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Strength Plateaus: What to Check Before You Change Your Program
Stuck on the same barbell numbers for weeks? Learn how to spot a real plateau, run five simple checks, and restart progress without rewriting your whole program.
Oct 2


Sled Pushes and Pulls: Conditioning With Less Pounding
Learn how to choose sled loads, set your body angle and pace pushes and pulls so you build real conditioning without grinding your legs into the floor.
Oct 1


Push-Ups for CrossFit Athletes: Clean Reps From Plank to 30
Build strict push-ups that hold up in workouts: body position, elbow angle, a simple progression and two sample sessions to go from 5 reps to 30.
Sep 30


For Coaches: Keeping Your Own Training Alive While Coaching Full-Time
Coaching full-time can quietly crowd out your own training. Here's how to protect a realistic training week, manage energy and stay an athlete.
Sep 29


For Coaches: Coaching Remote Athletes: Check-Ins, Video and Accountability
A practical system for coaching athletes online: weekly check-ins, video that is useful to review, feedback that travels well and fair accountability.
Sep 29


For Coaches: Running Open Gym Hours That Actually Help Members
How to turn open gym from an unstructured free-for-all into a coached hour with clear options, simple rules and real progress for members.
Sep 29


For Coaches: Pull-Up Progressions That Don't Depend on Bands
Why bands stall so many athletes, and a simple pull-up progression built on rows, holds and negatives that you can run in a group class.
Sep 29


For Coaches: Teaching the Push Press and Push Jerk to a Group
A clear, drill-based way to teach the push press and push jerk to a full class, with the faults to watch for and how to manage loading and time.
Sep 29


How to Read the Whiteboard: Stimulus, Time Caps and Smart Scaling
The whiteboard tells you more than reps and weights. Learn to read the stimulus, use time caps as a guide and scale so you get the intended workout.
Sep 29


Early-Morning Training: Fuel, Warm-Up and Sleep for 5 a.m. Classes
Training at 5 a.m. takes more than an alarm. Learn what to eat, how to warm up a stiff body and how to protect your sleep so early sessions work.
Sep 29


Progress Beyond the Scale: Better Ways to Measure Your Fitness
The scale tells you one number. Strength, engine, skills, recovery and how you feel tell you far more. Here is how to measure real fitness progress.
Sep 29


Training Three Days a Week: Making Limited Time Count
Only three sessions a week? You can still build strength, engine and skill. Here is how to choose your days, set priorities and keep progressing.
Sep 29


Soreness vs. Pain: How to Tell the Difference (and When to Get It Checked)
Sore quads after squats are normal. A sharp twinge in your shoulder is not. Learn to read the signals and know when to see a professional.
Sep 29


Shuttle Runs: Turning, Pacing and Protecting Your Hamstrings
Shuttle runs test more than speed. Learn how to turn efficiently, pace repeated efforts and prepare your hamstrings for sudden stops and starts.
Sep 29


Your First Interval Workouts: How Beginners Start Building an Engine
New to intervals? How to choose work and rest times, set a pace you can repeat, and build your engine week by week without burning out.
Sep 29


Machine Crossover: Pacing Bike, Row and Ski in the Same Workout
Bike, row and ski in one workout? Learn how each machine taxes your body differently and how to pace the switches so you finish strong.
Sep 29


Tempo Work: Building the Pace Between Easy and Hard
Tempo work sits between easy aerobic sessions and hard intervals. Here is how to find your tempo pace on the rower, bike and run and use it well.
Sep 29


Negative Splits: Why Your Second Half Should Be Your Fastest
Why finishing faster than you started beats hanging on, and how to practice negative splits on the rower, bike and run without guessing.
Sep 29


Skin the Cat and German Hang: Building Shoulder Range for Ring Work
Skin the cat and German hang build the shoulder range ring work demands. Learn safe setup, gradual progressions and when to back off.
Sep 29


Pull-Up Grip Explained: Hand Width, Thumbs and Hook vs. Open Hand
How you hold the bar changes your pull-ups. Learn how hand width, thumb position and hook vs. open grip affect strength, cycling and your hands.
Sep 29
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