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Mike Tuchscherer Deadlift Cues – Breathing & Using the Lats

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Mike Tuchscherer talks about cues that help his Deadlift. breathing – 3 pressure breaths + one big breath “locking the lats” by pulling the shoulders blades down, like the “shoulder pop” mentioned here Update 26.09.2013: Another video from Mike explaining how to use the lats in the Deadlift. Flexing the lats – Pulls the shoulder down and […]

Julia Zaugolova 100kg Squat x20

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Here is Julia Zaugolova (who you might know from her 240kg Deadlift) with a high rep Squat set. 100kg for 20 reps ATG. By the way, Julia also took part in what looks like a Russian Crossfit team workout along with Oksana Slivenko. The video of the workout is here (thanks to Chris for submitting). These […]

Examine Adds Human Effect Matrix to Answer “Does Supplement X help with Y?”

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The most awesome supplement encyclopedia just got better. Today Examine.com added what they call the Human Effect Matrix. Here is what it is: It tries to answer the question “Does Supplement X help with Y?” And what’s more, the Human Effect Matrices are also available on the effect pages themselves. So if you want to know which supplement […]

David Storl Shot Put World Championships Preparation

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Meanwhile in Germany … Thanks to Asgeir who posted this in the comments of the Explosive Exercises (Not Only) for Throwers post. Here is a video of German Shot Putter David Storl in preparation for the 2013 world championships in Moscow. It shows some very cool exercises you don’t see that often. Subscribe to his YouTube channel […]

Explosive Exercises (Not Only) for Throwers

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Over at JTS Strength Chad Wesley Smith (himself a former Shot Putter) shares various explosive exercises. I don’t know about you, but I have neglected explosive work (like Plyometric Push ups / Throws) for too long. Time to get better at them. As always use with caution and read his article for the details. It is important to […]