I’ve always maintained that having a strong core is vital to any athletic endeavor, be it weight lifting or running. When people think of core strength, the usually think abdominals. In reality, having strong abs plays a very minor part in having real core strength. Core muscles are all the intricate muscles which stabilize your [...]
21-15-9 reps of:
225 pound Deadlift
Handstand push-ups
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Today I was truly fatigued and so I did 45 mins on the bike trainer and a bunch of bodyweight stuff like push-ups, handstands, squats, calf raises, jump rope, etc. Oh yeah, by fatigued I mean weak… I still seem to have plenty of endurance left. I am now (after 5 days) fully, undoubtedly in [...]
First, let me say that I didn’t do a very hardcore workout today and I’ll give a bit more detail in the update that follows. Here’s the workout:
6 rounds of 1 minute rope jumping, averaging 100-200 jumps per minute, varying the style such as double-unders, alternating feet, two feet at once, knee to chest, etc.
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Five rounds for max reps of:
Body weight bench press
Pull-ups
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This is one of the most fun yet challenging of the CF workouts. While I love working with iron, as they say, I still feel that it’s only a diversion until you have “mastered” your own bodyweight.
Five rounds, each for time of:
20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Squats
Rest precisely three minutes between each round. Post time for [...]
Complete in twenty minutes as many rounds as you can of:
25 Squats
10 Strict pull-ups
10 Ring dips
Today was pretty good, though I had just gotten up and felt weak at the beginning.
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I assume you’re reading this article because you desire to know the ’secret’ to doing tons of pull-ups, or to doing well any exercise for that matter. Well I’ve got a method here thanks to Pavel Tsatsouline over on DragonDoor that will have you making Marines cry in a matter of months.
Here’s the thing though, [...]
Yesterday’s bout of death was a crazy 30 Muscle-ups for time, or 120 pull-ups and 120 dips if you cannot do the MU or don’t have proper equipment. I’m not sure whether I agree that 4 pull-ups and 4 dips is an effective replacement for 1 muscle up for me personally, as I can do [...]
Crossfit posted this really great site by John Gill today which has a lot of ‘feats of strength’ on it, such as the one armed chin using only the little finger, etc. Now that’s TRUE strength! Really motivational!!
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