Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Because I am working on my Press to Handstand I have found myself checking out a lot of articles and videos about it. The following is a list of things that helped me to understand the movement and identify common errors. I hope that will be of … [Continue reading]
25 Reasons to Take Vitamin D Here is a table to determine if you're low on vitamin d. Definition of Vitamin D Status Vitamin D Levels Low Under 20 ng/ml Low-Normal … [Continue reading]
Every athlete should have a basic understanding of human anatomy. Be it to understand what muscles are targeted by certain exercises or to identify where that pain in the neck originates from. Gladly we live in an awesome time where we can have … [Continue reading]
Now here is something to watch on your weekend. Kelly Starrett did a talk in the Health at Google series. Titled "Deskbound", he talks about what prolonged periods of sitting does to our bodies and how we can fight that evil. Basically, the … [Continue reading]
Made a Meatza (aka the paleo pizza) today. It looks fancy but was super simple to made. Basically a pizza with meat instead of dough covered with all your favorite veggies. Update: Here is another version (not paleo schmeleo) ground turkey … [Continue reading]
So, what better way to start the week off right than with lots of creative calisthenics exercises - front levers, muscle ups, back levers in all variations, performed everywhere possible? Non-stop bodyweight exercises. No gimmicks, just hard work … [Continue reading]
On my YouTube channel I regularly get asked about how to mount gymnastics rings to the ceiling. So here is how I installed mine. This is a 12mm diameter o-ring bolt. It reaches ~100mm into the reinforced concrete ceiling. I drilled a 14mm hole … [Continue reading]
Over at Starting Strength, Mark Rippetoe put up an excellent video explaining the details of the Romanian deadlift. I really learned a lot from this. Here are my notes from the video. Why is the Romanian deadlift an important … [Continue reading]
Post workout power naps are awesome. I do them after extra hard workouts after I had my post workout shake/meal. You can optimize them significantly by inhibiting light from hitting your visual and audio sensors. Therefore I use a sleeping mask … [Continue reading]