This morning’s workout:
Low Bar Squats (5 sets of 5 reps each)
5-5-5-5-5
My weights (lbs):
135
155
175
195
205
With low bar squats, you hold the barbell on your shoulder blades rather than on the tapezius (high bar squat). This places more stress on the hamstrings. This position also enables you to squat more weight than the high bar squat, though I wasn’t [...]
My first ever Olympic Weight Lifting under competition conditions. Quick background:
- I have done no sports or exercise for 17 years since school.
- Started doing Crossfit in 2007 where I was first introduced to the Snatch and Clean & Jerk.
- (Olympic weightlifting is just a component of the general exercises we do in Crossfit, it’s [...]
Just some video from one of our training sessions with a few extra clips thrown in. Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy has Austin’s only Kettlebell, Clubbell and strongman gym. Group classes and private training are available.
For more info on performance, strength and conditioning for martial artists with Coach Aaron Vyvial or Moy Yat Ving Tsun [...]
Gymnast Paul Hunt performs on floor exercise at the 1988 USA-USSR display in Los Angeles.
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Today Flatirons CrossFit is competing with MBS CrossFit in rowing 100,000 meters for time. That’s 61.2 miles for the metrically challenged. The 6:00AM class each rowed 5000 meters in 1000 meter sets.
Rowing is a total body exercise and is one that I actually like. It hits all the major muscle groups and is a [...]