Strength Basics: Understanding Maxes

  If you haven’t figured it out by now, strength training is important. In a world dominated by aerobic fitness, strength training is slowly and surely gaining ground, and for good reason: It works! Strength training is great for a lot more than just building...

Functional Failures: The Kettlebell High Pull

  “Functional training,” a buzz phrase that just doesn’t want to go away.  Coined by the physical therapy field as a means to describe helping injured or post-op patients regain their body’s function, the fitness industry pounced on it, polished and packaged it, and...