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12 Reps – The Breaking Muscle Digest – Vol. 1, Issue 1

Twelve reader favorites from the past week and from the archives, curated to save you time.

Mindith Rahmat

Written by Mindith Rahmat Last updated on February 15, 2015

Get Your Read On – Breaking Muscle Style

Here are a dozen top picks and reader favorites from the past week and the archives.

GO RUN UP A WALL! HOW TO DO A PARKOUR WALL RUN – This technique, explained in easy-to-follow steps, will help you glide over barriers quickly and easily.

VIDEO: 2 WAYS TO BULLETPROOF THE FREESTANDING HANDSTAND – Use these two techniques to get past the “jump and hope” roadblock and arrive at handstand happiness.

4 SIMPLE GYMNASTICS DRILLS FOR STRENGTH AND MOBILITY – Gymnastics training requires intense, full-body muscle contractions and significant time spent under tension, which lead to great gains in hypertrophy, increased lean muscle mass, and fat loss.

THE KETTLEBELL SNATCH – A SWING THAT ENDS OVERHEAD – While they may seem like distinct moves, the kettlebell snatch is an extension of the kettlebell swing, according to a study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.

THE 5 BEST SHOES FOR OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING AND CROSSFIT – Examining any one thing in a vacuum makes objective comparison impossible. So, we compared five pairs of weightlifting shoes based on their relative merits and drawbacks.

3 REASONS YOU DON’T SQUAT MORE WEIGHT (AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT) – How to tell if you have any of a few common problems that can halt your squat progress and what to do to fix them.

SMART STRENGTH WITH CHARLES STALEY – Read Staley’s answers to reader questions on life and training, submit your own questions for next week’s column, and get a look at the Secret Weapon’s own training log. This week he discusses fat loss and goal setting.

YOU DON’T NEED MEDICATION TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LOW BACK – Learn to strengthen and lengthen certain muscles in conjunction with hydration to give your lumbar spine the love it so desperately craves.

GREASING THE GROOVE: A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREPARE FOR PUSH UP TESTS – Many of us would have no problem if we had to drop and do twenty push ups. But what about forty? 100? Here’s a training method for that challenge.

THE TOP 10 FITNESS BLOGS OF 2015 – Every year we hold a contest to determine the top ten fitness blogs on the Internet. There are a lot of sites out there, and we need your help to sort through them all.

THE 3 KEYS TO OBSTACLE COURSE RACING SUCCESS – Andrew Read sees three big mistakes when it comes to obstacle course training. Let’s look at what the errors are and how to avoid them.

THE ROLE OF A WEIGHTLIFTING COACH, EP 10 (PODCAST) – Sit in on a Q&A session with three icons of weightlifting – Bob Takano, Greg Everett, and Ursula Garza Papandrea.

Mindith Rahmat

About Mindith Rahmat

Mindith is a born mover. She has spent her life exploring various athletic disciplines, starting with ballet and modern dance from an early age. She went on to become a E-RYT 500 certified yoga therapist and teacher and discovered CrossFit after the birth of her daughter.

Mindith coached CrossFit at a number of boxes near her home in Southern California, which lead to her involvement in Russian kettlebells and Olympic weightlifting. She has coached a wide variety of populations and cares deeply for women’s health, specializing in pregnancy and postpartum fitness. She is currently studying the principles of Natural Movement and Kettlebell Sport, and is working to complete an additional teacher training in the Taoist art of Yin Yoga with Master Paulie Zink.

Mindith founded Breaking Muscle in 2011. Over 5 million people a month have visited the site, hundreds of thousands of them follow Breaking Muscle on social media, nearly 2,000 coaches have written or appeared on its pages, and there are thousands of free, fully-formed training plans freely available. Breaking Muscle has won numerous awards in the industry and is recognized for pioneering new approaches to fitness and coaching techniques. In 2021, Breaking Muscle was acquired by Barbend. Mindith continues to devote time to her kids, pursue her doctorate in psychology, do research, and teach.

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