When you think about all the aspects of strength and fitness, the one thing we can all agree on is that we need strong glutes. If you want to lift heavy weight or run for distance, you need strong glutes. If you want to look good naked, you also need strong glutes. There is no […]
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What comes to mind when someone says the word CrossFit or the phrase “functional training”? As of 2017, there are over 13,000 CrossFit affiliated gyms in over 120 countries. If you add the other “functional training” and “globo” gyms onto that, there is practically a gym on every street corner. Most of these gyms are
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During my entire career in strength and conditioning, I have enjoyed working with the men and women in the military and our first responders. Number one, these are our heroes; real life heroes. These people protect us, guard us, and rescue us when things go really badly. It’s important that these men and women are
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I’d like to dedicate this article to all my clients who have stayed patient, consistent, and most importantly committed to their nutrition journey – taking what I like to call a “health first” approach. Putting your health before aesthetics sometimes means taking the slow route, choosing nutritious foods more often than treats, and understanding that
No Tracking, No Progress? By Paluna Santamaria Read More »
Most of us have an idea of our limitations if we have been in the gym for a while. We might think we have limited range of motion in our hips, calves, or shoulders. Most often we find out by getting injured or we receive constant and consistent cueing by different coaches for issues we
Is Your Mobility Work Working? By Matt Shiver Read More »
We have used strongman movements in our workouts at Mash Elite for over a decade now. Each year we incorporate the movements more and more. Strongman is a huge part of my latest book Do What You Want. In the book I show how easy it is to make strongman work a core element of
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