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Werner Günthör – Explosive Strength Develpment

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Get some training inspiration from Werner Günthör; a former Swiss track & field athlete and owner of the 5th best shot put in track & field history. Really interesting to see his training methods for maximum explosive strength. Lots of barbell work with eccentric emphasis, plyometrics, isometrics, static holds followed by explosive / dynamic work […]

Quick Pressing Workout

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Martin Rooney from Training For Warriors has the “Doubler Workout” Challenge For Time 5 Body Weight Bench Press 10 Dips 20 Push ups I am missing some pulling in there. And maybe you can go for rounds on this one. So you might try 5 Body Weight Bench Press 10 Dips 20 Pull ups 40 […]

Lats and Lateral Flexion Mobility WOD

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Here is a pre-workout lats attack. Treat your lats with a rubber band, foam roller and, of course a lacrosse ball. But focus on external rotation. Creating torque first will, stabilize the joint. Check out more drills on Mobility 101. Also got some nice ideas from this Lateral flexion MWOD. Position #2 looks like fun. But you […]

Naim Suleymanoglu 190kg Clean and Jerk

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Naim Suleymanoglu 190kg Clean and Jerk in the 60kg weight class. Mark Rippetoe: What you’ll see is that he takes about two or three pulses of pull in order to get his weight from his toes back onto the middle of his foot before the bar leaves the ground. In other words, he’s using those […]

Gymnastics Ab Workout

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Tired of you standard ab training? Try this gymnastics ab workout. 4 bodyweight exercises: weighted candlestick pulls (body levers / dragon flags) fast candlestick pulls lemon-squeezer (in and outs)/ V-ups windshield wipers More Ab Work: Hanging Leg Raises With Apti Aukhadov Leg Raises with Dmitry Klokov