In CrossFit Endurance, Sports Applications, Videos
July 19, 2010
Chris Michelmore is a busy man. Not only is he the head coach at CrossFit Moxie in San Jose, Calif., but he also works as the San Jose State women’s swimming and diving assistant coach and the De Anza Cupertino Aquatics assistant national team coach. Beyond coaching, Michelmore made it to the Southwest Regional this year, finishing 29th overall.
In the second installment of Swim Tips for CrossFitters, Michelmore delves into efficiency in the water… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
July 17, 2010
We’re back in the weight room with world arm-wrestling champion Devon Larratt to talk about the tools needed to build your capacities in arm sport.
Many people believe arm wrestling is fought only with the arm moving from right to left, or vice versa. Rising strength makes it a vertical game that relates to the whole body and helps you use your arm as a lever. It’s the most important element of a good… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
July 13, 2010
Long relegated to strongman competitions, the yoke has found a happy home at Hybrid Athletics, Rob Orlando’s CrossFit box in Stamford, Conn.
It can be difficult to get a loaded yoke off the ground, and the momentum created by a swinging yoke laden with plates can be difficult to manage. But a strong midline isn’t the only thing you need to carry a yoke any distance—you’ll need a few elements of strategy, too.
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In CrossFit Endurance, Sports Applications, Videos
July 05, 2010
Chris Michelmore is a busy man. Not only is he the head coach at CrossFit Moxie in San Jose, Calif., but he also works as the San Jose State women’s swimming and diving assistant coach and the De Anza Cupertino Aquatics assistant national team coach. Beyond coaching, Michelmore made it to the Southwest Regional this year, finishing 29th overall.
In the first installment of Swim Tips for CrossFitters, Michelmore takes us… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
July 03, 2010
Devon Larratt is a dedicated CrossFitter, husband and father of three, and he just happens to be the No. 1 right-handed arm wrestler in the world. His passion for arm sport was on display at a seminar in Ottawa, Canada, where a group of athletes came together to learn more about the sport and hopefully get a few future champions on the right path.
In Part 3 of this series, Larratt shares… Continue Reading
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In CrossFit Games, Sports Applications, Videos
June 27, 2010
Kim Csizmazia and Will Gadd are an all-star couple in the world of multi-sport mountain athletics. Combine their extreme-sports accomplishments and you’ve got a stack of hardware including two world ice-climbing championships and five X Games gold medals. Gadd, who has also set two paragliding world records and is recognized as one of the world’s best climbers, was the host of the Discovery Channel series Fearless Planet.
After CrossFitting for just… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
June 23, 2010
“I Googled your name, Brad.”
“Oh, God.”
Poor Brad Ludden. All he wants to do is paddle a kayak and swing a kettlebell, but sometimes being a big-shot pro athlete means you’re going to spend a little time in the public eye.
After a hesitant stint as Cosmopolitan’s hottest bachelor in 2008, Ludden used the prize money and visibility from what he described as a “national pie-throwing contest” to serve those less fortunate than him.
Ludden’s charity, First… Continue Reading
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In Sports Applications, Videos
June 18, 2010
Devon Larratt has already given you the basics on arm wrestling in Part 1 of this series. Now it’s time to take your rising strength to the next level.
In this second installment, the right-hand world champion from Oshawa, Ont., takes you through a bit of the dumbbell work he uses to build functional strength that runs through the arms into the hands.
11min 31sec
Additional reading: Escape from the Clinch by… Continue Reading
