IFTTT

Hidilyn Diaz's Weightlifting Gold Comes with a $660,000 Prize

The first gold medal winner for the Philippines gets a new house and $660,000 as well as the gratitude of a nation that has been waiting for this moment since 1924.   The Philippines have been sending athletes to the Olympic Games since 1924. On the 3rd day of the Tokyo Olympics, on a last gasp lift that held everything in the balance, 30-year-old weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz clean and jerked 127 kg to give her a 224 kg total and the gold in the women's 55 kg division.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3BJxrOr via IFTTT

Lasha Talakhadze Owns the Olympic Weightlifting Platform in Tokyo

On the practice platform, the world's greatest weightlifter is snatching 220 kg, and clean and jerking 255 kg with ease. Giorgi Tchintcharauli, the d octor of the Georgian national weightlifting team, has posted video of Lasha Talakhadze's practice sessions at the Tokyo Olympics and it should be enough to send every one of his competitors packing for home. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3ybq8wW via IFTTT

What Every Coach Should Know About Speed and Conditioning

You can get athletes optimally faster, better conditioned, and even tougher in the same program if you understand a few simple principles. A new school year is around the corner. All over, there will be in-season coaches trying to condition their athletes to be ready for game time and out-of-season coaches trying to get their athletes faster, stronger, and tougher before the season begins.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3BMsl4a via IFTTT

Lasha Talakhadze Owns the Olympic Weightlifting Platform in Tokyo

On the practice platform, the world's greatest weightlifter is snatching 220 kg, and clean and jerking 255 kg with ease. Giorgi Tchintcharauli, the d octor of the Georgian national weightlifting team, has posted video of Lasha Talakhadze's practice sessions at the Tokyo Olympics and it should be enough to send every one of his competitors packing for home. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3BFTfuh via IFTTT

What Every Coach Should Know About Speed and Conditioning

You can get athletes optimally faster, better conditioned, and even tougher in the same program if you understand a few simple principles. A new school year is around the corner. All over, there will be in-season coaches trying to condition their athletes to be ready for game time and out-of-season coaches trying to get their athletes faster, stronger, and tougher before the season begins.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3BHcZxF via IFTTT

CrossFit and MMA Should Be Olympic Events

They have sport climbing and boxing so why not? Let's be honest, CrossFit and MMA are more popular than sport climbing and boxing these days. So, why are we looking at the latter at the Olympics in Tokyo and not the former? It could be that the process of getting on the docket with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a long one, and a minefield of politics and considerations. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3BDGKiQ via IFTTT

CrossFit and MMA Should Be Olympic Events

They have sport climbing and boxing so why not? Let's be honest, CrossFit and MMA are more popular than sport climbing and boxing these days. So, why are we looking at the latter at the Olympics in Tokyo and not the former? It could be that the process of getting on the docket with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a long one, and a minefield of politics and considerations. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3iKcAlj via IFTTT

Body Composition More Important Than BMI

BMI can give a false impression of the nature of health. There are more important metrics. A study that came out this year in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on the relation of body fat mass and fat-free mass to total mortality , is freely available for all to read and the findings confirm what most Breaking Muscle readers already know, BMI is not a good indicator of wellbeing or physical fitness. In the study, higher instances of fat mass was associated with 50% more risks of mortality compared to lower fat mass. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3zxaAnk via IFTTT

World Record for Axle Press Broken by Iron Biby

Strongman Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou breaks Eddie Hall's world record with a 477.4 lb (217 kg axle press. Iron Biby, the Burkino Faso-born strongman born Cheick Sanou, has broken the world record for the axle press held by World's Strongest Man champion, Eddie Hall since 2017. Iron Biby broke the record by lifting 478.4 lbs (217 kg) at the Albert Hall in London, England, right in Hall's backyard. That didn't stop Hall from promoting the lift on his Instagram feed and lauding his fellow strongman's strength. "I've seen him do 230 kg in training at his home gym," write Hall in his post.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3hZldcB via IFTTT

Body Composition More Important Than BMI

BMI can give a false impression of the nature of health. There are more important metrics. A study that came out this year in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on the relation of body fat mass and fat-free mass to total mortality , is freely available for all to read and the findings confirm what most Breaking Muscle readers already know, BMI is not a good indicator of wellbeing or physical fitness. In the study, higher instances of fat mass was associated with 50% more risks of mortality compared to lower fat mass. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3i41too via IFTTT

World Record for Axle Press Broken by Iron Biby

Strongman Cheick "Iron Biby" Sanou breaks Eddie Hall's world record with a 477.4 lb (217 kg axle press. Iron Biby, the Burkino Faso-born strongman born Cheick Sanou, has broken the world record for the axle press held by World's Strongest Man champion, Eddie Hall since 2017. Iron Biby broke the record by lifting 478.4 lbs (217 kg) at the Albert Hall in London, England, right in Hall's backyard. That didn't stop Hall from promoting the lift on his Instagram feed and lauding his fellow strongman's strength. "I've seen him do 230 kg in training at his home gym," write Hall in his post.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3eWBYmP via IFTTT

