Have you ever thought, “Man, if I could deadlift 660lbs I could easily clean 400lbs?” Marcus Mucheck of the Dirty Gym thought that and he found it sadly not to be true. Marcus is a successful powerlifter turned weightlifter. Marcus has trained at Westside Barbell, and has been on the national stage with USA Weightlifting. He has …
3 Reasons Why A Traditional Deadlift will NOT help your Clean Read More »
The muscle up…the Moby Dick of Crossfit movements that most Crossfitters have on their bucket list. What is so magical about muscle ups that everyone feels the need to get just even one? It is the fact it literally looks so beautiful when executed or the fact you know it takes so much determination to …
The Moby Dick of Fitness… (The Elusive Muscle Up) Read More »
There’s nothing quite as painful as the whip lashing of an uncompleted double under. As the cable cord comes rocketing around your body and slashes into your shins, you get the overwhelming urge to scream out expletives…and you do. Sometimes a good whipping deserves the f-bomb. A lot of people struggle with double unders and …
Oh pull ups. A fitness staple that pits your bodyweight against a simple bar. Where you strive to defy gravity and haul your mass just high enough to get a glimpse of the glory that lies over the crest of that bar. For a movement that looks so easy when done by pro’s, it is …
If you’ve ever woken up in the morning and your muscles were aching and screaming, then chances are you could really benefit from some myofascial release. Myofascial what now? If you’re scratching your head in confusion, no worries. I didn’t know what myofascial release meant until recently. Basically it is just a fancy term for …
Squats are one of the most used movements in Crossfit and any other training program and there’s a damn good reason why. Squatting is a full body movement that gets most of your lower body muscles firing up. While this compound movement is a fundamental strength exercise, there are conflicting beliefs on the proper form …
Last week we shared some tips on how to improve your overhead squat, but we neglected to touch on one incredibly important aspect; shoulder flexibility. Those of us with moderate to exceptional flexibility take it for granted and often forget that simply pushing a bar overhead can be a difficult feat. Since we’re not in the …
4 Exercises to Improve Shoulder Flexibility to Better Your Lifts and Squats Read More »
There are some lifts and movements that tell a story about your body. The overhead squat is one of them. The overhead squat (or OHS for short) can reveal so much about you; limitations that may be affecting your joints or muscles and causing you pain, the level of stability in your hip and core, …
Whether you’re an entrepreneur or a 9-5er, most of us spend the majority of our day sitting on our butts. In fact, the average American sits more than 8 hours per day taking in screen time (i.e computers, television, etc). While it’s easy to justify spending one third of your day sitting, you also need …
Why Your Daily WOD Can’t Compete with Prolonged Sitting Read More »
It doesn’t matter what the WOD is, there tends to be at least one thing that trips us up, and makes us struggle. It could be anything really; exercising the proper kipping technique, avoiding the godawful whiplash from a double under gone wrong, or even hitting the wall ball target and avoiding another blasted “No …
