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Teaching the Olympic Lifts in the CrossFit Group Setting: Part 2
Greg Everett
| September 29 2009 |
Training: General
Before we continue on this particular adventure, I want to provide some clarification on a few items from the first part of the article. It has been pointed out to me that some of my remarks offended certain individuals, and because this was not my intention, I’m going to take a moment to apologize for any offense that was taken, and to provide my rationale for those remarks. While I may make jokes of certain things, my opinions on them are never without reason.
These reasons are not on......
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Teaching the Olympic Lifts in the CrossFit Group Setting
Greg Everett
| August 30 2009 |
Training: General
Sometimes your clients are confused. It’s true. Some want to squat to big padded balls instead of just learning where their asses are and squatting like grown-ups all the way to the bottom. Some want to do low-bar back squats. And some aren’t very interested in learning the snatch and clean & jerk. Fortunately, as a trainer or coach, it’s your responsibility to train your clients according to what they need rather than what they want—if they knew what they needed, the......
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Plandomization: CrossFit, Periodization and Planning
Greg Everett
| April 29 2009 |
Training: General
Periodization has become a bad word in CrossFit Land. My optimistic view on this phenomenon is that it’s due simply to widespread misunderstanding of what exactly periodization is, how variable its implementation can be, and not only its value when used correctly, but its necessity in some form for anyone but the complete beginner. The cynic in me, on the other hand, believes this vehement aversion to periodization of any nature is more a product of frequent bad-mouthing by individuals in ......
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Jerk Block Building Tutorial
Greg Everett
| March 31 2009 |
Equipment
Jerk blocks are a somewhat mythical piece of equipment—their numbers are extremely small and there appears to be a constant search for plans to build them. After two years of Aimee busting my chops to build her some, with the new gym and the corresponding space, I found myself with no further excuses to put it off.
The design I ended up with is not really anything new—build multiple blocks that stack on top of each other to allow adjustment of the final height to accommodate diff......
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Integrating the Olympic Lifts with CrossFit
Greg Everett
| March 3 2009 |
Training: General
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently is how to integrate Olympic weightlifting with CrossFit training. The lift’s appearance in typical CrossFit programming is often inadequate or unsatisfactory for many athletes. In addition, I’ll be arguing here for learning of the lifts outside standard CrossFit programming until a reasonable level of proficiency is reached.
Greg Glassman once (at least) commented that the Olympic lifts are not remarkably complex movements, maki......
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The Olympic Lift Starting Position
Greg Everett
| February 28 2009 |
Training: Weightlifting
Before we continue, let’s first establish what exactly we’re talking about.
Most importantly, we need to understand this: The purpose of the starting position (and first pull) is to allow an optimal second & third pull.
If you take away only one point from this entire article, it should be that one. If you don’t understand that, none of the following details explaining or describing the starting position will matter.
The second pull of the snatch and clean is the ......
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Quick & Dirty Plate Rack
Greg Everett
| January 28 2009 |
Equipment
Plate racks are a rip-off. There, I said it. They require minimal, relatively low-quality steel, and aren't exactly remarkable feats of engineering. Instead of spend money on expensive plate racks (most of which aren't that great anyway) that could be put to better use buying... plates... we threw together some simple racks that can store both a full set of bumper plates and the metal change.
The following is a simple guide to doing the same yourself. Keep in mind the thickness of our plates......
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The Prodigal Chain
Greg Everett
| November 30 2008 |
Training: General
This is a historic issue for the Performance Menu—as far as I can recall, this is its first biblical allusion. This of course has nothing to do with the content of the article itself and knowing this will in no way contribute to the reader’s understanding. But it both entertains me and gives me an easy introduction.
The point is simply that as of late, the posterior chain gets so much attention and credit, and the loyal, reliable anterior chain seems to be regarded with disdain, o......
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Attitude Adjustment
Greg Everett
| October 30 2008 |
Editorial
I do my best to fly under the radar (phrase and advice supplied by Eva T years ago)—to do my thing, do it as well as I can, and let the rest slide off my back. Unfortunately I appear to be a drama magnet and have found it impossible to escape. The particulars of my own struggle are not important for this article—the point is that even doing my best to avoid it, it surrounds me. It pervades the fitness and strength & conditioning industry, the flame oxidized by the cheapness of wo......
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Breathing and Breath Control for Olympic Weightlifting
Greg Everett
| April 1 2008 |
Training: General
Breath control is critical for increasing and maintaining the structural integrity of the torso while under heavy loads. The supporting musculature is alone inadequate—in order to adequately stabilize the spine, the abdominal and thoracic cavities must be pressurized. Additionally, we need to create as broad of a base for the torso as possible—the rationale for this should be obvious if one considers the structural integrity of a pyramid versus an upside-down pyramid. Drawing in the ......
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