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Time-Restricted Eating’s Real Payoff, Why Bedtime Consistency Matters, and What Makes an Electrolyte Drink Work
This week's Research Update looks at whether time-restricted eating can trim body fat without costing performance, why an inconsistent bedtime may hit recovery hardest after your toughest training days, and what actually makes an electrolyte drink absorb better than plain water.
How Much Fitness Do You Actually Lose in the Off-Season?
Your season is done. Here's what the research says happens when you stop, and how to rest without starting from scratch.
The Real Science Behind Runner's High, Caffeine's Sleep Trade-Off, and Cramping at Long Distances
This week’s Research Update looks at what really causes runner’s high, how caffeine can help performance while hurting sleep, and why long-distance cramps may have less to do wi...
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Understanding Creatine For Performance Part 1: What the hell is it?
Is counting calories enough?
It seems like every successful athlete follows a specific nutrition plan, and the options are endless. Plenty count Macronutrients, determining the correct balance of carbs, fat...
How many times will you try?
Many of us, CrossFitters, weightlifters, strongmen, gymnasts, NFL players, and entrepreneurs alike have hit that wall at some point where we ask ourselves, "why am I still doing...
Coaching through the Weightlifting plateau, with Outlaw Way Coach Tom Sroka
The rapid ascension of weightlifting standards amongst the Crossfit Elite is evidence that both coaching and training standards are rapidly improving. High quality athletes a...
How much HMB should you be taking as an athlete?
As athletes, we could all do with a little more HMB to protect and repair muscle tissue, especially this time of year, when we're beating our bodies down preparing for and com...
The great debate: ice or heat?
With the CrossFit Games Open less than a month away, athletes are training harder than they have all year. With this increased volume comes improved work capacity, strength, and...
The Miracle that is Water
A whopping 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated; are you one of them? Water does everything from lubricating your joints to improving brain function. It's also a legitim...
Supplements vs. food: How much food do you need?
As athletes, we are often questioned on our lifestyles: what we eat, how much time we spend training, the amount of money we put into what we love. One inquiry each of us has pr...
Infographic - How to Load A Barbell
How do you load your barbell? a)Lots of little (5 and 10lb plates)? b) A mix of 'heavy' and 'light' plates in no particular order? c) It doesn't matter....I use ALL OF THEM!! ...
Infographic - 10 Reasons to Strength Train
Why Do We Strength Train? In addition to feeling (and looking) like badasses, lifting weights can help Lower Blood Pressure Improve sleep patterns Boost Metabolism Increase ou...
Infographic - Dehydration...Making us Fat and Sick?
Dehydration can cause... fatigue skin disorders digestive disorders weight gain bladder problems kidney problems and more.... Sounds unappealing doesn't it? So drink up and re...
The Four Pillars of Mental Toughness
“The most important game you will ever play will happen on the 4 inch ‘field’ between your ears” That is something one of my all-time favourite coaches used to say back in High...
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