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Invictus International Athlete Camps: August 18-20 & August 24-26, 2017

Written by Nichole DeHart-Kribs I am excited to announce that we are headed international! We are taking the Invictus Athlete crew to CrossFit Amsterdam and CrossFit Alioth. We are looking forward to meeting new people and sharing our camp abroad! Registration is simple…just click here:…

The Mounting Ring Muscle-Up

Video by Travis Ewart The struggle can be very real when it comes to Kipping Ring Muscle-Ups. Learning to bring your body from below the rings to the top of the rings is not small feat, yet it can be even more difficult without direction. Finding the easiest way to elevate…

Checklist for Building Baseline Gymnastics Strength

Written by Travis Ewart  There are many great coaches out there giving their newest members the tools they need to succeed in all aspects of CrossFit, but oddly there seems to be a bit of a lack of focus on the fundamentals for kipping movements and inverted (handstand) movements.…

Getting Butterflies Thinking About Butterfly Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups

Written by Travis Ewart (Originally published on 1/26/2017) I love checking the Invictus blog every night to see what the workout is for the next day. I don’t know what it is, but when I see that the workout has pull-ups or chest-to-bar pull-ups, I get very excited.…

Bar Muscle-Up: Drill For The Swing

Video by Travis Ewart Breaking down complicated movements is an absolutely necessary step to improving the finer details of a skill. The bar muscle-up can be a difficult movement for even the most seasoned of athletes, leading to “chicken winging” or the feeling of tipping over the bar with…

Bar Muscle-Up: Tips For The Drop Down Swing

  Video by Travis Ewart 17.2 brings us bar muscle-ups for the second time in the CrossFit Open! Please watch Invictus Coach Travis Ewart’s video on tips for better bar muscle-ups before you attack 17.2. Some of us were taught that a bar muscle-up is like a chest-to-bar pull-up; although…

Reverse Snow Angels – Purveyors of Posture

Video by Travis Ewart Sitting at a desk too much? How is your posture as you read this? The dreaded “shoulder roll” is easy to spot, not only because of the evident poor posture but also because with the introduction of technology to the world, we have become…

Do Not Skip Your Shoulder Warm-Up! Do THIS Instead

Written by Michele Vieux It’s really easy to skip a warm-up on a because it’s “just shoulder press” and “we are starting light”. However I highly recommend that you DO warm-up by spending your time doing simple mobility and activation drills for the thoracic, shoulders and…

3 Variations of Toes-to-Bar

3 Variations of Toes-to-Bar Video by Travis Ewart This video reviews a few different variations for executing toes-to-bar. Every athlete needs to practice different variations of toes-to-bar so that they know which style they prefer based on the workout. The 3 variations in the video are: 1) Straight Leg Swing Make sure your hamstrings are prepped…

Bar Muscle-Up: Drill For The Swing

Video by: Travis Ewart Breaking down complicated movements is an absolutely necessary step to improving the finer details of a skill. The bar muscle-up can be a difficult movement for even the most seasoned of athletes, leading to “chicken winging” or the feeling of tipping over the bar with…

A How-To for the False Grip

Video by Travis Ewart Since the 2016 Regionals and the announcement of Regional Nate, strict muscle-ups have become a movement on many athletes radar. This can be a challenging movement to train as it requires a base level of strength as well as proper positioning on the rings to…

Rope Pull-Up Taps

Video by Travis Ewart The legless rope climb is a skill seen in many competitions. It is also a skill that an athlete can have mastered in training but, depending on the work required before the legless rope climb or how fast they went out of the gate, can easily be lost…

Gymnastics Strength, Timing & Range of Motion

Gymnastics Strength, Timing & Range of Motion Written by Travis Ewart When learning the movement pattern for any kipping gymnastics movement, it’s best to take the approach of the greater range of motion, which just happens to be the way the skills are taught in the Invictus Gymnastics online program. The skills in the program…
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