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2011 CrossFit Games Saturday Highlights

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In Event 4, “Triplet Sprint” each athlete had to do For time:5 Muscle-ups245 pound Deadlift, 10 reps15 GHD Sit-upsSprint 50 yards5 Muscle-ups245 pound Deadlift, 10 reps15 GHD Sit-upsSprint 100 yards5 Muscle-ups245 pound Deadlift, 10 reps15 GHD Sit-upsSprint 150 yards5 Muscle-ups245 pound Deadlift, 10 reps15 GHD Sit-upsSprint 150 yards Watch heat 5 to the best athletes […]

Muscle Group Activation by Various Exercises

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Here is some nice work by a redditor visualizing what muscles are getting activated by various exercises. “Using ExRx and Google Body Browser I made some visualizations of what muscle groups are activated in different exercises. Body browser doesn’t have the option to highlight stabilizers differently but this does give you a good overview. I am thinking about turning […]

2011 CrossFit Games After Event 3

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Here is the scoreboard. Current standing: Ben Smith USA 1 (240) Rich Froning USA 2 (235) Zach Forrest USA 3 (218) Chris Spealler USA 4 (215) Blair Morrison USA 5 (202) Check out the Men’s Event 3 Heat 5 recording. This heat had Froning, Spealler,Khalipa, Holmberg, Bailey,Chan,Smith…the best of the best. Workout was: For time:15 foot Rope climb, 5 ascents145 pound Clean and jerk, 5 reps15 […]

Examine.com – Supplements Wiki

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If you have a question regarding a supplement I highly recommend checking out Examine.com. It is an independent compendium on supplements and aims to be the number one go to source for all your supplement questions. “This site is user generated. Everyone can contribute – both in terms of information, and in ranking how useful a supplement […]