Need your gym talk fix? Check out the 70’s Big Podcast – Ep. 5 – Q&A. Also check out the past episodes. I really enjoyed episode 3 which features an interview American Olympic weightlifting coach Glenn Pendlay They talk about the role of the USAW how the USAW is funded why USAW doesn’t get more […]
Dave Tate Teaching The Bench Press
Dave Tate teaching the Bench Press.
Athletes on YouTube – Mus Serir – Acrobat
Mus Serir is a capoeira trainer, Circus performer and just a super strong guy. Here he is hand balancing on parallel bars Check out his Human Flag And his 2010 hand balancing training compilation
Straddle Press To Handstand Feeback Follow Up
Last week I posted a video of me doing a straddle press to handstand to the Gymnastic Bodies forums. I was glad that I received some really good tips and hints to improve my form and make the whole move more efficient. Of course the biggest barrier is and will be active and passive flexibility, […]
Bill Starr on the Split Snatch
Stan Stanczyk Split Snatching Bill Starr wrote a nice article on the Split Snatch. Even though you rarely see it performed nowadays, the split snatch will help you to develop “an extremely high degree of foot speed, timing, coordination, agility, balance and a large dose of courage”. He goes into the history of the lift, why it […]
2011 CrossFit Games Europen Regional Video Part 3
Here is Part 3 of the 2011 CrossFit Games Europen Regional video. The weather turns wet and the workouts are even more challenging. Tuomas Vainio takes first despite losing the top spots in both of the final workouts. Mikko Aronpää edges in for a second-place finish overall after taking first in Amanda and third in […]
80 Healthy Recipe Substitutions
Yummy, lots of interesting choices. This will come in handy somtime: 80 Healthy Recipe Substitutions | Greatist
Head Position for Handstands
Carl Paoli from gymnasticswod.com discusses head positions for handstands. Again, it boils down to the question of “What’s the purpose?” He emphasizes the importance of having a visual cue while being inverted. Looking at a point in infinity makes things unnecessary harder. But that doesn’t mean you should break your body line and completely stick you head […]
Just listened to The Paleo Solution – Episode 87
The Paleo Solution – Episode 87 has a couple of interesting topics this week. Among them are[9:23] Unilateral Training[19:33] Skinniness, Paleo and Steroids[29:22] Explosive Lifting & Hypertrophy Greg Everett’s advice: Explosive movements recruit more motor units, but that does not equal more hypertrophy. You are tapping into high thresh units -> limit how many you are […]