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Door Frame Pull Up Bar Trick To Avoid Damages

November 23, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Here is a DIY fix if you want to use one of those door frame pull up bars, but don’t want to damage your door frame or leave any marks. Just put some styrofoam or something similar on the ends of the bar. Bonus: If you don’t care about your wall and don’t have a door […]

Filed Under: diy, equipment, home gym, pull ups, tips

Top 3 Cooking Tips for Athletes (and everybody else)

November 5, 2011 By Gregor Winter

On CrossFit Radio #196 Nick Massie shares his Top 3 Cooking Tips for Athletes. Mise en place – have your ingredients, utensils ready before you start Clean as you go – have a separate container with hot soapy water at your reach One step all – cook 2 big pots on Sunday (like stews, braises). This saves you a lot of […]

Filed Under: cooking, crossfit, diet, food, health, meal, meals, nick massie, nutrition, tip, tips

How to get enough better quality sleep

October 16, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Over at the Fitness StackExchange somebody asked the question “How can I make myself get enough sleep?” The answers have some good takeaway points. To do list for a good sleep Avoid energizers – drink and food containing caffeine, like coffee, cola (and other soda), black tee and cocoa, smoking and TV watching, brainteasers and similar […]

Filed Under: recovery, sleep, tips

Knees Out Band Squat Drill

October 14, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Ben Claridad shows an exercise that helps you keeping your knees out during the squat. All you need is a rubber band. The drill is at 1:35 in the video below. He also shows another good exercise lateral band steps

Filed Under: bands, exercises, prehab, rubber bands, squat, tips, videos

Quick Rings Pulley System Alternative

October 2, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Jason Khalipa has a quick and cheap way to simulate a rings pulley system. Just use the straps that come with your rings, an step through the loops.Works best if you have your starps around a smooth bar. For a more advanced version check out the DIY ring training pulley system guide.

Filed Under: crossfit, gymnastics, how to, Jason Khalipa, rings, still rings, tips, videos

Lessons Learned from Zatsiorsky

September 24, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Charles Poliquin shares the top five lessons he learned from Vladimir Zatsiorsky, author of Science and Practice of Strength Training. Lesson #1: Why Bodybuilders Need to Get Strong Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy increase of sarcoplasm (gel like component) within muscle cells does not contribute to muscle force achieved by higher reps (lower-intensity weights) Myofibrillar hypertrophy increase in the basic […]

Filed Under: bodybuilding, hypertrophy, strength, tips

Captains of Crush Gripper Training Tip

September 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Let’s say you have a #1 and #2  Captain of Crush gripper.You can rep the #1 without problems, but have trouble closing the #2 You can use a hose clamp (Jubilee Clip) to pre load the #2 gripper. The closer the handles are together, the better you can grab them and apply force. Through progressive […]

Filed Under: grip, strength, tips, training

5 Tips to Improve your Overhead Press

September 7, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Jim Wendler has 5 tips to improve your overhead press Use a false grip – better bar path Hold the bar in the shelf of your lats – be stronger at the bottom View it as a total body lift – keep your body tight, squeeze your glutes Use volume to get stronger – do […]

Filed Under: exercises, jim wendler, overhead press, press, strength, technique, tips

Tip: Easily Rack Plates on the Bar

August 21, 2011 By Gregor Winter

eyal0 on reddit shares a little tip on how to easily rack plates on the bar for deadlifts. After you put the 20kg on each side, lay down a 5kg plate next to each 20kg and roll the bar on to the small plates. This will raise the bar an inch off the ground and make […]

Filed Under: deadlift, lifting, tip, tips

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