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3 Reasons Why A Traditional Deadlift will NOT help your Clean

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 …

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The Moby Dick of Fitness… (The Elusive Muscle Up)

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 …

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5 Tricks for Dominating Double Unders

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 …

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Deep Squats vs. Shallow Squats – Which is Best?

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 …

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4 Exercises to Improve Shoulder Flexibility to Better Your Lifts and Squats

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 …

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