Whether you wake up with an icy shower or have seen any videos of Wim “The Ice Man” Hof, someone has probably told you that cold plunges are great for your health. Anyone who’s jumped into cold water understands the…

By mental performance coach Brian Cain As someone who cares about fitness, you know the importance of what happens inside the gym; but a huge part of recovery for optimal performance takes place outside of the gym, inside our heads….

When people go to get a massage from a therapist, it’s usually either because A) They have an injury, soreness, or pain that they want treated or B) they want to relax and reduce stress. While both of these are…

Co-authored by Bill Hartman and Mike Robertson, founders of IFAST. When it comes to optimizing movement and recovery, the two most crucial pieces of the health and performance “puzzle”, nothing is more important than proper breathing mechanics. Dr. Karel Lewit…

Although fighters and other combat athletes have used the sauna over the years to drop those last few extra pounds of water weight, one of its best uses is for recovery and regeneration. This is something the Finnish know well….

Hydrotherapy is probably the most widely used treatment for ailments in human history. It’s been written about since pre-biblical times. The father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, prescribed soaking in spring water for all types of illness.     Given that…

Now that we’ve covered the basics of what recovery is, why it’s so important, and how it’s connected to your lifestyle, it’s time to dig into some popular tools and methods promising to help you improve it. Over the next…

Habits are the brain’s way of automating tasks to conserve energy. When you drive to work each day, you probably follow the same route. You don’t have to think about every turn you make. You just drive. If you had…

Written by Guest Expert Robb Wolf, former research biochemist and 2X New York Times/WSJ Best Selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat. So, you just wrapped up a solid training session and are wondering what to eat…

With the popularity of Fitbit and other step trackers, you could probably ask any grade-school kid how many steps people should get each day and you’d get the same answer: 10,000. But where did this number actually come from? And…