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MOVEMENT TIP: The Abmat Situp
The ABMAT situp, demonstrated here by CrossFit Seminar Staff member Julie Foucher is a great little core exercise. As with most core exercises, where the back muscles typically have to compensate for lack of core activation, it is important to protect your spine and the mat provides a cushion in the neutral curve of your lumbar (lower) back. However, everybody...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Bench Press
A staple powerlifting movement, the Bench Press, demonstrated here by CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart, is a great at developing chest strength. However CrossFit tends to favour overhead rather than bench pressing, most likely due to the carry over of overhead work into Olympic Lifting, but possibly also due to the potential for developing bad posture and tight shoulders...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Ring Dip
Following on from last week's dips on the bar, this week we look at the Ring Dip, demonstrated here by CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart. The Ring Dip is more commonly used in CrossFit. The rings add instabiility to the movement, which builds up strength in the smaller stablising shoulder and chest muscles. However, that instability could also lead...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Bar Dip
Following on from our bodyweight pushing movement theme, CrossFit Seminar staff member, James Hobart, demonstrates the Bar Dip. The bar dip is a great way to strengthen shoulders, chest and triceps and is often considered superior to the pushup as it involves moving your entire body weight. It is also a great precursor to dips on the rings, which we...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Ring Push-Up
CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart demonstrates the ring push-up. Like a normal puishup, the ring push up works to strengthen the chest, shoulder and tricep muscles, but the instability of the rings brings more of the smaller stabiliser muscles into play as well as develops more core strength. Ring push-ups are a great way to build your pushup strength...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Pushup
You've most likely done a Push-up at some point in your life before starting CrossFit, but you might not have done the full range of motion Pushup we use in CrossFit. At the top, your arms should be completely straight and at the bottom your chest should make contact with the ground. CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart demonstrates this...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Box Jump
The Box Jump is a great movement for developing explosive power and jumping ability. It literally does what is says on the.. well... box. From a standing position on the ground, you just take a big leap onto a box, stand up straight and then step back down again. The great thing about Box Jumps is playing with the height...
MOVEMENT TIP: Rowing
As much as rowing looks like an arm exercise, most of your power for each stroke actually comes from the leg drive. It is also important to remember that it is not about how many strokes per minute you can do, but the quality of each stroke and how much distance you can generate with each stroke. Remember, if you...
MOVEMENT TIP: The Sumo Deadlift High Pull
Like the Kettlebell Swing, the Sumo Deadlift High Pull is a more explosive hinge movement, creating more momentum in the barbell and making it easier to pull the barbell to chest height. Make sure you wait until the hips and knees are fully extended before shrugging the barbell higher, or you will lose out on all that powerful hip extension....
MOVEMENT TIP: The Kettlebell Swing
The Kettlebell Swing is a firm favourite with many people, not just because it's fun and it feels good, but because of it's all over strength building qualiities, particularly for the posterior chain and it's ability to build a powerful hip extension, which translates very well to Olympic Lifting. CrossFit Seminar Staff member James Hobart demonstrates the American kettlebell swing...
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