The Walking Lunge: Origins The simplest way to standardize a lunge is the knee touches the ground.  So why not just make people touch a knee and then stand back up?  Well, there’s a lot of ways to cheat that they really take the essence of the movement away. The easiest way to ensure people […]

Mobility – Strength – Skill To maximize your potential, capacity and efficiency for the Deadlift you must master the movements specific mobility, strength and skill demands: the three-headed monster that every athlete must conquer. Let’s take on the monster one “head” at a time. Mobility Requirements 1) Hip Hinge: Deadlifts are a fundamental movement pattern: […]

The small percentage of you that have done Cross Country Skiing before know that the SkiErg is no closer to that sport than running on an AirRunner is to Lacrosse.  Yes, there are similarities and significant conditioning carryover that can improve sport performance, but just because someone can produce power on an erg doesn’t mean […]

This is mainly because the recovery from a snatch (standing up the lift, essentially an OHS) is very rarely the limiter for Weightlifters.  It is much more common for the pull, technique or balance to be limiters. For this reason, you see Weightlifters use Snatch Pulls, Hang Variations and Snatch Balances much more frequently than […]

Because Concept 2 has a great product, CrossFit Inc. exclusively uses rowers from Concept 2 for events, like the Open and the Games. Essentially, if you want to row in CrossFit, especially if you want to use it for a competition (and count!) you better get a Concept 2 Rower. Other ergs don’t have this […]

Sometimes this will be strength work, sometimes mixed modal scenarios like an Open workout where a very heavy barbell is programmed in the middle or end of a workout (e.g. 15.1A, 16.2, 17.4, 18.4, 19.2, 20.4). However, most testing scenarios involve a sub-maximal weight moved many times.  In these scenarios, the athlete will benefit from […]