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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

Fixing The Donkey Kick

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Here is Mark Rippetoe on the Donkey Kick (aka CrossFit Jump). The Donkey Kick is a misguided attempt to make explosions happen faster.If you have to do this, it’s a bunch of wasted effort, because a whole bunch of energy got expanded moving your feet around that didn’t make the bar go up.We want to […]

Gary Taubes Why We Get Fat Talk

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Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat, was at CrossFit HQ and gave a talk. Condensed Version: Unabridged Version: You can download it for free. Condensed Version: Quicktime, Windows Media, iPod/iPhone. Unabridged Version: Part 1: Quicktime, Windows Media, iPod/iPhonePart 2: Quicktime, Windows Media, iPod/iPhonePart 3: Quicktime, Windows Media, iPod/iPhone

Working Out with Sore Muscles

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Steven Low (aka eshlow), author of Overcoming Gravity, shares some tips on how to deal with Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS). As far as training with soreness, my “mantra” on the subject is: If you’re too sore to move you should at least exercise lightly to get blood flowing = faster healing. You should also be hydrating, self […]

238kg Clean & Jerk World Record by David Bedzhanyan

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21-year old Russian (former Armenian) David Bedzhanyan set a new official Clean and Jerk World Record in the 105kg category at the 2011 President’s Cup (complete results here). New World Record: 238kg (2kg less than in his unofficial 240 kg C&J WR at the 2011 Russian Cup.) Update: Read David’s Interview on ATG. He snatched 183kg and C&J 238kg for a total […]

Metallic Taste After Workouts – EIPH

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Today I learned… If you ever wondered what that metallic taste is after intense workouts. It’s called Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH) and it’s actually blood from your lungs. EIPH is an exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage. It sounds a lot worse than it is. It’s high blood pressure acting on small blood vessels in your lungs. […]