Eat and Train Easy - The Key to Fitness

Alex Cibiri — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:33:22 +0100

Eating and training with a purpose is tough. Conventional people will tell you not to do it. Conventional people are also often skinny-fat or obese.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you're serious about getting lean or about seriously bulking up you need to nail down your diet and your training. If you've gotten out of the globo-gym and started CrossFitting I'll assume that your training is more or Read More...

The Road to Pull-Up Domination

Alex Cibiri — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:00:58 +0100

Pull-ups deserve the same respect as squats. Squats are the cornerstone movement of any strength and conditioning program. If you were put in a position where you are only allowed to perform one exercise you should squat because it strengthens nearly everything. The deadlift or clean and jerk are very close behind but the squat uses more muscles than the deadlift and the clean and jerk is usually limited by technique and not strengthRead More...

Nike Women Ads

Alex Cibiri — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:08:07 +0100

These ads are from 2005 or so, but they will be relevant forever. Check 'em out!

My shoulders aren’t dainty or proportional to my hips. Some say they are like a man’s. I say, leave men out of it. They are mine. I made them in a swimming pool then I went to yoga and made my arms.

Got Sleep?

Liz Cummings — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:06:11 +0100

"I don’t have time." "I’ll just catch up on the weekend." "5 hours is enough sleep for my body." "Who needs sleep, I'll sleep when I'm dead!"

I know I am not the only one guilty of such statements. Our culture and society have evolved to a 24/7/365 operation. Many more businesses are open past 9 pm, some rarely close. We have become a society that values our social lives more then we value our health. SlRead More...

12 Tips to Make You a Better CrossFitter

Alex Cibiri — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The shorter the workout the longer the warm up and vice versa. You should warm up significantly longer for a 5-minute effort than you should for a 35-minute one.You can PR consistantly for your first year in the gym as long as you are consistant with your training and you don't eat like a moron. After that some form of periodization worksRead More...

Beware The Fuzz

Alex Cibiri — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Here's an interesting video talking about the importance of stretching and mobility I saw the other day on San Francisco CrossFit's Blog. It's definitely worth watching, and provides a visual reminder of how important stretching is. As K-Star says, taking care of your tissues is second in importance only to the universal "protect your crotch law".

Being fuzzy will not only hinder your performance, but it can pull you into poor positioning, create weaknesses at the end ranges of motRead More...

Just Keep Swimming

Liz Cummings — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Maybe swimming is something you used to do and have thought about getting back into it, or it's relatively new to you. Either way, swimming is a great workout. For someone with injuries it can be a low impact workout. Swimming can be stress relief and allows you to engage your whole body. It can help with flexibility and lengthening of your muscle. I haveRead More...

Mmmm Magnesium

Melissa Cvjeticanin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

[They] say, because crop soil is not what it used to be (major absence of minerals due to over-processing), crops are subsequently lacking their nutrients - namely magnesium. This article will help you understand why magnesium is important for you and how ensuring your magnesium levels are adequate can be good for your health and your workouts.

Low amounts of magnesium and other minerals in soil can create a dominRead More...

5 Tips to Help You Train Effectively

Alex Cibiri — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

People ask me all the time what they should do to ensure their training is as effective as possible. These tips will help you ensure your training is as effective as possible, especially if you're working out on your own.

Distinguish Skill Training from Strength Training - and use them both effectively. Rethink Your Love of Sexy Met-Cons - and don't settle for supersets of muscular failure.RRead More...

Show Up

Alex Cibiri — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

"80% of success is just showing up."

- Woody Allen

At first glance this quote is something that is easy to dismiss. But when you look a little deeper you realize that it doesn't mean just showing up for a job interview to improve your odds of getting the job by 80%.

Showing up also means starting.

Show up at the gym for 6am? You're 80% of your way to a solid workout, the tough part of waking up early, gettinRead More...

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