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Sunday Seven: The Week’s 7 Most Popular Articles, Vol. 84

Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the seven most popular articles of the week. This week: sumo deadlift high pull, snatch, handstand push up corrections, and more!

Mindith Rahmat

Written by Mindith Rahmat Last updated on November 10, 2013

Every Sunday we post the “Sunday Seven” so you can quickly see the seven most popular articles of the week. This week’s most popular posts cover sumo deadlift high pull, snatch, overhead progressions, handstand push up corrections, bench press cues, weightlifting complexes, and sex!

1. The Sumo Deadlift High Pull Is Stupid (Patrick McCarty)

It’s okay to admit something isn’t working and pull it from the shelves. So then, my question is, why is the sumo deadlift high pull (SDHP) still around?

2. Who Cares About Your Snatch? (Andrew Read)

While you’re spending years perfecting your snatch, I’m busy getting fit and having fun. Drop the high-level stuff and actually get in shape.

3. The Safest and Smartest Progression for Building Your Overhead Lifts (Jeff Kuhland)

The press, push press, push jerk, snatch, and overhead squat all require a specific level of shoulder mobility before you should perform them under any significant load.

4. The Handstand Push Up: How Things Go Wrong and How to Put Them Right (Meghan Hackler)

On any given day, there’s a 50% chance that I’m going to have a CrossFitter on my schedule. How important is the handstand push up, really?

5. The Bench Press Is a Pull: 5 Cues You Might Be Missing (Chet Morjaria)

What would you say if I told you one of the best ways to think about the bench press is actually in terms of a series of pulling motions?

6. The Neurological Benefits of Clean and Snatch Complexes (Amber Larsen) 

We’re going to look at motor unit recruitment, proprioception, and the central nervous system and how using complexes trains each of these to make us better lifters.

7. No Sex Before Competition? The Medicine Behind the Myth (Traver H. Boehm)

When I was an MMA fighter I had to sit my wife down and tell her I would be abstaining from our regular “adult time” activities for the month and half prior to my fight. This did not go over well.

Photo courtesy of Miguel Tapia Images and CrossFit LA.

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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