How to find a doctor who gets you
The biggest problem Crossfit athletes face when they get hurt is that doctors usually just don't get them. "I hurt myself cleaning" is a statement met with questions like "were you vacuuming or dusting?"
All Things First Pull
When considering the concept of stability before mobility during movement, the squat clean is no exception. If a movement begins in a stable manner, more often than not the rest of the sequence will fall into place.
A fast easy way to warm up your shoulders
Shoulders are the most commonly injured joint in CrossFit Gyms. Athletes spend a long time warming them up every day, but we think time and quality are on difference axes.
Dipping too Quick on the Jerk
One of the most common problems when performing a jerk occurs in the dip. This problem is dipping to fast.
What is Mobility?
As many of you might know we recently launched an educational program for coaches. There is a lot of information in the workshop that is also valuable for you as an athlete if you are able to use the information we provide from the perspective of an athlete. This particular video is a sneak peak into some of our methodology.
Addressing technical issues in the split jerk
Many people have no problem with the clean, yet struggle with the jerk. A natural response might be to switch to a push jerk however; the split jerk is by far the much efficient method of putting a large amount of weight over one’s head.