How many times will you try?
Many of us, CrossFitters, weightlifters, strongmen, gymnasts, NFL players, and entrepreneurs alike have hit that wall at some point where we ask ourselves, "why am I still doing this?" For...
Welcome to the Blonyx Blog
Check back every week for new articles and research summaries to help you optimize your training, performance and recovery.
Featured Blog Posts
Can Endurance Athletes Use Creatine to Enhance Race-day Performance?
Get our take on using creatine monohydrate while training to enhance your muscle endurance come race day.
What You Need to Know About Training in Hot Climates
Learn practical strategies and supplements to maintain peak performance in the heat and how to identify heat-related illnesses.
How to Fuel Mid-Race for Endurance Athletes
Gain essential insights on strategic mid-race fueling and hydration to boost your endurance and secure a strong finish.
All Blog Posts
How much HMB should you be taking as an athlete?
As athletes, we could all do with a little more HMB to protect and repair muscle tissue, especially this time of year, when we're beating our bodies down preparing for...
Easy and essential post-wod stretches
What's your favorite cool down activity? Athletes use everything from rowing to foam rolling to ease their muscles out of a killer training session into recovery mode. We believe two...
The Miracle that is Water
A whopping 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated; are you one of them? Water does everything from lubricating your joints to improving brain function. It's also a legitimate way to...
Infographic - Pullups, Knees to Elbow & Other 'Gymnastics-y" Movements
Well they're not all here (missing a breakdown of movements like the Butterfly Pullup, (Bar) Muscle-up, Toes to bar etc), but check out this cool infographic from Catalyst Athletics, breaking...
Infographic - New Years Resolutions
Did you know that based on past years it is expected that 45% of Americans will make a New Years Resolution (or more than one) but only 8% will...
Infographic - The Olympic Lifts...Are You Putting Your Feet Where They Should Be?
Do you know what your feet are/should be doing during the snatch and clean & jerk? Check it out this poster from FuBarbell
The Four Pillars of Mental Toughness
“The most important game you will ever play will happen on the 4 inch ‘field’ between your ears” That is something one of my all-time favourite coaches used to say...
Performance Under Pressure Part 2 - Managing the Beast
In Performance Under Pressure Part 1 I talked about Stress as a 4 step process and addressed the fact that a situation is not stressful until we mentally appraise what...
Performance Under Pressure Part 1 - A Stressful Situation?
Technically speaking there is no such thing as a 'Stressful Situation' Now before you decide I'm nuts let me explain what I mean... Situations in themselves are not stressful, but...
If You’re Not Failing, You’re Not Trying
Reposted with permission from Jerred Moon, the mastermind behind End Of Three Fitness blog Here's a quote: "Michael Jordan: Most people wouldn’t believe that a man often lauded as the...