It is time to stop moving forward... Kind of
We often talk about various planes of motion and how important they are. We talk about how when you walk into the CrossFit gym you can just about count on the fact that you will be doing most of the exercises for the day in a 10x10 square in which your legs and arms typically only travel in one direction (up and down or forward and backward).
Fixing the receiving positions for the Clean and Snatch
The Principles of Effective Coaching: Intermediate to Advanced level lifters Part. 4.1 - Addressing Major Technical Issues in the Receiving of the Clean or Snatch
Should you be using the GHD?
This blog post will teach you how to make decisions about whether you should or should not be using the GHD at all and how to make decisions about when including it makes sense in injured populations.
Fixing your second and third pull on the Olympic Lifts
Once the athlete passes the knees the shoulders should be over the bar. Then the athlete sweeps the bar in with the lats and the bar is gently brushed up the thigh. The hips scoop the bar in as we say.
Are you Using your foam roller wrong?
Foam rollers are ubiquitous with any type of fitness and are found in bulk laying around CrossFit gyms world wide. There is good reason for the abundance of foam available to roll on, they work, and so do screw drivers, just for something totally different. We made this analogy because we want you to start thinking about your foam roller differently. Think of it like a screw driver in the sense that it has a very specific purpose and for that purpose it is very well suited.
The Principles of Effective Coaching: Intermediate to Advanced level lifters Part. 2
When an athlete addresses the bar and begins their setup you as a coach have an invaluable time frame where you can correct the athlete before he/she even begins to move. The setup is by far the easiest part of the lift to coach and correct. If the athlete begins a lift correctly there is a much higher chance they will finish correctly.