In the early 2000s, perhaps similar to today, there was plenty of gatekeeping in an attempt to professionalize the fitness industry.The gym culture in many places lacked effort and was full of unnecessary complexity.Greg Glassman ...

The goal for the conditioning-biased athlete is to chronically increase training load while maintaining the load-recovery balance.More simply, conditioning is about learning to do more work.Fitness athletes have no proble...

In this episode, we discuss how metcons are characterized by severe and extreme intensity exercise that is often intermittent in the context of each task, but continuous in the context of the workout.We cover:the fat...

For all that we have to learn from other sports, fitness competition is unique. Few other events last multiple days, or require both strength and conditioning. There's the decathlon, which emphasizes strength and power.&...

Key TakeawaysFrequency of higher intensity training - 2-3 days/week/modality, 3-5 quality sessions per week per modalityPeriodize - lower overall training volume and more comp...