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Sunday Seven: The Week’s 7 Most Popular Articles, Vol. 37

Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the 7 most popular articles of the week. This week's popular topics: Olympic weightlifting, Erwan Le Corre, Bruce Lee, and more!

Mindith Rahmat

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Every Sunday we post the “Sunday Seven” so you can quickly see the 7 most popular articles of the week. This week’s most popular posts cover Olympic weightlifting, Erwan Le Corre and MovNat, lessons learned from Bruce Lee, and more!

1. Why Technique Matters in Olympic Weightlifting (Bob Takano)

For decades I’ve been hearing the complaints about technique coaching and training the snatch and clean and jerk. Here’s why you need technique and there’s no excuse for skipping over it.

2. Strength & Conditioning – Erwan LeCorre, Week 1, Day 1 (Erwan Le Corre)

Erwan Le Corre is the founder of MovNat, an innovative physical fitness approach that is grounded in natural movement. Get a taste of what MovNat is about with these exclusive workouts.

3. An Explanation of MovNat From Erwan Le Corre (Erwan Le Corre)

MovNat is a physical education and fitness system that is entirely based on natural movement skills. Let me explain to you why it is imperative you work on these skills to achieve your other goals.

4. 4 Training Lessons We Can Learn From Bruce Lee (Andrew Read)

With Bruce Lee’s birthday this week I thought a look at how he influenced the world of fitness was due. Here are 4 valuable lessons about training we can learn from this master athlete.

5. The 3 Best Single Leg Exercises for Core and Lower Body (Andrew Read)

Short on time? Single leg exercises are a great way to build lower body and core strength at the same time. Here are my three favorite one-legged exercises I use with my clients.

6. How NOT to Start a Gym Business (David Cross)

Looking at back at the start of my gym business, I cringe at how many things we got wrong. Here are six things I wish I’d been told. Don’t make the same mistakes I did with your new gym.

7. Science Says: Fish Oil Improves Memory (Jeff Barnett)

Once again fish oil turns out to be one of the best things you can do for yourself. New research shows it improves your memory, but you need to make sure you’re taking enough.

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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