Functional Training
This section of the site collects content relating to functional training: build muscle, strength, speed, agility, mobility, endurance, and more.
Hidden Power: How to Get Strong Without Getting Big
Can you develop more strength and power without adding mass and bulk?
The 18 Best Core Exercises for Stability, Power, and Injury Prevention
This post provides a list of core exercises that develop athleticism, resilience, and power.
Bruce Lee Cobra Lats: How to Build Powerful, Functional Lats
This post explains the importance of big, strong lats for martial arts, rock climbing, parkour, and powerlifting. It also shows how to develop them optimally.
The Brain, Movement, and Training
This post explores the complex relationship between mind and body – and how to strengthen both!
Glute Activation – How Butt Training Makes You an Athletic Bad-Ass
This post explains quad dominance, glute dominance, and how to improve glute activation. Engage the largest muscle in your body for superior explosive performance!
How to Get Ripped Abs and a Powerful Core
This post explains how to get ripped-looking abs by focussing not on aesthetics, but on performance!
Rethinking Endurance – Specific Peripheral Adaptations
This post discusses the lesser-known changes that occur in the body in response to endurance training.
Training to be “Faster, Stronger, Smarter” Makes Sense for Most People
This post argues that specialization doesn’t make sense for the vast majority of people.
Real Bane Training: Building Mind and Body in Confinement
This post explores what real-world Bane training would look like. Forge body and mind in confinement!
The Many Facets of Kettlebell Training
Kettlebell training can be used for a range of goals. Explore the difference between hardstyle, sport, kettlebell flows, juggling, and more!