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Build a Bigger Back With This Single Arm Breakthrough
Don’t get me wrong, pronated wide grip pulldowns are a good exercise, but they aren’t ideal to train the lats.
Tom MacCormick
Humans, You Must Be Able to Carry
You can carry sandbags, kettlebells, dumbbells, barbells, or anything. The more awkward the better but do loaded carries as part of your training.
Shane Trotter
The Role of Your Grip
Arm, leg, or back strength are meaningless without the ability to hold on to whatever needs to be moved.
Dresdin Archibald
Don't Laugh, Hate, or Yawn Watching the CrossFit Games
If you think the CrossFit Games are just a competition, you have it all wrong.
Coach Ninja
Saving the World, One Chicken Leg at a Time
The vast majority of people who are working out right now are in a globo gym and the vast majority of them don't have proper coaching
Coach Ninja
5 Tips for a Stronger Deadlift
I've pulled 1,008lbs in competition. Want to know how you can lift heavier, too?
Andy Bolton
Learning and Training the Proper Technique for the Barbell Snatch
The snatch is a challenging, yet rewarding, lift to master. But, it does take time to learn the proper technique.
Harvey Newton
Subversive Fitness: Day 360 Of 360
This is it, the final day of 360 days of workouts from one of the more innovative coaches out there, Greg Walsh. It's been a heck of a journey.
Greg Walsh
Subversive Fitness: Day 359 Of 360
Only count reps in which the mace handle moves parallel to the floor. Tuck your hips, tighten your guts, and keep the mace close to you.
Greg Walsh
Subversive Fitness: Day 358 Of 360
Stay organized and powerful, with full focus and violence of action put into each rep. Weakest lift in the complex governs weight.
Greg Walsh
Subversive Fitness: Day 357 Of 360
Choose most challenging variation possible in each round, and be ready to move when rest clock ends; Hustle, work hard and get out what you put in.
Greg Walsh
Subversive Fitness: Day 356 Of 360
Match pace with the quality of movement, and vice-versa. Keep rest short and specific, and do not allow movement transitions to become rest periods.
Greg Walsh
Subversive Fitness: Day 355 Of 360
Hunt the work, don’t attempt to avoid it. Transition quickly, move aggressively and don’t stop for more than a quick breath.
Greg Walsh
Subversive Fitness: Day 354 Of 360
“Prison” sit-up: Interlock fingers and keep both hands behind the head. Reps count when shoulders and elbows touch the ground simultaneously.
Greg Walsh
Subversive Fitness: Day 353 Of 360
Tire smash: In order for hitting a tire with a hammer to be more than a novelty, it needs to be performed with power, precision, and fluidity.
Greg Walsh
Streamline Your Swimming for Greater Efficiency
Streamline may not be the only technique that helps us recreate a narrow position but it is certainly one of the most important.
Lainie Cassel
Subversive Fitness: Day 352 Of 360
Set-up, bracing, order of operations, and violence of action will all equally govern the success of this drill.
Greg Walsh
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