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Try Rich Froning's Favorite 10-Minute CrossFit Workout
If you’re after a CrossFit workout that’s short, sharp and brutal, Rich Froning has one for you. Froning is a CrossFit legend, having been crowned Fittest Man on Earth four years in a row between 2011 and 2014. During the...
Six Unilateral Dumbbell Leg Exercises To Build Lower Body Strength
Unilateral exercises are a great tool to add to your sessions aimed at building leg strength. A unilateral lift is a lift using just one limb, and they work as a great complement to heavier lifts like barbell squats or...
Sam Briggs Gets CrossFit Games Spot After Emma Tall Slapped With Penalty
Sam Briggs has been given a spot for the CrossFit Games after her Swedish opponent Emma Tall was penalised.The Brit originally finished sixth in the European Semifinal at the German Throwdown, meaning she missed out on automatic qualification.But her rank...
Exercise Boosts Cognitive Function In Older Adults, New Study Confirms
You might have noticed you feel mentally sharper and find it easier to focus if you’re working out regularly. There’s already lots of evidence to support the link between exercise and brain functioning. We know it increases your volume of...
4 Ways Frequent Intense Exercise Keeps Your Heart Healthy
As athletes, we take pride in our physical conditioning. Even though heart health isn’t something that’s at the forefront of our minds when we’re working out, it’s a muscle that gets stronger with training like any other. Some people suggest...
6 Sandbag Exercises To Create A Full-Body Functional Workout
Functional strength is important for athletes because it allows us to transfer athleticism into different situations.Sandbags are a great piece of equipment to utilise for building functional strength, as you’re able to mimic real-life movements more closely in many cases...
Improve Your Session By Using These 3 Warm-Up Components
Most athletes overlook just how important a warm-up can be. We see it as something that has to be done. Some of us try to get away with a few half-hearted minutes of loosening up or even skip the warm-up...
It's A Myth That Heavy Training Weakens Your Immune System
Have you ever been told high intensity training leaves you more vulnerable to illnesses? It’s a widely held belief that emerged in the 1980s and ‘90s called “open window theory”.The idea is that there’s an open window for illness to...
2 Techniques Elite Athletes Use To Perform Under Pressure
Physical conditioning is a huge part of the puzzle for an athlete, but it’s worthless if you don’t have the mental skills to be able to perform when it matters.One quality all great champions have in common is the ability...