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Improve Ring Strength with Gymnastics Straps

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Gymnastics straps are simple and highly effective pieces of gymnastics equipment everyone should have in their gym bag. Here is a video showing you just how versatile these things are. Using Gymnastic Straps in Men’s Gymnastics‬‏ Here is Chinese gymnast Wangtang6911 using a similar technique (arms through rings straps) to train his ring strength elements and […]

Ankle Range of Motion – Sliding Tissue Work

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Mobility WOD never disappoints. Especially the latest two episodes are real eye openers for somebody with poor ankle range of motion (Dorsiflexion) like me. It is amazing what impact the skin sliding ability has on mobility. See Kelly Starrett transform an ankle from negative to positive ROM in no time. So here it was not […]

Jim Wendler’s Training Rules Of Being Awesome

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Jim Wendler’s Training Rules Of Being Awesome 1. Your program will be based on 4 exercises: squat, bench press, deadlift and the press. 2. You will train in the weight room 2-4 days/week. 3. You will do some kind of “hard” conditioning 3 days/week. This consists of pushing the Prowler, running hills, running stadium steps […]

Annie Thorisdottir talks CrossFit Games 2009-11

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CrossFit Games competitor Annie Thorisdottir talks about the 2009 / 2010 CrossFit Games and what she is expecting for the this years CrossFit Games Comparing the intensity, she felt that the 2009 Games were more demanding on her body. For 2011 she would like MORE intensity and SHORTER recovery periods than in 2010. Also interesting is the […]

Liking Healthy Foods – Can it be trained?

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Interesting article on Scientific American: Can We Be Trained to Like Healthy Foods? Scientists and physicians wonder if our lust for unhealthy, obesity-inducing eating might be tied to the food choices made during our first weeks and months of life. “‘Our hypothesis is that flavors associated with various vegetables, could be influenced by early exposure,’” In […]

Best Ab Exercises Charts

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Some redditors took the data from the Inside the Muscles – Best Ab Exercises article and put it into some useful charts. The Winners by mean and peak activity for each muscle part Rectus AbdominisMean:  Chin Up, Hanging Leg Raise, Ab WheelPeak:   Chin Up, Hanging Leg Raise, Swiss Ball CrunchInternal ObliqueMean:  Ab Wheel from Feet, Ab Wheel from […]

Workout Music

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Ross Enamait posted two workout music playlists. One old school rap playlist. and one non-rap listing of songs. Personally I like to listen to podcasts or audiobooks most of the time during my workouts.