Fitness

Explore evidence-based strategies for increasing endurance, training for events like Ironman and Spartan races, improving VO₂ max, and using heart rate zones and variability for smarter training. Learn how to build muscle efficiently, enhance speed, power, and strength, and improve flexibility and mobility through practices like yoga. You’ll also find insights into advanced techniques such as altitude and blood flow restriction training, as well as the benefits of sauna and cold exposure for performance and recovery.

Top 10 Reasons Exercise Is Bad For You

Top 10 Reasons Exercise Is Bad For You.

  There are people who need to exercise, and who absolutely benefit from exercise. Exercise has rescued obese individuals from...

Muscle-Building Exercises You Can Do With Just One Dumbbell

Video: Top 5 Fat-Burning, Muscle-Building Exercises You Can Do With Just One Dumbbell

In this video, I show you the top 5 exercises you can do with just one dumbbell. Included are a...

Six Steps To Begin Training For Ironman Triathlon

Six Steps To Begin Training For Ironman Triathlon – Free Video and Slides!

Do you ever close your eyes and imagine yourself charging out of the open water, riding through the open roads...

What Is The Craziest Workout You Have Ever Done

What Is The Craziest Workout You Have Ever Done?

A few years ago, I was reading an Esquire magazine article about 75 year old Don Wildman, and a crazy...

10 Triathlon Training Schedule Time Savers

10 Triathlon Training Schedule Time Savers

This article is based off a webinar that Ben Greenfield taught for USA Triathlon, entitled “The Triathlon Lifestyle: How To...

This Year’s Top 10 Most Shocking Fitness Research Findings

This Year’s Top 10 Most Shocking Fitness Research Findings.

Since it’s part of my job to read research on nutrition and fitness, and bring you the latest breakthroughs, today...

What's Your Swim Type

What’s Your Swim Type?

The Problem With “One-Size-Fits-All” Swimming No matter what their level or experience, most swimmers and triathletes have trained or been...

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The Top 5 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2010

From eating more saturated fat to ditching long, slow aerobic exercise, 2010 was a year of controversy, commenting and conversation...

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The Official “Baby It’s Too Cold Outside to Drive to the Pool” Swim Workout.

  This dry land swim training workout is for you swimmers out there who live in cold climates, and know...

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Good News For Endurance Sports Fans Who Want More Bicycling, Marathoning, Trail Running, Ultra-Endurance and Triathlon Content!

If you visit http://www.enduranceplanet.com and sign up for the free newsletter, you instantly get a free “10 Week to 10K”,...

Reach Your Fitness Goals in 2011

5 Simple Ways to Quickly Reach Your Fitness Goals in 2011

Sometimes the non run-of-the-mill human performance or fat loss information I write about on this site can get a little...

How To Combine CrossFit With Endurance or Triathlon Training

How To Combine CrossFit With Endurance or Triathlon Training and Not Mess Up Your Body.

In this post, you’ll learn how to do Crossfit and still train for endurance sports and triathlon. And yes, that’s...

Get Fit In 30 Minutes or Less

Get Fit In 30 Minutes or Less

  So you can make it to the gym almost every day…but you just don’t have the time when you’re...

Indoor Cycling Workout

The Official “Glee” Indoor Cycling Workout – Along With A Bonus Video!

  Whether you catch it on Fox, Hulu or a DVD, you probably wouldn’t be reading this article unless you...

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How To Stay Fit For Life: The Official Top 10 Countdown – Part 2

If you missed part 1 of this series on how to stay fit for life, then you can read it...

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How To Stay Fit For Life: The Official Top 10 Countdown – Part 1

There are a handful of very significant tricks that I utilize on a daily and weekly basis to stay trim...

What You Had To Say About BenGreenfieldFitness.com...and the Free Thanksgiving Fitness Survival Guide

What You Had To Say About BenGreenfieldFitness.com…and the Free Thanksgiving Fitness Survival Guide!

I need help picking a winner! Who should I send the Body Transformation Club black book to? Leave me a...