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Back to Search058 How to Maximize your Offseason
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Start with the lowest hanging fruit
Look at your results from the Open and/or Quarterfinals.
This Quarterfinals was great because the…
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057 10 Essential Equipment Items for Advanced Athletes
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1. Lifters
2. Training Shoes
3. Versalifts
4. Straps
5. Runners
6. Grips
7. Tape
8. Synthetic Belt
9. Knee Sleeves
10. Clothing
My pi…
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056 Quarterfinals Breakdown
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Love these tests. Love the movement selection. Love the length. More separation and less execution-dependent than previous years.
Ord…
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055 Tapering: How to Be at your Best without Losing Fitness
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Abusive Notion #1
If I stop training full tilt for a week, I’ll lose fitness.
Truth #1
3-10 days is not enough time for detraining to o…
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054 How to Progress Faster without Injuries and Burnout
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A common cause for lack of progress is prioritizing conditioning at the expense of strength and skill.
This results in a few negative…
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053 Stimulus to Fatigue Ratio in Fitness Sport
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Stimulus to Fatigue Ratio (SFR) in Fitness Sport
Three Types of Stimulus
1. Strength
Mechanisms:
Recruit more motor units
Inhibit GTO
Hyper…
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052 Why Strength Wins: The Influence of Strength and Power on Muscle Endurance
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Muscle endurance is the ability to repeatedly apply submaximal force, and it is directly tested in CrossFit in a variety of combinati…
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051 The Red Line: Critical Power and the Limits of Severe Exercise Tolerance
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The fatigue mechanisms that produce exhaustion depend on the exercise intensity.
Exercise Intensity Domains
Moderate – below lactate t…
2 years, 3 months ago
050 Low Load, High Rep Training Effective with Elite Weightlifters
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Previous studies that demonstrated the efficacy of low load resistance training were on less trained subjects, not elite athletes.
U…
2 years, 3 months ago
049 Current Trends in World Class Endurance Training
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
Individualization = Quality
The individual is a key variable in the dose-response equation, whether that dose is training…
2 years, 3 months ago