A Successful Career in Fitness With Tony Gentilcore

A discussion with Tony Gentilcore on the diverse pathways to a fitness career.   In this episode, I’m delighted to join Tony Gentilcore to discuss how he charted his path within the fitness industry and has built a thriving business using coaching, writing, and educating.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/2WePBYb via IFTTT

A Successful Career in Fitness With Tony Gentilcore

A discussion with Tony Gentilcore on the diverse pathways to a fitness career.   In this episode, I’m delighted to join Tony Gentilcore to discuss how he charted his path within the fitness industry and has built a thriving business using coaching, writing, and educating.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3rClyoP via IFTTT

Just How Amazing is Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike

The first woman to land the impossible move just did it again in practice at the Tokyo Olympics. Olympic gymnast , Simone Biles, at the 2021 US Classic, landed the Yurchenko Double Pike on the vault exercise. The first woman to ever perform the "impossible" move in competition just did a pretty good job of nailing the exact same move on the training podium at the Tokyo Olympics. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3iB6y6F via IFTTT

Just How Amazing is Simone Biles' Yurchenko Double Pike

The first woman to land the impossible move just did it again in practice at the Tokyo Olympics. Olympic gymnast , Simone Biles, at the 2021 US Classic, landed the Yurchenko Double Pike on the vault exercise. The first woman to ever perform the "impossible" move in competition just did a pretty good job of nailing the exact same move on the training podium at the Tokyo Olympics. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3BqKHaF via IFTTT

CrossFit Founder, Greg Glassman, Will Roar Back

Greg Glassman is doing publicity, ostensibly for an upcoming book, but it sounds a lot like he has some scores to settle. A new article in the New Yorker, Does CrossFit Have a Future , sounds like a comeback tour of sorts for Greg Glassman , CrossFit's controversial founder. Glassman tells the article's author, Matt Horn, unapologetically as is his wont, that he has no regrets.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/2UypUkW via IFTTT

CrossFit Founder, Greg Glassman, Will Roar Back

Greg Glassman is doing publicity, ostensibly for an upcoming book, but it sounds a lot like he has some scores to settle. A new article in the New Yorker, Does CrossFit Have a Future , sounds like a comeback tour of sorts for Greg Glassman , CrossFit's controversial founder. Glassman tells the article's author, Matt Horn, unapologetically as is his wont, that he has no regrets.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3kMvdHW via IFTTT

Fitfluencers Should Be Celebrating National Junk Food Day

July 21st is National Junk Food Day in the United States. There's a message in there somewhere for everyone. Today is a glorious day for fitfluencers because it's National Junk Food Day. That's right, a whole day devoted to celebrating burgers and fries, fried Snickers bars, Cheetos, Mountain Dew, the oeuvre of Steven Seagal, and the numerous memes on social media that pass for "health" advice these days.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3BsT6dr via IFTTT

Tapping Into the Power of Identity Is the Secret to Sustainable Fitness

How to reframe your identity to fit who you are and who you want to be. My dad began waking up my older brother and me a few days a week to practice karate and lift weights in the basement in elementary school. While I wouldn’t recommend starting eight-year-olds on weights , these experiences had a lasting impact on me.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/36OOyjA via IFTTT

Fitfluencers Should Be Celebrating National Junk Food Day

July 21st is National Junk Food Day in the United States. There's a message in there somewhere for everyone. Today is a glorious day for fitfluencers because it's National Junk Food Day. That's right, a whole day devoted to celebrating burgers and fries, fried Snickers bars, Cheetos, Mountain Dew, the oeuvre of Steven Seagal, and the numerous memes on social media that pass for "health" advice these days.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/2UqGDGP via IFTTT

Tapping Into the Power of Identity Is the Secret to Sustainable Fitness

How to reframe your identity to fit who you are and who you want to be. My dad began waking up my older brother and me a few days a week to practice karate and lift weights in the basement in elementary school. While I wouldn’t recommend starting eight-year-olds on weights , these experiences had a lasting impact on me.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3rCkAsV via IFTTT

Billionaires in Space: World Deadlift Record at Stake

Will Elon Musk be the first billionaire in space to pull 1,300 lbs? We really hope so. Billionaires in space is a thing. But, let's be frank, they didn't do anything when they go up there other than just look out the window and take selfies. Which seems like a wasted opportunity.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3eCT1KA via IFTTT

Billionaires in Space: World Deadlift Record at Stake

Will Elon Musk be the first billionaire in space to pull 1,300 lbs? We really hope so. Billionaires in space is a thing. But, let's be frank, they didn't do anything when they go up there other than just look out the window and take selfies. Which seems like a wasted opportunity. So, we'd like to throw this out there in the hopes that the next one going up, probably Elon Musk, takes up the challenge and makes a significant contribution to world hamstring development. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/2UTde7T via IFTTT

