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10 EXERCISE VARIATIONS FOR THE LUNGE MOVEMENT PATTERN
Try 10 different lunge variations to improve your balance and fix imbalances between your left and right legs. Videos and step-by-step instructions.
10 ROW VARIATIONS FOR THE HORIZONTAL PULL PATTERN
Horizontal pulling is an important exercise for balanced strength and healthy shoulders. Horizontal pulling helps build strength in the lats, middle and lower trapezius, and rhomboids—key muscles that help you maintain good posture and stability.
ATHLETIC BODYBUILDING: 3 REASONS YOU NEED IT
Functional fitness and bodybuilding are often described as two ends to a spectrum, but their relationship is more symbiotic than one might think. OPEX COO, Carl Hardwick, sat down with Athlete Daily to discuss the three reasons your athletes should prepare for the future — with bodybuilding.
HOW TO PROGRAM SMARTER METCONS FOR LONG TERM SUCCESS
When it comes to program design, metcons are often treated like vegetables: A side dish. An afterthought. An opening act. The necessary accompaniment to the grass fed, dry-aged steak main event of the night.
THE FACTORS OF SUCCESS IN COMPETITIVE CROSSFIT
Society places great stock in the art of measuring one’s future success. SAT, ACT scores and IQ tests are supposed to correlate with one’s ability to be successful in school. Logic holds that if you do well in one, you must do well in the other. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with these indirect measurements of success they are still an indirect method. The only way to validate these indirect measurements findings is to collect more relevant data.