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5 of the Very Best: This Month’s Top Articles, December

These pieces have caught your attention throughout the month of December. So here they are in one place for you to consume, digest, and enjoy.

Mindith Rahmat

Written by Mindith Rahmat Last updated on December 27, 2015

Welcome to a special monthly edition of our roundup, Five of the Very Best! Today, we’re posting up Breaking Muscle’s top five articles of the month. These pieces have caught your attention throughout December. So here they are in one place for you to consume, digest, and enjoy.

#1 – CrossFitters: 5 Steps to Immediately Improve Your Weightlifting

By Colm O’Reilly

You know the drill all too well. You hit your warm up, you load your plates on your bar on your platform. Same as always. But then it happens… you start to miss. Why? A lot of the time we’re physically able to shift the metal, but we psych ourselves out. Here are some strategies to overcome this.

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#2 – Your Diet Is Not Normal: Here’s Why

By Craig Marker

Individual physiological differences play an important role in how well diets and training programs work. Basic diets might work for many people who are overweight. But as you approach your goal physique, your nutrition needs to be tailored to you.

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#3 – The Formula for a Successful CrossFit Gym

By Patrick McCarty

There are now more than 10,000 CrossFit gyms around the globe and counting. But a few elite boxes have percolated to the top of the pack, created a movement, and continued to thrive even as the market has become crowded with competitors. That’s because they have figured out the formula.

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#4 – How to Smash the 225lb Rep Max Bench Test

By Chris Holder

Most college football players are beat up by the end of a long season. But if you are a high-level player, the post-season is the time to prepare for the NFL Combine. The skills you need to master for the Combine tests are very specific. One of those tests is the 225lb rep max on the bench press – and here’s how you smash it.

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#5 – The One-Session, One-Exercise, One-Set Strength Plan

By Chet Morjaria

If you’re anything like me, holiday season training is a mental struggle. There’s little chance of sticking to a meaningful, 3-4 times a week training plan. So how do you fit a structured strength training program into the forthcoming weeks? What if you could get all the strength, speed, and power work you need with one single set of one exercise, one day a week?

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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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