MOVEMENT TIP: The Ring Row
We are back to gymnastics for our next series of Movement Tips and over the next few weeks we will be looking at pull-ups and variations on the pull-up. The Ring Row, demonstrated here by CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart, is a fantastic movement to help counter the daily hunching over your computer, phone or desk. It helps to...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Pistol
The Pistol Squat, as demonstrated here by CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart, is a one legged squat that, like the Overhead Squat, requires a high degree of mobility, that is, both flexibility and strength in those end of range positions. The Pistol is an advanced movement and it is important to develop the requisite ankle, hip and spine mobility...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Turkish Get-Up
CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart demonstrates the Turkish get-up. The Turkish Get-up is a fantastic exercise, that you could do with practically any heavy object, although kettlebells and dumbells are mostly used. This exercise provides excellent torso stabilisation and general strength and mobility and is particularly great at addressing any left vs right muscle imbalances. Initially this is a...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Overhead Lunge
CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart demonstrates the Overhead Lunge here, which is a more challenging version of the back and front rack lunges we looked at previously. The instability of moving forward, while also shifting up and down while you lunge, makes it very difficult to hold the barbell overhead. Keeping your feet hip width apart thoughout your lunging...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Back Rack Lunge
CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart demonstrates the back rack lunge here, which is pretty much, as you've no doubt guessed by now, just another lunge, but this time the barbell is placed across the upper back, as it would be for a Back Squat. Remember to ensure the barbell sits across the top of the upper back muscles, not...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Front Rack Lunge
Building on from the Walking Lunge last week, this week all we are doing is adding some weight with a barbell in the Front Rack position. Just as we considered with the Front Squat, not everybody has the mobility to hold the elbows up in a good front rack position, so don't be afraid to ask your coach for suitable...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Walking Lunge
Over the next four weeks we are going to look at different variations on single leg movements starting with variations on the lunge. Single leg movements can be particularly unforgiving at strength imbalances between the left and right. And the flip side of that is they can be great at addressing left-right imbalances, which is important as any muscle imbalances...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Rope Climb (Legless)
This week CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart demonstrates the legless rope climb, which most definitely does require more upper body strength than the leg focused rope climb techniques we looked at over the last two weeks. To master this rope climb, you need to build up enough upper body strength to lift your bodyweight up the rope without any...
MOVEMENT TIP: Rope Climbing (Wrapping)
Anybody can climb a rope, even if you don't have a lot of upper body strength! Over the next couple of weeks, we look at some rope climbing techniques and one form of rope climb that does require a lot of upper body strength! The first technique we look at is a wrapping technique that allows an athlete to climb...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Rope Climb (Basket)
In today's video, CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart demonstrates the basket rope climb. This is similar to the wrapping technique we looked at last week, in that the feet lock the rope tight so that you can 'stand up' without relying on the arms to pull you up the rope. This method of locking the rope between the feet...
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