Though foam rolling can be great for acutely allowing increases in flexibility and mobility (if done pre-workout, for example), it is not going to be a significant factor in recovering from hard training. Therefore, we recommend using foam-rolling sparingly as a recovery strategy, and not relying on it as a

Before we attempt to manipulate intensity as a variable in training, we first should define what failure actually is. I like to break it down into three stages: 1) Technical Failure When you hit a technical failure, you did not fail to complete a full rep, but you will not

From the outside looking in, training can seem like the most simple thing in the world — just repeatedly lift things up and put them down. But when you start to zoom in, a previously invisible world of richness, complexity, and abstract beauty fills the aperture. Much like our own