10 Step Upper Body Pushing Progressions
10 Step Upper Body Pushing ProgressionsBy Logan Christopher Back in 8th grade my older brother started training me to get ready to go out for the football team in high school. He was a star player and hoped I would follow in his footsteps. Unfortunately, to say I was weak and unathletic was an understatement. When…
Breathing for Strength, Vitality, and Performance
For millennia breath control exercises have been the secret weapon of advanced yogis, qigong adepts, master healers, and warrior-monks to forge phenomenal strength, super human body control, and extraordinary vitality. When disciplines such as yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Internal Martial Arts, and Qigong have been successfully used over thousands of years to heal the…
Fasting, Cold Showers, and Black Coffee
This week I decided to run a little experiment and see how long I could fast. I felt that after all the overeating and indulging of the holidays that my body, especially my digestive system, could use a break. I was inspired by my friend Logan Christopher doing a 5 day fast over New Years.…
The Future of Functional Training – Interviews with The Masters
Looking Towards the Past As humans we have a tendency to Romanticize things of the distant past – Knights in shining armor, damsels in distress, Prehistoric eating habits, the idea of the Noble Savage, Warrior Princesses… Perhaps it’s Disney’s fault. 🙂 Regardless, the past, especially the distant past was never all sunshine and rainbows –…
Isometric Breathing – Lessons from Martin “Farmer” Burns
Martin “Farmer” Burns was a world champion Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestler as well as a coach of many other famous wrestlers such as the great Frank Gotch. In 1914, Burns published a 96-page mail-order course entitled Lessons in Wrestling and Physical Culture, which incorporated breathing techniques, calisthenics, stamina exercises, and wrestling techniques. It was made famous (again) in…
Upgrade Your Breath Book Review
I just finished up my morning practice of breathing exercises so this seems the perfect time to sit down and write about Logan Christopher’s latest book release, Upgrade Your Breath. I have known Logan for several years now and am proud to say that I own almost every one of his programs. Each one is engaging,…
Logan Christopher’s The Indestructible Body Review
I have a confession to make… I’m extremely jealous of Logan Christopher’s latest release, The Indestructible Body. Considering my personal emphasis on mobility, flexibility, strength training, and injury-proofing for myself and my students (clients), this is the kind of program I would have love to have written! The good news is that Logan has already done…
Are You Practicing Wrong?
Are you making progress in your practice, or do you feel like you’re running in circles, making lots of motion but essentially getting nowhere? Maybe you’ve got this whole practice thing wrong… We all know that practice is absolutely essential to the development of any skill. But how should we practice? What qualities should our…
10 Reasons I Love Kettlebells by Logan Christopher
I want to share with you all the reasons that I love training with kettlebells. 1 – They’re Different Back when I first tried a kettlebell I was pretty much a bodyweight only guy. I had been led to believe that “weights didn’t build functional strength”. The thing that led me to believe this was…
The Holy Grail of Training
Guest blog post by Eric Guttmann, U.S. Navy Officer, Author, Fitness Enthusiast and More Being in the Navy allows you to meet a lot of interesting people with different backgrounds, training experience and skills sets. One thing that you come away with when interacting with people who are doing the tough, physically demanding jobs that…
Lost Empire Herbs
