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Lactate and the Burn: What's Really Happening
Lactate is fuel, not waste. What the burn during hard efforts means, why thresholds matter, and how to use it to pace.
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Jun 20


Toes-to-Bar: Why You're Stalling at 5 Reps and How to String More
Stuck at five toes-to-bar? Coach Fritz answers the questions athletes ask most, from pushing the bar away to grip and set strategy.
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Jun 19


For Coaches: Using Video to Coach Better
A five-stage video workflow for coaches: film with a purpose, capture clean footage, review with a plan and show athletes one thing.
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Jun 17


Deficit Handstand Push-Ups: Adding Range Safely
A gated progression for deficit handstand push-ups: earn the floor, own the bottom and add depth one small, controlled step at a time.
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Jun 13


Kipping Pull-Ups: Fix Your Kip Before Adding Volume
Film one set of kipping pull-ups and watch it back. Here are the faults you will see on the tape, why they happen and how to fix them.
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Jun 12


For Coaches: Partner and Team Workouts That Work
Four design rules for partner and team workouts, plus three templates that keep both partners working and the floor flowing.
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Jun 8


Longer Workouts: How to Pace 30 Minutes and More
A phase-by-phase guide to pacing workouts of 30 minutes and more, from the settling minutes to the closing stretch.
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Jun 5


How to Get Your First Bar Muscle-Up: A Step-by-Step Progression
Your first bar muscle-up feels sudden, but it never is. Rewind from the day it clicked through every phase, with a checkpoint for each.
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Jun 4


Scaling Muscle-Ups in Workouts Without Losing the Stimulus
An if-then guide to scaling bar and ring muscle-ups so your version of the workout keeps the pace and purpose the coach intended.
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Jun 1


Overhead Mobility for Snatches, Overhead Squats and Handstands
Four quick self-tests show where your overhead range is missing, then tell you exactly which drills to start with.
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May 29


For Coaches: Coaching the Box Jump and Burpee Box Jump-Over
Four scaling tiers for box jumps and burpee box jump-overs, with landing-first cues that keep shins and Achilles tendons safe.
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May 28


Descending Rep Schemes: Pacing 21-15-9 and Beyond
How to pace 21-15-9 and other descending rep schemes set by set, so the first round sets you up instead of breaking you.
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May 25


How to Warm Up for CrossFit Class and Heavy Days
Same class, same squat, very different working sets. What two athletes' warm-ups reveal about going from general to specific.
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May 22


Understanding RPE and RIR for Smarter Training
Effort you can measure: how RPE and reps in reserve work, with worked examples from squats, pull-ups and rowing.
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May 21


Gymnastics Volume: How Many Reps Your Shoulders Can Handle
Find your baseline gymnastics volume, raise it without overloading your shoulders and use a weekly template that works around classes.
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May 17


Air Bike Pacing: How to Stop Redlining in the First 15 Seconds
Why the fan punishes a fast start, how to find your easy, moderate and hard numbers, and three interval prescriptions.
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May 15


For Coaches: Building Your Coaching Voice and Presence
Presence is not volume. A reflection guide for coaches on voice, silence, position and staying calm when class goes sideways.
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May 13


Engine Benchmarks Worth Retesting Every Quarter
A menu of engine benchmarks to retest every quarter, how to run each one properly, and how to read the results.
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May 10


Running for CrossFit Athletes: Technique, Easy vs. Hard and Safe Mileage
Dread the 400 m buy-in? A week-by-week running build for CrossFit athletes, plus answers on shoes, pain and running in workouts.
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May 8


For Coaches: Teaching the Deadlift Setup
A five-step setup sequence you can teach a whole class, with the cues that work and the faults worth stopping a set for.
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May 6
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