In Sports Applications, Videos
November 05, 2009
Who says big men and women can’t be graceful?
“This one is all about walking smooth,” Kurtis Bowler of Rainier CrossFit says of the yoke walk.
The strongman movement is particularly challenging because it requires more than just raw strength and core stability. One of the keys to the movement is fluidity, and athletes who stagger or change speed while under load will find heavy weights very difficult to control.
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In Gymnastics/Tumbling, Videos
November 04, 2009
Athletes who have been in that frustrating no man’s land between ring pull-up and ring dip have heard a multitude of cues shouted as they struggle through the transition with kicking legs and T-rex arms. Some cues are more helpful than others, and many athletes find themselves baffled by the instructions and completely frustrated by the muscle-up.
Jeff Tucker of GSX Athletics teaches the movement with athletes starting on their knees. That way they can… Continue Reading
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Can you imagine your Fran time if you hadn’t wasted 10 years doing biceps curls?
What if someone had taught you in college to squat below parallel instead of to barely crease your knees while “feeling the burn” in your quads?
How fit and functional would you be right now if you had never set foot in a Globo Gym?
Greg Glassman came up with the CrossFit Kids program to ensure young athletes don’t make the same… Continue Reading
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In Coaching, Olympic Lifts, Videos
November 01, 2009
In Part 1 of this series, Coach Mike Burgener taught a group of athletes the grip and receiving position for the clean. In Part 2, Coach B shows them how to put speed on the bar as they clean it to the rack position.
Drilling from the high hang position, Burgener has the athletes clean the bar, with one trainee getting holy hell for forgetting to use the hook grip. Under threat of burpees, the athlete takes… Continue Reading
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The Zone Diet can help you achieve wellness—freedom from disease and inflammation—but it can also help you smash PRs.
In Part 8 of Dr. Sears’ presentation on Aug. 8, 2009, in Orange County, Calif., the creator of the Zone Diet talks about how proper nutrition has worked for elite athletes. From NFL and NBA players to Olympians, top athletes have found that following the Zone Diet can help them to longer careers, PRs, gold medals and world records.
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In Affiliation, Videos
October 30, 2009
Jonny and Helen (Helzy) Smyth are the co-owners of Elite 400/CrossFit Northern Ireland, and they opened their box the day after returning from a Level 1 Cert in Manchester, England. At the cert, they asked Coach Greg Glassman to select the very first workout for the new affiliate, and he chose Fight Gone Bad. Nicole Carroll chose Fran for Day 2.
After an aggressive start in the middle of 2008, CrossFit Northern Ireland hosted… Continue Reading
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In Combatives, LEO/Mil, Videos
October 28, 2009
CrossFitting combative expert Tony Blauer of Blauer Tactical Systems is an avid CrossFitter who developed the SPEAR self-defense system—spontaneous protection enabling accelerated response. Blauer’s innovative approach to self-defense uses the startle/flinch response to give combatants a better chance to survive an encounter unharmed.
In this video, Blauer teaches athletes how to behave when a gun is being pointed at them by paying special attention to how people move when they’re… Continue Reading
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In Coaching, Powerlifting, Videos
October 27, 2009
“I’m a meathead,” says strength and powerlifting expert Dave Tate of Elite FTS. “I have to do what I like. I want to make (my clients) stronger.”
Tate may be focused on the kind of strength that can produce an 800-lb. deadlift, but he understands that the average client wants to be good at everything, not great at anything in particular. Elite athletes, on the other hand, sacrifice competence in some fitness domains for high… Continue Reading
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