IOC Confirms First Transgender Olympian Will Be Laurel Hubbard

Some people tried to stop her but the Tokyo Olympics will welcome New Zealand's transgender weightlifting competitor. 43-year-old Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender competitor at an Olympics this summer in Tokyo. The New Zealander will get to compete in the superheavyweight category in weightlifting despite the storm of controversy that preceded her getting this opportunity.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/36TVXhr via IFTTT

IOC Confirms First Transgender Olympian Will Be Laurel Hubbard

Some people tried to stop her but the Tokyo Olympics will welcome New Zealand's transgender weightlifting competitor. 43-year-old Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender competitor at an Olympics this summer in Tokyo. The New Zealander will get to compete in the superheavyweight category in weightlifting despite the storm of controversy that preceded her getting this opportunity.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3eCVl49 via IFTTT

The Misunderstood Art of Mini-Cutting for More Muscle

How to get bigger and stay lean with strategic mini-cutting.     read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3ivgPky via IFTTT

The Misunderstood Art of Mini-Cutting for More Muscle

How to get bigger and stay lean with strategic mini-cutting.     read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/36RxaKU via IFTTT

Glute Activation in Your 70s Is a Thing

Mary Duffy is a champion powerlifter, she is 71 years old, and she deadlifts like a boss. That is all. Glute activation is waking up your glutes. It makes the connection from your brain to your muscle and gets the muscle fired up and ready to do some work .   Glute activation should be done prior to your workout, but it can also be done as an active rest between sets. And trust me when I say that doing some glute activation prior to your squats, lunges, and deadlifts will result in an excellent glute workout ! read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3iGQLmX via IFTTT

What is Functional Strength Training

What is strength? Not strength like science or weightlifting defines it, but strength in your everyday life? How is strength defined and who defines it ?  Kinesiologists study muscles and have various ways to gauge muscle contraction, length, tension, and force. Therefore, kinesiologists typically measure strength by these primary factors and neglect individual variations of strength as a subjective concept. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3eyHOL6 via IFTTT

Glute Activation in Your 70s Is a Thing

Mary Duffy is a champion powerlifter, she is 71 years old, and she deadlifts like a boss. That is all. Glute activation is waking up your glutes. It makes the connection from your brain to your muscle and gets the muscle fired up and ready to do some work .   Glute activation should be done prior to your workout, but it can also be done as an active rest between sets. And trust me when I say that doing some glute activation prior to your squats, lunges, and deadlifts will result in an excellent glute workout!   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3eAfuI3 via IFTTT

4 Reasons to Ditch the App and Begin a Personalized Fitness Plan

Chances are, if your fitness program isn't personalized, you’re going to run into problems either with the lack of results or, worse still, injuries. So, you signed up with the latest cool app that claims to deliver personalized workouts and promises results. You have been diligently following along for two months but are growing bored and skeptical because you do not see the expected results .   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3evd9ht via IFTTT

What is Functional Strength Training

What is strength? Not strength like science or weightlifting defines it, but strength in your everyday life? How is strength defined and who defines it ?  Kinesiologists study muscles and have various ways to gauge muscle contraction, length, tension, and force. Therefore, kinesiologists typically measure strength by these primary factors and neglect individual variations of strength as a subjective concept. read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3wUwXRU via IFTTT

4 Reasons to Ditch the App and Begin a Personalized Fitness Plan

Chances are, if your fitness program isn't personalized, you’re going to run into problems either with the lack of results or, worse still, injuries. So, you signed up with the latest cool app that claims to deliver personalized workouts and promises results. You have been diligently following along for two months but are growing bored and skeptical because you do not see the expected results.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3BgKFSt via IFTTT

Frozen Shoulders: They Have Their Own Society

Frozen shoulders eventually get better but can cause significant pain.   The British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) is our find of the day, or maybe week, or even year (my life is not that exciting). The society's exercises for frozen shoulder couldn't have come at a better time, if you know what I mean.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3BftjFN via IFTTT

Frozen Shoulders: They Have Their Own Society

Frozen shoulders eventually get better but can cause significant pain.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3xP7wSY via IFTTT

Hip Hop Star Method Man is the Real Deal in the Gym

Fitfluencer is a thing. A fit influencer may be subject to debate. Method Man, however, is the real deal. If you have been benching 100-lb dumbbells like it was no big deal, obviously you are not a celebrity or a potential goldmine of search engine optimized websites. But, snark aside, we salute Clifford Smith Jr., aka Method Man, a member of the collective known as Wu-Tang Clan, the guy who played Cheese in The Wire, who starred in the movie How High, because he is now a bona fide fitfluencer.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3erpKT1 via IFTTT

Hip Hop Star Method Man is the Real Deal in the Gym

Fitfluencer is a thing. A fit influencer may be subject to debate. Method Man, however, is the real deal. If you have been benching 100-lb dumbbells like it was no big deal, obviously you are not a celebrity or a potential goldmine of search engine optimized websites. But, snark aside, we salute Clifford Smith Jr., aka Method Man, a member of the collective known as Wu-Tang Clan, the guy who played Cheese in The Wire, who starred in the movie How High, because he is now a bona fide fitfluencer.   read more from Breaking Muscle https://ift.tt/3reFi1y via IFTTT