Author: Aleks Salkin
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How To leap forward after a layoff
“Long time, no see” is the best time to make big progress on your favorite exercises When you go on vacation from your job, do you decide to quit just because it’s been two weeks and you haven’t done any work? When your refrigerator is low on food, do you simply decide to resign yourself to eating grease-laden fast food from there on out? So why are you so eager…
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How To Make Your Snatch Test Easier
(This article originally appeared on strongfirst.com) Wailing. Gnashing of teeth. Rending of clothing and sitting in sack cloth and ashes.Nothing about the SFG certification weekend, it seems, causes as much internal drama, strife, worry, fear, and nervousness (not to mention all 5 stages of grief) as the oft-maligned and inexplicably feared snatch test.Well, knock it off. …
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How to persuade your body to hand over new results
Your body can be persuaded to bend to your will. I’m gonna start off this post with one of Aesop’s Fables. Yes, I’m serious. I love that guy. “The north wind and the sun were disputing which was the stronger, and agreed to acknowledge as the victor whichever of them could strip a traveler of his clothing. The wind tried first. But its violent…
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How To Prepare For Your First Handstand
And no, it’s not as simple as just “stand on your hands”. A while back I was hitch hiking back from my early morning training appointments in a town near Jerusalem (I like to live dangerously) and one of the occupants of the car and I got to talking about fitness. He asked about programming, frequency of training, and so on. Naturally, being that I’m a calisthenics geek,…
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How to put 100 lbs over your head with 1 arm
It’s a rite of passage from man or woman to legend. One of the first movements I ever learned with a kettlebell was the mythical, semi-legendary Turkish Get Up – a long-time staple in the training arsenal of the feared and revered Turkish wrestlers, dating back (according to some sources) over 200 years ago. One of the most unconventional-yet-effective ways of training for full body…