The best and the worst thing about a blog is that the new stuff is always at the top. It’s great for the new stuff – you always know what just happened. But, it’s easy for helpful articles to get buried deep into the archives.
For that reason, I’m compiling a list of articles that I think could benefit you that I’ve written over the years. (I’ll keep adding new stuff to this, so check back often!)
Olympic Weightlifting and Strength Training
- Are Back Squats REALLY Necessary: The Legs, Hips, and ASS issue
- The Odd Couple: How to Combine Olympic Weightlifting and CrossFit
- A Bulgarian Primer: How to Read PDX Weightlifting WOD’s
- Success is Simple: Pay the Price!
- The Lessons You Learn While Drinking With Bulgarians, Part 1
- The Lessons You Learn While Drinking With Bulgarians, Part 2: Coaches are ALL Liars and The 3 Big Lies of Snatch Learning
- The Law of Accelerating Returns: On the Weightlifting Singularity
- Pump Up the Volume: Christian Slater, Weightlifting, and Making Faster Progress
- The 20/20 Workout routine ala Joe Mills
- Zen Mind, Big Snatch, Part 1: Yin
- Zen Mind, Big Snatch, Part 2: Yang
- How to Hit a PR Everyday: A lesson for Athletes and Coaches
- Beginners vs Intermediate vs Advanced
- The Split, Power, and Squat Jerk: Evolution at Work
- Happy Birthday to me: Reflections on Lifting, Coaching, and the Pre-Masters Class
- The CrossFit Games, A Million Bucks, and Your Snatch
- Nick Horton (me!) is Interviewed by Cedric Unholtz
- Review of the CrossFit/USA Weightlifting Open
- The evolution of a Weight Training Routine
- The ‘Secret’ to Bulgarian Training in Olympic Weightlifting
- How to train like an Olympic Weightlifter in 3 Easy Steps
- USA Weightlifting goes CROSSFIT? Pro or Con?
- Can YOU Do a 10k? Not Running, Weightlifting!
- Building a Quiet Olympic Weightlifting Platform
- Catapult Technique vs. Triple Extension in Olympic Weightlifting
Zen Mind and the Psychology of Weightlifting
- Managing Depression with Weightlifting
- Humans are Dumb and So Are We, OR, is Facebook Making You Sad?
- Got Resolutions? Break ‘em Up!
- Emotional Arousal and Physiological Stress
- Happiness is a Skill
Nutrition and Diet
General Strength Training
- Want a Big Squat? Stretch your Periformis.
- The Theory of Sport-Specific Conditioning
- Game Theory in the Gym, OR Do These Weightlifting Shoes Make Me Look Fat.
- Getting “Dad Strong” For Fathers Day – TOP 5 Exercises
- Shot Put Physics – Bench Press vs. Clean and Jerk
- Usain Bolt, Sonya Richards, and the Limits of Human Sprinting Ability
- The Mega-Mass Gain Diet for Skinny High School Ahtletes
- R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – Find Out What It Means To Strength, Plus 7 “Controversial” Views
- Even MORE Reasons to Front Squat
- Viking Laws of Success!
- Mariusz Pudzianowski’s Diet And Workout Schedule
- Magnus Samuelsson Workout Video
- Cleans vs. Power Cleans – Coach Dos Defends Himself
- The Dinosaur Paradox and the Muscle Size/Strength Ratio
Coaching
- Cedric Unholz Interviews Me at His Blog
- Glenn Pendlay on How to Become a Great Coach – Plus 5 Things I’ve Learned
- What Kind of Coach am I?
- Find a Coach with a Focus!
- 5 Things to Look For in a Strength Coach
- 5 Tips: How to Become a Weightlifting Coach
- Interview with Jim Schmitz
Other
- The Biggest Loser: Good, Bad, or Ugly
- Lose Weight the Sumo Way! With Chanko Nabe
- The Yakiimo Man
- PaleoDiet, Sugar, and the History of Carbohydrates
- Easy Beginners Workout Routine
- Obese America, Personal Training, and Abundance
- The Truth About Interval Training vs. Diet
