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The Whole9 Five Movement Series: Part 3

Note: This is a repost from the Whole9 archives. This is the third installation in a 3-part series. If you haven’t read the first two parts, read them here and here before continuing.Enjoy! We brought together 12 fitness experts from a broad range of backgrounds–with bodies of experience ranging from weightlifting to track and field to mixed martial arts, [...]

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The Whole9 Five Movements Series: Part 1

Note: This is a repost from the Whole9 archives. This three-part series has been one of our most popular blog post series to date. Enjoy! If you could only perform five exercise movements for the rest of your life, which five would you do? This was the question we recently posed to twelve of the most [...]

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The 400,000 Hour Body

A nice little reminder from the Whole9 archives. Also, we’ve not read the 4 Hour Body, so can’t speak to its contents – we just thought this title played nicely. We get a lot of questions about products, services and protocols that promise miraculous results – improved body composition, fitness, energy or health – with [...]

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What Will You Do Today?

Earlier this week, we wrote about “Fitspiration,” the dangers of holding yourself up to an ideal, and how these images and words may serve to guilt, shame, or downright insult you in the name of “motivation.”  One of the tips we gave you to combat this phenomenon is to practice positive self-talk: There is a [...]

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Are You Recovering, Or Are You Just Resting?

We’ve been working on this post for a while, but Life got in the way. (Alternate story: Dallas is better at starting projects than finishing them.)  Nonetheless, we’d like to talk about recovery. No, not economic recovery—though that would be lovely—but physiological recovery from the stressors placed upon us by our modern physical world. Rest [...]

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Whole9 Science Corner: Energy Generation During Exercise

A very special guest post by Mary Boudreau Conover, BSNed – for those of you who like to know the behind-the-scenes on how your body works during exercise. Every single system in the body is involved in satisfying the needs of working muscles.  Your heart rate speeds up along with your respirations; blood vessels to [...]

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The Whole9 Five Movement Series: Part 3

Note: This is the third installation in a 3-part series. If you haven’t read the first two parts, read them here and here before continuing. We brought together 12 fitness experts from a broad range of backgrounds–with bodies of experience ranging from weightlifting to track and field to mixed martial arts, and over two centuries [...]

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The Whole9 Five Movement Series: Part 2

On Monday, we kicked off Part 1 of our 3-part series on the top five foundational movements for health, featuring Dan John, Eric Cressey, Rob MacDonald, Michael Rutherford, James Fitzgerald, and our own Dallas Hartwig. Today, we feature six more strength and conditioning coaches and athletes, and ask them the same question: If you could [...]

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The Whole9 Five Movements Series: Part 1

If you could only perform five exercise movements for the rest of your life, which five would you do? This was the question we recently posed to twelve of the most widely respected fitness experts and strength and conditioning coaches – assuming their clients’ goals were general health, fitness and longevity (and not a specialized [...]

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Sleep: An Undervalued Ergogenic Aid

In February 2011, Dallas wrote an article for Performance Menu, the “journal of nutrition and athletic excellence” published each month by Greg Everett of Catalyst Athletics.  The article focused on the impact of sleep (or lack thereof) on your health and athletic performance. Today, thanks to the generosity of Catalyst Athletics, today we are offering [...]

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