Pete Hitzeman
Breaking Muscle
Jefferson Township, OH, United States
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You Don't Have Time
We don’t know the number of our days, so it is imperative that we live them to the greatest extent we can, and that includes attention to our vitality. → Read More
Cardio Needs to Make a Comeback
Long, slow, unsexy work may not make you an internet celebrity, but it's essential to your health and athletic development. → Read More
How Many Crutches Do You Need?
How much time do you spend tweaking your workout playlist, versus actually working out? → Read More
Your Personal Definition of Fitness
I believe that fitness is the ability to say yes to the things that animate your spirit. → Read More
Strange Bedfellows in the Fight Over Fitness
What is needed is for all the players to come to the table, put their competing interests and rival methodologies aside, and make some common-sense decisions and agreements. → Read More
Calm Down, It's Not That Complicated
If you listen to the wrong kind of “experts” these days, there’s a good chance you’d never try anything. → Read More
Reignite Your Passion For Sport
When’s the last time you went out without a periodized plan, or a timer beeping at you, or any real goal whatsoever? → Read More
Don't Play Stupid Games
My time on the bench has allowed me to reprioritize a few of my training goals. → Read More
Dear Newbie, Dabbling Is Not a Sin
Just get out there and try stuff, and if you don’t like it, try some other stuff. → Read More
When's the Last Time You Gave Back?
If we want our sports to continue to thrive, we will all have to put in the sweat to see them grow. → Read More
Every Step Is a Gift
Take some time to step back and look at your life and your capability, and appreciate the beauty of how far you’ve come and the amazing things you can do. → Read More
Race Prep: Time to Sweat the Small Stuff
A solid preparatory routine can spell the difference between a huge PR and a total catastrophe. → Read More
First Impressions: Compex Sport Elite
The Compex Sport Elite has options for before or after your workouts, and can even provide workouts all on its own, for strength, power, and endurance. → Read More
What Is CrossFit to You?
Getting the most from your time in the box starts with defining your purpose for going there. → Read More
No, You Don't Hate Running
Of all the training modalities that I coach, none is so universally despised by its non-practitioners as running. People go out of their way to describe their hatred of it, screwing up their noses and illustrating the displeasure it brings them with the same color and detail a connoisseur would use for a fine wine. → Read More
No Trail Too Sloppy: The Inov-8 X-Talon 225
“The trails aren’t sloppy enough to run today.” These are not normally words I find myself saying. But this was the exact scenario I found myself in after Inov-8 asked me to test their mud-hawking X-Talon 225. → Read More
Life Ain't Easy: Train Anyway
Most of us spent a huge portion of our childhood being told to do things we didn’t want to do. We had to be told every day to get out of bed, get ready for school, eat our vegetables, do our homework, brush our teeth. → Read More
Changing Your Life Is Not a 45-Day Challenge
If years of neglect have gotten you where you are, a temporary diet is the worst possible tool for getting you back to health. → Read More
Trust Your Training
Less than two miles into my half marathon, I was sure I had made a huge mistake. For a few seconds, I started to get down on myself, because it’s a mistake I’ve made a half dozen times before, and one I’ve spent most of the year trying to correct. → Read More
The Only Variable That Matters
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there’s something you need to know. Your program doesn’t matter. Neither does your coach, or your diet. In fact, not a single article or piece of advice or video on this very website is going to do the tiniest bit of good for your health, strength, or athleticism. → Read More