Doing crossfit and looking like a bodybuilder?

Health Correlator: Doing crossfit and looking like a bodybuilder?Monday, January 6, 2014Top crossfit athletes like Annie Thorisdottir and Rich Froning Jr. (pictured below; photos from Crossfitthestables.com and List09.com) look like bodybuilders even though their training practices are markedly different from those of most top natural bodybuilders. It is instructive, from a human physiology perspective, to try to understand why. First of all we should...

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Getting Ripped Slowly – My New High Intensity Fitness Plan

Getting Ripped Slowly – My New High Intensity Fitness Plan A New TheoryI stumbled across MAS’s article on high intensity training (HIT) a couple weeks ago and was very much intrigued by the notion.Ever since I started doing resistance exercise, my only objectives have either been to hit a certain number of reps, or pump out reps until fatigue sets in and another repetition isn’t possible.Over time I’ve become more and more convinced that performing...

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Survivorship Bias , Fitness Professionals Fail to Understand it - Critical MAS

Fitness Professionals Fail to Understand Survivorship Bias - Critical MASSep 4, 2013 by MAS 9 Comments So many fitness bloggers and professionals fail to understand survivorship bias. They model their advice around what they see working best for a handful of outliers with little regard to safety, recoverability or sustainability. In their minds, willpower is the limiting factor and that any failures rest with the individual and not their training...

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Towel pull ups & bicept triggering - by Justin_P

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Powerful Home Chest Workout Ever : Build a Big Chest Fast!

Published on 17 Oct 2013 http://www.6weeksixpack.com This is one of the most powerful home chest workout we have ever created. In this video home fitness expert Peter Carvell shows 3 powerful home chest exercises that you can do without using any equipment to help you build a big chest at home fast.So if you are looking to build your chest at home without any equipment other than your own bodyweight then you will want to start doing this push-up chest workout ASAP! Category ...

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Wide Grip Chin Ups Technique

Uploaded on 29 Sep 2011 http://www.mrsupplement.com.au - Wide Grip Chin Ups technique demonstrated by Zoran Lekic - bodybuilder & Nick Jones - world bodybuilding champion. This exercise effectively targets the upper back when performed correctly. To view hundreds of exercise videos & workout programs for technique, muscular endurance, strength, muscle hypertrophy & advanced training got to: http://www.mrsupplement.com.au/wide-g...

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Can Bodyweight Exercises Pack on Muscle and Add Strength? | Mark's Daily Apple

Can Bodyweight Exercises Pack on Muscle and Add Strength? | Mark's Daily AppleI promote a bodyweight training program. Though it can be modified with weight vests, at its core it is comprised entirely of exercises that use your own bodyweight as resistance – pushups, pullups, planks, rows, squats, and sprints. For the majority of people who try it, it works great because PBF is a basic program designed to appeal to people from every fitness...

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Can you get faster as you get older? - health | fitness

running | exercise | sport | health | fitness Advancing years doesn't necessarily mean slowing to a stop. Photo: Colleen PetchI grew up in an age when once you reached a certain age (30 or 40, perhaps?), you scaled back your exercise regimen. You took up golf, tennis or bowls, not running. My parents called our neighbour mad because he ran every day. He was probably all of, what, 45?Haven’t times changed. Now not only are more people...

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The Single Best Exercise? - T NATION | Question of Strength: Vol 36

T NATION | Question of Strength: Vol 36The Single Best Exercise?  Q: Looking around most gyms, what's the most beneficial but neglected exercise you can think of?A: The snatch-grip deadlift, specifically a snatch deadlift on a four inch platform. The idea here is to get a large range of motion by standing on the platform and using the wide grip. If you told me you were going to jail and only had a barbell and didn't...

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marathon runners = body fat % from 11 to 14%, while 400- 800 meter runners have 4 - 6%

T NATION | Question of Strength: Vol 36 Fasted Morning Cardio: The Final Word?Q: At one time we were told that fasted cardio upon waking was best if your main goal was fat loss. Then we were told that it was a bad idea because it could be catabolic. Now we hear about semi-fasted morning cardio. Which one is really best?A: I don't agree with any of them. We're made to throw a rock at the rabbit, not to chase it. We're basically anaerobic animals. The quickest way to get lean is through diet.  If you look in the world of sports,...

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best just doing two primary exercises per workout using multiple sets (like ten) - T NATION | Question of Strength: Vol 36

T NATION | Question of Strength: Vol 36 I've always found that when you get to the elite level, most athletes do best just doing two primary exercises per workout using multiple sets (like ten), and then training again six hours later. Total Body vs. Body Part Splits... Again Q: Some T-Nation coaches advocate training the whole body in one session; others usually use a body part split of some sort. The debate is endless, but...

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The Best Exercise There Is, Hands Down | Mark's Daily Apple

The Best Exercise There Is, Hands Down Throw reality out the window for a second and entertain a hypothetical. Imagine you can only do one exercise for the rest of your life. If you had to choose a single exercise to do for the rest of your life, right here today, what would it be? It’s a popular question with a divergent set of answers depending on who’s being asked, and for the most part I see where everyone’s coming from.If you ask...

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