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Stop Jerking It And Start Jerking It

In Olympic Lifting there are two lifts: the snatch and the clean and jerk. The vast majority of Olympians use the method called “split jerk” shown here. The landing position features split legs, one...

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Hozz Cleans 205, A Critique

The Bad -His head could be a little lower at the beginning of the pull. -He correctly readjusts to sit further back in the landing position, he needs to just land that way. -Needs more hip carving....

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Power Radiates From the Core

While Raff is pushing and Rico is pulling, they are both 1) squeezing their bellies into their spines 2) engaging their glutes and 3) externally rotating their shoulders, the key components of what’s...

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The Calm After The Storm

After you catch your breath a hard workout puts you in a tranquil place. The bullshit stress that make us all manic, anxious and depressed has a predictable way of dissolving in the face of strenuous...

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Prelude To A Muscle Up: The Limitiations Of Body Building

Gymnastics moves like this reveal just how ridiculous a body building regimen might be. Unless your sport actually is the one Arnold made famous, where the size and definition of discrete muscle...

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Hozz Deadlifts 400 Pounds

Twitchy with testosterone and giddy with boyish excitement I sent this video to my friend Leo at Crossfit Revenge.  I must not be too far from his max, I thought.  Leo let me down gently with just one...

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Yoga Has Immediate And Direct Applications

After an hour session of Vinyasa, a type of yoga that flows from one pose to another in a series of reps, Hozz was able to sit super-upright at the beginning of the pull. Notice the symmetry of...

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Channel The Chinese: Feet Straight, Knees Out

The lifters who best embody K-Star’s coaching are the Chinese Olympians.  Like Hozz is practicing here, they sit tall at the pull and the catch, with knees that jut out not forward, creating torque...

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Like An Old Lover Who Knows How To Kiss You

Months have gone by without a sustained rowing regimen.  But strapping in has a familiar feel: misery, joy, more misery. In addition to our strength training, Hozz has been sprinkling in some erg...

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If It’s There You Will Eat It

Some say that you should have sweets and cheat food around the house.  With a nibble here and there, you’ll be able to get your fix and resist the urge to binge on garbage. Perhaps this works for some...

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Open Those Hips

To generate power for the quick lifts one must execute triple extension, just another way of saying open hips, knees and ankles.  All three leg joints are open = in extension as opposed to closed = in...

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Doing More Sleeps

Sleep is better than any supplement.  And getting consistently good shut-eye protects you against all those colds, headaches and upset stomachs that everyone seems to have. This pig in the blanket...

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The Return Of Race Games And Unboring Cardio

60 easy minutes on the elliptical can feel like endless waiting.  Time crawls by.  You beg the clock to wind down. While long and slow cardio should have a place on your fitness schedule, so too...

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The 5k

Hozz’s goal is 18:30.  Still 3.5 minutes away.  4 days before this Hozz rowed a 22:24.   While huge chunks like this can be chopped early in training, the drops in time will be harder to come by. A...

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Burn Calories Or Glue Them To Your Belly: 800 Calorie Wednesdays

After months of heavy squats and deadlifts, snatches and cleans, its time to thaw out the bikini bod. To accomplish this, Rico and Hozz will supplement their strength and circuit workouts with...

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Hozz Channels Gabby Douglas: 10 Muscle Ups

After some coaching from a new, boss trainer named Jamal, Hozz was able to perform many linked muscle ups. After a few weeks he was able to pull 10. Like double-unders with a jump rope, the muscle up...

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The Leopard Test

At MobilityWod KStar talks about the common faults he sees in athletes, and specifically, open and closed torque. When we perform push ups or heave the barbell, we are able to create a tremendous...

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Hozz Rows A Half Marathon In 1:44

According to Concept 2, the company that makes indoor rowing machines, there is a strong link between an athlete’s marathon time and her marathon time sliding on the erg.  While this may seem self...

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Rico Front Squats 290

While Hozz has been monkeying around and straddling the seahorse Rico has been quietly grinding away, putting in heavy squat work.  Today he bested his former PR by 35 pounds. With front squats you do...

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WOD Talk

While the print and digital versions of WOD Talk Magazine are subscription only, Hozz’s book review from last month’s issue is now up on their public site.  Check it out. For the current issue Hozz...

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