Jun 14, 2015 4:30:50 AM
Annie is a great workout to challenge your stamina and work your core. Especially as a warm up it helps, once you have mastred the Double under. I am still after getting my performance under 10 minutes for this workout and I got pretty close lately by finishing in 11:21.
Jun 13, 2015 11:35:00 AM
The most obvious outward indicator of strength are big muscles. While bigger and heavier people on average are more likely to lift heavy things than smaller ones you will also see small people performing astonishing feats of strength. This is due to an often overlooked fact of neural adaptations in the muscles and in the nervous system itself which make your muscle contract faster and harder and less likely to fail when performance is being called upon.
Jun 11, 2015 2:07:00 PM
Your loading will be highly depending on your goals. If you are going for the pumped up bodybuilder look you will usually go for higher repetition and higher amount of sets with 40% - 60% of your one rep maximum. If you go for strength gains without too much weight gain you will most likely opt for lower rep and set count with higher amount of weight. Generally I think keep challenging yourself, know your goals & limits for deciding on how much you actually want to put on the bar on a given day.
Jun 7, 2015 6:01:00 AM
I am currently in my second of four weeks for a German Volume Training cycle. After doing a 10x3 lifting program it is a nice change of pace and here you can read what I think of it so far and how it works.
Jun 1, 2015 12:04:30 PM
The challenge at the moment is time to train and what are my priorities. While I am making good progress on the lifting side of things my running needs some serious attention as the Dublin race series is coming up. Definetly need to focus and get up earlier again.
Jun 1, 2015 11:19:00 AM
Topics: Crossfit Equipment
May 31, 2015 1:24:00 PM
This article is geared towards providing you with a general overview of the basic tools to understand how to evaluate weightlifting programs for your personal needs. I will not cover Olympic lifts in this article, as I personally think they are not that suitable for beginners and I personally also have no experience with them so far.
May 30, 2015 2:11:00 AM
I personally wish i would have had an overview like this when I started out with training. It takes some time to seperate the crap from the good websites and the bad from the good instructors. Here is an overview of what I found to work for me and on each of these pages I found workouts and knowledge which are being used and taken advantage of in my family.
May 24, 2015 8:04:00 AM
Personally I was too shy and proud to ask for spots when I started lifting. Usually you will be on your own in the gym so here are tips how to ask for a lift, when to ask for a lift and why to ask for a lift.
May 24, 2015 7:43:00 AM
This is an article based on my own shortcomings to help you to better your best on your lifts. I am lifting now for roughly a year starting with the Stronglift 5x5 program, then switched to a 10x3 program for six weeks and doing a German Volume training template at the time of writing in May 2015. Any comments and recommendations, please let me know. To follow my self-assessment, visit Marathon Crossfit on YouTube and have a look through my videos.
