Best of Olympic Weightlifting
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]
You know how you sometimes stop doing exercises and you slowly begin to forget about them? Especially in gymnastics / bodyweight training, where there are literally hundreds thousands of exciting exercises available, this happened to me more than … [Continue reading]
After reading the WSJ article about the Bulgarian method yesterday, I remembered that I had read something about it in the "Science and Practice of Strength Training" by Vladimir Zatsiorsky. Here is the excerpt: Bulgarian athletes have several … [Continue reading]
'You lift more, train more, you get higher results.' - Ivan Abadjiev The Bulgarian Method of Olympic Weightlifting training is once again in mainstream media. Today the Wall Street Journal runs an article called about it. "Heavy Lifting, No Rest, … [Continue reading]
Complete 10 min ab workout with the Pacman. … [Continue reading]
Don't know how useful this is. But it's fun to play around with and may get some ideas to mix up your diet. Enter how many calories you want to consume and how often you want to eat per day and Swole.Me will generate a meal plan for you. You … [Continue reading]
Update: Check out this follow up post with the tips and hints I got on how to improve my the form. This is me doing a straddle press to handstand. Actually, one of the first times I ever did one. For most people this is not a hard skill to … [Continue reading]
In today's mobility WOD Kelly Starrett discusses Thoracic outlet syndrome and what you can do about it. This also comes especially handy for people who spend a lot of time hunched over their computers. Mobility WOD - 357 Thoracic outlet syndrome: … [Continue reading]