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3 Shoulder Stability Exercises to Supplement Your Training

Leave a Comment / Rehab & Prehab / Michele Vieux

Written by Invictus Athlete Josh Littauer You’ve had the goal of getting your first pull-up for months, or maybe of overhead squatting your bodyweight. Well now it’s time to take the practical steps to attaining those goals with some accessory shoulder work. We recently posted an article…

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What Are Toes-to-Bar?

1 Comment / Gymnastics, Invictus Blog, Movement Drills and Progressions, Training / Travis Ewart

Contributing Authors: Brittany Weiss, Michele Vieux & Travis Ewart A toes-to-bar is put together exactly how it is read. It’s pretty much the queen of all leg raises. You bring your toes to the bar while hanging of course! It’s not one of the highly technical movements you could see come up…

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Invictus athlete doing toes-to-bar in the CrossFit Open 18.1 workout.

5 Reasons You Struggle with Toes-to-Bar

5 Comments / Gymnastics, Invictus Blog, Mobility, Movement Drills and Progressions, Training / Michele Vieux

Written by Michele Vieux Oh the elusive toes-to-bar. It seems like such a straightforward movement that any strong and fit human should be able to accomplish without much thought. However it is typically one of the last movements CrossFitters are able to achieve. Most look to lack of midline…

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Male athlete making a tough guy face while doing a classic body building pose.

3 Shoulder Stability Exercises to Supplement Your Training

1 Comment / Invictus Blog, Rehab & Prehab, Training / Holden Rethwill

You’ve had the goal of getting your first pull-up for months, or maybe of overhead squatting your bodyweight. Well now it’s time to take the practical steps to attaining those goals with some accessory shoulder work. We recently posted an article on the importance of doing accessory…

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What Does @ 30X0 Mean? – Why I Like Tempo Training

3 Comments / Uncategorized / CJ

Written by C.J. Martin (Originally published on February 7, 2012) Slow down . . . it might be your key to avoiding injury and getting stronger. Tempo training is not just for bodybuilders. Olympic caliber athletes from all over the world use tempo training…

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Male athlete at the bottom of a heavy front squat.

What Does @ 30X0 Mean? Why I Like Tempo Training

30 Comments / Invictus Blog, Must Read Posts, Training / CJ

Written by C.J. Martin Slow down . . . it might be your key to avoiding injury and getting stronger. Tempo training is not just for bodybuilders. Olympic caliber athletes from all over the world use tempo training to become stronger, faster and more powerful.…

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What Does @ 30X0 Mean? – Why I Like Tempo Training

The Overhead Squat

Leave a Comment / Invictus Blog, Mobility, Movement Drills and Progressions, Training, Weightlifting / Fritz Nugent

Written by Fritz Nugent What is an overhead squat? The barbell overhead squat is simply a squat performed with a barbell held overhead. Overhead Squat Form A well-executed overhead squat is performed with a wide grip on the barbell, extended arms with the barbell in alignment over the back of the head,…

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Follow the Steps: Don’t be too Eager to Progress

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Written by Michele Vieux It’s hard to believe that Pull-Up Awareness Month is already halfway over! Hopefully you’ve been practicing your progressions, which are KEY to not only getting your first pull-up but also to making sure you’re strong enough to perform strict reps, efficient enough…

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June 18-24, 2018 – Julien Pineau’s Strongman Program

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This template will be split into: Task Oriented Workouts (TAO) – These will always be done with exercises where external torque (ET) is needed. They are designed to hit the sympathetic nervous system, so you should go at them hard and with the proper mindset. No pacing here: I want 100% explosion on each rep.…

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