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Recent content by Woodsy88

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    squat lagging

    Glute ham raises, reverse hypers and just keep squatting. The numbers will catch up.
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    Mixing bumpers and smaller diameter plates - breaking bumpers

    Better start saving mate, those bumpers will last you longer than rubber coated plates
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    How do you KNOW you've had a good workout?

    Not at my gym Mick ;) Regularly hear me yelling "bar down! stop, compose yourself, set, tight.... now lift"
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    How do you KNOW you've had a good workout?

    "Too many people have the misconception that feeling wrecked/getting sore and sweaty equals a good, productive workout. Intelligent training and feeling wrecked afterwards (or the day after) are often mutually exclusive." I actually got this from a bloke on the CrossFit message board. I hold...
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    CrossFit another fitness fad?

    To clarify, we scale handstand push ups to either push ups from the pike position or dumbbell presses.
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    CrossFit another fitness fad?

    The fact it is challenging is my point exactly. If a beginner attempts to handstand push up, one of the scaling options widely used is to shorten the range of motion by putting abmats or bumper plates under their head. Some people are doing this without being able to do push ups from their toes...
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    CrossFit another fitness fad?

    Take a look at outlaw Crossfit, Crossfit Newcastle, Crossfit border, Crossfit endurance. All heavily strength focused. The original programming template of Crossfit called for workouts that used 2-3 exercises and last between 10-20 minutes. Anyone who knows about conditioning can probably agree...
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    CrossFit another fitness fad?

    CrossFit now is completely different to what it was 2-3 years ago. Look at this years regionals and world games where the competitors were pretty heavily challenged (100kg hang cleans, snatch and clean ladder, Pendleton tri). Like many different powerlifting gyms and Olympic lifting gyms every...
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    From powerlifter to crossfitter

    Will take a bit of work, but I reckon with his strength background he'd go ok
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