If you know the terror that seeing three rounds of 40 double-unders in a WOD can strike in your heart, you may be someone who pees during jumps. Or, your problem may not even be double-unders but box jumps, heavy deadlifts, or even squats. Perhaps you also find that you pee when you sneeze, cough, …
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In late October 2013, I experienced the most painful and most serious injury of my athletic career. It shut me down completely. I couldn’t lift, I couldn’t even squat down to get something out of the bottom of the refrigerator. By April 2014, I felt stronger and more explosive than ever before. I’ll never forget …
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One of the most frustrating things I have experienced in my CrossFit training is having to stop in the middle of a workout because of hand rips. At the moment when you realize your hands are wounded, there is not much pain. Your adrenaline is ruling your senses, but you know you can’t ignore it. …
Everyone loves to Clean. Many of us Clean like champs. If you asked 4 out of 5 people to pick between the Snatch and the Clean, our bet is they would choose the Clean. Even though most might choose the Clean, there’s the whole Split Jerk portion of the lift many of us forget about. …
Have you been doing CrossFit for a while and are still struggling with squatting below parallel? By now, you should be a pro, right? Or at least you should feel more comfortable. But maybe that’s not what’s happening. Maybe it’s the opposite and feels like you’re doing something wrong while squatting or experiencing some sort …
The question around muscle and the Olympic lifts is often asked in one of two ways… By the women – “Will Olympic weightlifting make me bulky?” By the men – “Will Olympic weightlifting build muscle?” We’re going to break down how Olympic weightlifting affects our muscles and our bodies. And, answer who should use Olympic …
Bar Muscle Ups. For roughly a year or so, just the mention of them had me (Kait) nearly running out the door of the gym. But if you’re new to the movement, don’t let me scare you off. Before anything else, let’s break down the bar muscle up into what WODprep believes are six key …
I’ve been doing crossfit for 10 years now, and I’ve seen a huge change from the early days until now, and most of it has been for the better. However, there have been some persistent myths, and legacy training scars, that have been passed down from crossfit generation, to crossfit generation. Most often there are …
I’ve always been a big believer that our backs hold the key to athletic performance. Without question, leg strength and power derived from the lower body are the top predictors of health and longevity, but the back is a critical part of our posterior chain. It is and an asset that if not cared for and intelligently developed can hinder our true potential inside …
Forgive me if I take you back to the basics, but sometimes we have to look back to be able to move forward. In exercise physiology, we have what we call the five health-related components of fitness: body composition, cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility. These are elements that we consider the most …
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