Are you ready to give full body workouts a try and target more than one major muscle group in one routine? If your goal is to build, maintain or continue the progress to gain muscle mass, the answer should definitely be a “YES.” In this article, we will discuss how full body workouts help build …
Working smaller muscles, especially the ones in your upper body like the hands, can give you the power to hold the bar firmly and lift heavier weights, but can also improve your overall health. Besides the benefits of a strong grip while working out, grip strength is known for revealing health conditions. In women, hand …
Climbing stairs is a good exercise routine. You can get more benefits than when you run or walk. Whether you choose to run up and down the stairs at your house or at work, or use a stair climber machine at the gym, the chances are that you will see tone muscles in your entire …
Have you ever heard from your coach “powerful glute muscles make for a strong, powerful athlete”? According to the experts this couldn’t be more true since weak glutes are associated with tight hip flexors, overactive hamstrings, knee pain, lower back pain, and poor range of motion. This basically means that strong glutes are important for …
Debuting in the 2021 CrossFit Open, wall walks are a true test of shoulder stability and core strength. And, love them or hate them, they really are here to stay—especially if the 2021 Games and 2022 Open workouts are any indication. Since all signs point to us likely seeing wall walks again in the next …
CrossFit Wall Walk for Women: How To Master It, Benefits, and Scaling Options Read More »
Whether we like it or not, muscle soreness is part of our fitness routine. Some of us have learned to deal with that feeling and try our best to not complain. But when you wake up in the morning after a killer workout and start limping while walking or holding to the handrail when taking …
Building strong and powerful glutes can be challenging. A lot of athletes rely on the barbell squat, but it targets the entire leg instead of the glutes; or deadlifts (maybe even using a trap bar deadlift), but it engages mostly the hamstrings and lower back; on bodyweight hip thrust or glute bridges, but we know …
Alternative to Barbell Hip Thrust: Get Results Without a Barbell Read More »
Many female athletes struggle doing push ups. Truth to be told, we don’t naturally have the strength in our core and upper body to perform push ups in an effective and safe way so we need to put in a little extra work and effort. To improve your push up technique, work has to be …
Woman’s Guide to the CrossFit Push Up: Proper Form, Variations, and Common Mistakes Read More »
Regardless of where you’re at in your pull up journey, every woman has their own unique style for executing these exercises. Which kind of pull up(er) are you? The Calisthenic You’ve spent a lot of time working on your strict pull ups and perfecting your form, and it shows. The Calisthenic pull uper can rep …
Have you been doing CrossFit for some time now and you still can’t get your pull ups to work? Or are you quite new but you feel ready to move past ring rows and heavy bands? Luckily for us, coach Vic from the Barbell Beauties has designed a simple sequence for all the CrossFit ladies …
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