EUGENIZATION.

For 4 of the last 6 days, I have subjected my body to one of the most enjoyable stresses on this planet (at least in my eyes) - training in Brazilian Jiujitsu.
Above: Harai Goshi is now my new favorite throw.
Most health and fitness professionals would look at my activity level from this past week and [...]

Why breathe when weight training? I mean, why not just hold your breath for the entire set and pass out at the en….oh. Guess I answered my own question.
Ask a fitness professional why you breathe during a set, and you’ll get a number of great reasons, like:

Your blood pressure will rise sky-high.
You’ll sustain [...]

You’ll often hear someone complain of “tight muscles” - most commonly, the hamstrings.
“Holy crap, are my hamstrings tight”, she said as she touched her palms to the floor. Or did something like the pose to the left.
Ummm…yeah.
You know, if you can touch your entire palm to the floor, your hamstrings aren’t really “tight” - [...]

I now present to you the best and highest use of those ubiquitous fitness balls (aka Swiss balls aka stability balls aka physioballs) you see lying around every commercial gym:

Above: Click on the screen to play the clip. God Bless America.
Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system, let’s talk seriously:
Physioballs can [...]

It’s often said that living a healthy lifestyle means staying active. Well, with springtime comes flights of fancy, rebirth, and (of course) spring sports, like golf and tennis. Along with spring sports comes their corresponding injuries and over the next few weeks I’d like to offer up some strategies to prevent these from [...]