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Better Homemade Weightlifting Straps

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Ben Claridad shows you how he makes lifting straps. Material: rock climbing webbing, ~1.5 ft / strap ($.36 / ft.) These will never rip apart. They are good for at least 18kN of force. Athletic tape the ends and you’re good to go. I would rather work security for a Limp Bizkit reunion tour (all 48 […]

Low Bar Squat Elbow Pain

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Paul Carter has a quick piece on low bar squat hand position. Specifically eliminating the weight transfer into the elbow and the resulting pain. Similar points that Mar Rippetoe made in the Low Bar Squat Bar Position video. elbows still pulled into the direction of the lats hands resting on top of the bar For […]

Jujimufu 243kg Deadlift

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Most of you hopefully know Jujimufu of Tricks Tutorials fame (check out his über flexibility/ stretching resource if you haven’t already). Here he is having a good dealift session up to 535 lbs = 242.6kg. Since I didn’t post this back when it came out, this is a good opportunity to share the Nuclear Summer IV […]

Handstand Blocks

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Yuri from the gymnastic bodies forums shows how to implement handstand blocks into your handstand training. I have not played around with blocks, but stacking & traversing seem like great exercises to improve body coordination and overall body awareness. He also shared his warm-up with lots of good variations. I really like that weighted side stretch in […]