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Emily Beers

Emily Beers

Emily Beers

Coach

Vancouver, Canada

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Emily Beers is a freelance health, fitness and nutrition writer and a strength and conditioning coach at MadLab School of Fitness in Vancouver, B.C.

A former college basketball player and rower, Emily became heavily involved in CrossFit after finishing her Masters degree in journalism in 2009. She competed as an individual at the 2014 CrossFit Games. Emily's work can be found at CrossFit.com, as well as at various health-related companies, including Precision Nutrition, The Whole Life Challenge, the MadLab Group, and OPEX Fitness.

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Is the GHD Still Useful?

Here are five exercises to fire up that glute-hamstring combo.

Include Rotational Movements In Your Training

Strengthen your muscles and joints to handle rotational movements to benefit you in sports and in life.

Lateral Movement Training

We squat, we press, we deadlift, we push, we pull—all linear movements. Rarely do we incorporate lateral movements into our training plan and yet we really should.

The Athlete's Friend, Eggs: Best Buying Practices

Fun fact in case you missed it—the only difference between brown and white eggs are that brown eggs come from chickens with brown feathers and white eggs come from chickens with white feathers.

Bulletproof Your Bum

Bum augmentation without surgery. What could be better than that?

Alternatives to the Big 3 Lifts

Train these movements regularly and you will gain strength, and avoid pain, especially if you’re new to training.

Bulletproof Your Grip Strength

Science says grip strength might even be more important than just for gaining serious pull-up prowess.

Zero to Hero: How to Make That Strict Pull-Up

Getting a strict pull-up is a great goal. Here are some exercises you can do to help you get there quicker.

5 Reasons You Should Box Squat

So, what makes the box squat useful? You can improve your back squat without back squatting, that's one reason.

Lunges Are Harder and Better Than You Think

If you squat, push, pull, hinge, and carry consistently you’ll probably get pretty fit. But don't forget to lunge!

7 Steps to Barbell Etiquette

The gym is just like a classroom or an office—there are important rules you need to follow.

5 Common Rowing Mistakes

Though simple in theory, if you haven’t been taught the one skill (the rowing stroke) properly, it’s easy to butcher it and make all sorts of crazy mistakes.