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Quads, ham hawks, meat sticks, flanks whatever you want to call them, we all want bigger quads and magnificent glutes. The classic back squat is a remarkable movement, but sometimes you need to throw in a different variation to build more muscle mass. That variation is the front squat. 

By regularly practicing these 5 yoga-inspired stretches for people who sit all day, you can begin to see improvements in your tightness, especially in the shoulders and back, making sitting at work all day a little more enjoyable. Together, they can counteract the compression from sitting all day, lengthening the spine, creating space in the back body, and strengthening your core.

It’s time to open the conversation about the condition that is quietly sidelining female athletes — Female Athlete Triad — the one that stands in the way of our success in sports and long term consequences associated with it.

Carbohydrates provide the vital energy you need to power through the extensive miles you put on the pavement each week. Carbs may be vilified for the average gym-goer, but for you, carbs provide the fuel you need to crush through your training without hitting a wall. We’re going to talk about how to properly carb load, so you can outpace your competition.

More is better, right? Well not always. When it comes to your performance and training, your body needs ample rest and recovery, to adequately build and rebuild lean muscle mass, and to perform at an elite level. Volume, or your workout load, is a critical factor in reaching your body composition and performance goals. Often times, the more you work out and train, the better outcomes you’ll have. But, as with most things, there is a definite point of diminishing returns.

Back on April 13th, 2016, CrossFit® Invictus posted a workout in tribute to the late Kobe Bryant’s retirement after his 20 years of dedication to the NBA on the Los Angelos Lakers team. Now the WOD stands as a tribute to the late sports hero of our generation, his career, and his beloved daughter GiGi. 

When the cold weather hits, so do the sweaters, and you know what that means; it’s time to start bulking and packing on size, to shred down for summer. For any successful bulk, there are a few tips and tricks you’re going to need to follow, in order to get the best results and gain the most muscle mass. Here are our 5 rules to follow for a successful bulking season. 

No time or place to workout? Perfect! Tabata burpees are the ultimate 4-minute total body workout designed to test your endurance, fatigue, and to shred body fat, especially when you’re pinched on time or equipment. Best of all? We have an entire Tabata burpee workout for you in this article where you can compete directly with Swolverine Athlete, Mitch Wagner, a 3 time CrossFit® Regionals Competitor, to see if you can beat his Tabata burpee time!

As you progress in your fitness journey your goals will change from time to time. You may want to lean out and cut down for summer, then capitalize on those winter gains and add on some size. Maybe you are looking for a new challenge in your training and physique to mix it up and keep your training from getting boring. Whatever your reason, there’s a time and place to add on mass and bulk up. There’s also a time and place for you to cut. In order to be successful at either, there are some parameters you need to be aware of to achieve the best results

As a society, we have become obsessed with metabolism, and how to control it in order to manipulate the calorie burning process. Most of us associate boosting metabolism with losing more weight, and by increasing our energy expenditure, burning more body fat, and increasing lean muscle mass. Resting metabolic rate (RMR) and Basal metabolic rate (BMR) play an important role, in defining a baseline of how many calories you naturally expend. Often used interchangeably are there any differences between BMR vs RMR? And what do you need to know about RMR and BMR in order to start your health and fitness journey?

Bulking season is here, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy. Most people think that putting on clean weight is easy. All you have to do is just keep eating right? Wrong. Bulking is challenging, physically and psychologically. You have to be in the right mind-set as well as eat the right foods, to enough of those foods, to cut and gain the lean muscle mass you want, without gaining too much body fat. We’re going to cover the 7 most common bulking mistakes, so you can gain the weight you need to shred down for summer.