Strength training veteran Charles Staley is here to answer our readers’ questions about life and lifting.
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Source:: Breaking Muscle

Arm-supported poses are excellent preparation for handstands and other inversions.
Most of us are afraid of something. For me, it’s being upside down. I barely passed swim class in high school because I was scared of diving headfirst. Even in a simple yoga pose like downward dog, I dislike the feeling of pressure in my head.

For a long time I was one of those people who avoided handstands in yoga and CrossFit. So when I read the words “Arm Balances” on the syllabus for my yoga teacher training weekend, I was not excited.
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Source:: Breaking Muscle

When your idea of competitive advantage breaks the rules, it is time to rethink your strategy.
When it comes to this whole CrossFit Games Open 15.1 and 15.1a debacle, I am sorry to break the news, CrossFit friends, but we’re all to blame. Granted, CrossFit HQ is holding the biggest piece of the dismembered corpse, but affiliate owners and athletes all buried a limb somewhere.

Sorry about the dead body analogy. It seems oddly apropos.
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Source:: Breaking Muscle

When your idea of competitive advantage breaks the rules, it is time to rethink your strategy.
When it comes to this whole CrossFit Games Open 15.1 and 15.1a debacle, I am sorry to break the news, CrossFit friends, but we’re all to blame. Granted, CrossFit HQ is holding the biggest piece of the dismembered corpse, but affiliate owners and athletes all buried a limb somewhere.

Sorry about the dead body analogy. It seems oddly apropos.
read more Read More

Source:: Breaking Muscle

When your idea of competitive advantage breaks the rules, it is time to rethink your strategy.
When it comes to this whole CrossFit Games Open 15.1 and 15.1a debacle, I am sorry to break the news, CrossFit friends, but we’re all to blame. Granted, CrossFit HQ is holding the biggest piece of the dismembered corpse, but affiliate owners and athletes all buried a limb somewhere.

Sorry about the dead body analogy. It seems oddly apropos.
read more Read More

Source:: Breaking Muscle