Want to up your pull-up game with one simple fix? Wrap your thumb around the bar. That’s right, wrapping your thumb helps to create a stable shoulder position to pull from, it’s a stronger grip and it has loads more transferability. Of course it’s going to feel “weird” in the beginning, so did the overhead squat, front squat, kip, false-grip, hook-grip… Hanging from the bar with the thumb wrapped keeps the shoulders slightly externally rotated and more engaged, thus a stronger pulling platform. This effect is enhanced the further we can get the grip around the bar, similar to a false-grip. Carl Paoli describes it as getting your pinky knuckle on top of the bar. This gives a better movement pattern allowing more lat engagement. You can see this when the athletes body leans back slightly at the beginning of the pull. Without the thumb wrapped this position requires much...Read more

Details on next week's schedule modifications as the staff heads to Ali Minton's wedding.Read more

EC dishes on the next Strongman Foundations slot and OpenSesh details.Read more

When I first began CrossFit I fell in love with the fun of it, but I’m human and so it didn’t take long for me to get caught up in the aesthetics and then the competitive side of things as I progressed. In general, it’s safe to say that few people exercise with the main goal of having fun, but what if we did? What if instead of using exercise as something we do because we feel guilty for what we ate the night before, we instead used it as an expression of what our bodies are capable of? Yes, of course we want the increase in work capacity, the increase in health, the better looking body, the fist bumps, but don’t do it for those reasons alone; they’re short-lived. Instead, come in and move your body because you can, because you have a capable body filled to the brim with...Read more

We are pleased and excited to partner with OptimizeMe Nutrition, led by EC Synkowski.Read more