Training Lab Sports Performance

Strongman training looks crazy. Huge people moving huge weights in the form of semi trucks, concrete balls, massive logs, barrels, and tractor tires—how do you even get into something like that? Maybe you've seen Strongman competitors before and have written off...

TrainHeroic’s Top Online Crossfit & Functional Fitness Programs

Live the Functional Fitness Lifestyle Like a ProFor CrossFit athletes who drank the Kool-Aid and have been neck-deep in the community ever since, functional fitness is the ultimate path to athletic greatness. Specializing is out. Well-roundedness is in. You want...

5 Tips to Get Better at Strict Pull Ups

The ultimate bodyweight movement that even good athletes struggle with: pull ups. Getting your first strict pull up as a beginner is a huge accomplishment, but stringing multiple reps together is arguably just as huge. It can take time and some dedicated...

Why You Should Try the Clean Grip Snatch

Snatches are hard enough as is—combining dynamic, explosive strength, speed, and timing with a mobility challenge for every major joint in your body. It can take years for an average athlete to get decently confident with full snatches and even then they’ll...

TrainHeroic Coaches Win HYROX National Championship

Reach Functional Fitness (@reachfunctionalfitness) out of Knoxville, TN is a family of athletes as young as 14 and as old as 63. With members ranging from law enforcement to supermoms, and several Spartan coaches—two at the elite level—the Reach community is one of big heart, badass endurance, and massive functional engines.

Taylor Haney, owner of Reach, is proud to announce they have two teams that qualified for the HYROX World Championships in Leipzig, Germany coming up in September. The HYROX competition runs along the same veins as endurance obstacle racing like the Spartan Race or their spinoff, DEKA, “the decathlon of functional fitness.”

Pride Inside and Out

Author: Craig Freund

Over his years helping gay clients work through emotional traumas, Craig Freund has witnessed trends relating to shame, self-esteem, and body image. Queer people are more likely to experience body image issues due to being historically ostracized from society. Healing from internalized shame takes practice, but ultimately leads to a positive feedback loop for your mental and physical health. Craig recommends practicing positive self-talk, setting realistic goals, and celebrating your wins to fight the shame demon and crush your fitness goals.

Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Fitness Brands to Support

Author: Lily Frei

Get ready for June Pride celebrations by shopping these LGBTQ+ friendly fitness brands. Grab some new gym swag, swimwear or lounge clothes that speak out for the queer community, their heart and struggles. Businesses like Out-Fit, Alo Yoga, TomboyX, Converse, and NoBull have Pride lines donating to LGBTQ+ nonprofits, while others like Woxer and Humankind Swim offer inclusive/gender-neutral sizing.

Try These Quick Workouts When Time Ain’t on Your Side

Author: Lily Frei

Kick your excuses to the curb and use these short couplets to train when you’re pressed for time. Putting in some effort to move even when life has you drained is always worth it. Use squats, pulls, carries, and calisthenics to get the most out of a quick workout - maintain those gains so your longer sessions won’t suffer!

Building a Home Gym from 2 Dumbbells

Author: Kelli Fox

You don't need a ton of equipment and DIY weightlifting machines to build a home gym. In this article, our Senior UX designer, Kelli tells us how she built her minimal home gym setup starting with just a couple dumbbells.

Training Mobility 101: Your Complete Guide to Mobility Exercises from Head to Toe

Author: TrainHeroic Team

Improving your mobility can help you workout for longer, reduces joint pain, and can reduce the risk of injury. In this guide you’ll learn more about mobility, who it impacts, why you should be focusing on it no matter what your age or training history, and how to tame common mobility hot spots from head to toe.

How to Prime Your Workouts With a Better Warmup

Author: Tim DiFrancesco

When you are preparing for any type of training session it’s important to properly ready your muscles for action. In this article, Tim tells us how to effectively warm up and how to avoid your warm up becoming too long, elaborate, and gimmicky.

Are You Training or Exercising?

Author: Jim Kielbaso

In this article, Jim talks through the distinct differences between training and exercising and gives us some insight into why he believes having a system to log your training results is the most important tool in your training arsenal.