This post on reddit reminded me how awesome homemade grip strength tools like baseballs, tennis balls and softballs are. If you have ever been to a climbing gym you probably have seen these things before. They are a cheap, but valuable addition to your home gym. Click here for a tutorial by Ross Enamait on how to build your own. […]
Door Frame Pull Up Bar Trick To Avoid Damages
Here is a DIY fix if you want to use one of those door frame pull up bars, but don’t want to damage your door frame or leave any marks. Just put some styrofoam or something similar on the ends of the bar. Bonus: If you don’t care about your wall and don’t have a door […]
Bodyweight Back and Biceps Workout with Ropes
Goeff shows you why ropes are an awesome piece of workout equipment. Even though my ceiling height is just 2.5m I have a thick 2 inch manila rope. So instead of just climbing up and down I have to climb up and down multiple times to get my mileage. If you happen to have two ropes […]
Bodyweight Exercises for Fighters
Over at his blog Ross Enamait put the spotlight on Vasyl Lomachenko. He calls him “one of the greatest amateur boxers of all time”.But not only is this kid is a skilled fighter, he also shows that you can get really strong without fancy equipment. Vasyl performs basic bodyweight exercises like pull-ups, dips, weighted rope climbs, […]
Targeting Upper and Lower Lats with Pull Ups
Here is how you target the upper and lower lats with a simple Pull ups form variation. Left image:Bringing the bar to the neck with arms alongside the body mainly solicits the lateral fibers of the latissimus dorsi and develops the width of the back. Right Image:Bringing the bar to the chest by pulling the elbows back to raise the chin […]
Combat Conditioning Circuits
Martin Rooney has a nice little Combat Conditioning Circuit Workout for you. Workout: 10 straight punches 10 push ups 10 straight punches 10 ankle grab sit ups 10 straight punches 10 pull ups Repeat as much as you like 🙂 Combined Combat Circuit #2 10 straight punches 3 kicks with each leg 6 alternating split […]
One Arm Pulling Strength – Magnus Midtbø
Magnus Midtbø is an Norwegian Climber. Like most climbers he has an insane pulling strength. In the video below he bangs out 5 consecutive One Arm Chin Ups (OAC) with One Finger. (Although he can do 11 OACs with the right arm and 7 with the left). If you are interested in what his training […]
HIT Push Pull Workout
“One of the most intensive sessions I ever had.” – Dominik Feischl Dominik Feischl performs a 10 minute HIT (High Intensity Training) Workout under the supervision of Steve Maxwell. “10 Minutes Time Under Tension” with minimal rest weighted chin ups @25kg – go to positive failure then do another 4 slow negative rep weighted dips @28kg – go to […]
New Pull Up Variation for CrossFitters
Ben invented Cabbage Patch Pull Ups. I guess it’s only a matter of time for CrossFit to include that in one of their workouts.