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The Back And Biceps Workout

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The Back And Biceps Workout Why Put Back And Biceps Together? The back and biceps are the two major muscle groups of the upper body that are involved in “pulling” exercises. (Rear delts would be another.) In addition, the biceps are involved  significantly  in most back exercises. This includes various types of rows (e.g. bent over rows, seated cable rows, chest-supported rows, etc.) as well as pull-ups, chin-ups, and lat pull-downs. This makes training them together on the same day a smart choice, as pairing up related muscle groups is  one of the easiest ways to avoid the types of overlap issues that are common with less-intelligent setups . For example, workout routines that train related muscle groups on separate days (e.g. back/chest on Monday, biceps/triceps on Tuesday, shoulders on Wednesday) come with a higher potential for problems with  insufficient recovery  and/or  overuse injuries . This is a big part of why many of the most effective training programs out there are built
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There Is No CrossFit, Just Good And Bad Coaching

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CrossFit Always Sucked While the CrossFit community was, and is, a real thing, CrossFit HQ (CFHQ), the governing body, was anything but communal. CFHQ has always been brutish, aggressive, insecure, litigious, and just plain obnoxious to anyone and everyone that ticked it off. For many people who got caught in the crossfire, CrossFit sucked as an organization. For some, it seemed more like a cult than a fitness company.   So, while CrossFit thrived globally, opening up markets everywhere and becoming synonymous with crazy-intense workouts that would leave you throwing up or lying in a deep pool of your own sweat, it never took responsibility for individual affiliates and never really had a hand in providing training and programming guidance other than through its certifications.   In effect, CrossFit put everything on the affiliates, albeit backing them up with its own lawyers if it felt that its brand was under attack, never really committing to defining a CrossFit workout or methodolo
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An Open Letter To CrossFit

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An Open Letter to CrossFit My name is Greg Walsh. I began involvement with CrossFit in 2003, and was a member, trainer, and manager of CrossFit Long Beach until 2008 when I returned to my hometown of Rochester, NY.   In 2008 I began Wolf Brigade, and we have been expertly training people of all walks of life and fitness levels every day since.   During my time in Long Beach, I developed relationships with many involved in the CrossFit brand, and began a friendship with Greg Glassman. That led to a “partnership” based on my idea of providing a one-stop-shop for affiliates to receive world-class artwork and garment printing, and the ability/ option to showcase them for worldwide purchase on a website called, at the time, crossfitshirts.com.   We had a small but very high-quality printing business in Rochester, I loved CrossFit- especially the affiliates- and wanted to both help them and be more involved. I presented the “CrossFit Shirts” project at an affiliate gathering in 2007 to very
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