Gregor Winter, Author at All Things Gym

Shoulder Internal Rotation Mobility WOD #2

December 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Kelly Starrett working on a stiff in the thoracic spine to improve shoulder internal rotation. Tools: lacrosse ball weight plate MWOD: arm is internally rotated behind the back use lacrosse ball to mobilize the first rip, scapula area

Kakhi Kakhiashvili 1992 Olympics Barcelona Gold

December 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Frank Rothwell just added the men’s 90 kg video of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona to his ever growing Olympic lifting video library. Kakhi Kakhiashvili’s battle with Serguei Syrtsov. What a difference 200 grams make. Name Body Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg) 1 2 3 1 2 3 Kakhi Kakhiashvili 89.25 170.0 175.0 177.5 220.0 […]

Pyrros Dimas 1992 Olympics Barcelona Gold

December 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Frank Rothwell uploaded a video from the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. In it is 20 year old Pyrros Dimas taking the men’s Men’s 82.5 kg gold. Snatch: 162.5 167.5 167.5C&J: 202.5 207.5 207.5

Sets & Reps Table for Strength, Hypertrophy, Power

December 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Via Wikipedia comes the Strength/ Power/ Hypertrophy/ Endurance table of Mell Siff’s Supertraining. Variable Training goal Strength Power Hypertrophy Endurance Load (% of 1RM) 80-90 45-55 60-80 40-60 Reps per set 1-5 1-5 6-12 15-60 Sets per exercise 4-7 3-5 4-8 2-4 Rest between sets (mins) 2-6 2-6 2-5 1-2 Duration (seconds per set) 5-10 […]

Homemade Compression Bands Mobility WOD

December 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Kelly Starrett with another bondage Compression Bands mobility WOD. Tools: compression bands buy the Compression Bands from Rogue or make your own with some bicycle inner tubes. Split them in half. Et voilà. MWOD: compress the high hamstring area (medial hamstring, psoas) do usual rubber band stretches Check out more drills on Mobility 101.

Behind the Neck Snatch Grip Military Press aka Klokov Press

December 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Kevin Cornell is is back with another how to video. This time it’s How to do a behind the neck Snatch Grip Military Press. You probably have seen Dmitry Klokov doing it in this video. 2-3 sets of 10 reps, keep it light Klokov with 110kg

L-Sit Tutorial

December 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Carl Paoli has a quick 3 part L-Sit Progressions series. On Parallel Bars with tucked knees, keeping hips forward P-Bars L Sit Negatives Floor straddle L Sit drill

Soft Tissue Massage Resource Athletes Treating Athletes

December 19, 2011 By Gregor Winter

This is worth a bookmark. Athletes Treating Athletes is a great resource for all your soft tissue needs. If the daily grind has taken its toll and caused some overuse injuries this site will be of value for you. It offers detailed explanations of Self muscle massage, active muscle/tendon mobilizations, and joint mobilization techniques to restore […]

"More than just wellness" Mark Rippetoe Quote

December 19, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Another Mark Rippetoe quote. This time from Strong Enough? If your expectations are always those of someone content to live without physical challenge, then when it comes time for mental, moral, or emotional challenge you fail to meet it because you are out of practice. Meeting and overcoming obstacles are skills that can be honed, as opposed to […]