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California Strength Weightlifting Seminar Review

April 29, 2012

Including April’s full-day seminar at Practice CrossFit, I’ve attended 3 seminars and 2 certifications for Olympic Weightlifting. Each had their own purpose, but California Strength’s was one of the best. Training Agenda Warm-up Dave Spitz, owner of California Strength, took the group of 20 through a dynamic warmup consisting of some walking knee pulls, quad stretches [...]

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Hustle Barbell Club: Northern Kentucky’s Olympic Lifting Facility

March 29, 2012

We’re very proud to announce our newest status as an official club of USA Weightlifting! The snatch and clean & jerk have been a staple of our training since our opening, but this status provides us with the ability to host meets and provide Northern Kentucky with the expertise needed for safe and effective weightlifting. Rich [...]

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“Commit”

March 8, 2012

  Tuesday, the Hustle Barbell Club had Build to a Heavy Jerk on the agenda. I love jerks. Absolutely love them. Love to watch them, do them, practice them. I could jerk all day. One thing popped into my head before going for a heavy single — commit. It’s scary as hell. You’ve got a [...]

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Northern Kentucky’s Barbell Club

February 17, 2012

Hustle Barbell Club This is what gets us fired up.

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Saturday Hero WOD

February 10, 2012

CrossFit WOD Warm-up Coach’s coice Mobility Global Extension Lunge stretch Work “Hansen” This is a Hero WOD. Go hard. 5 Rounds: 2 pood Kettlebell swing, 30 reps 30 Burpees 30 Glute-ham sit-ups   Hustle Barbell Club Find your lifts here. Mobilize beforehand and get ready mentally. Endurance Group Meet at Tri-State Running Company for your [...]

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Clean & Jerks, Overhead Squats and Double Unders

February 10, 2012

  CrossFit WOD Warm-up 2 Rounds: Row or Run 30 Sit-ups 30 Air squats Mobility Mobility of choice Skill/Strength Go for a 1RM clean & jerk 4×1 Overhead squat @ your 1RM snatch weight Conditioning Tabata double unders   Barbell Club Rest day. Prepare for tomorrow’s big lifts!

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Gymnastic Work / Endurance / Barbell / GORUCK

February 9, 2012

News & Events Here’s the run-down, folks: 2/9 @ 7:30 p.m. – GORUCK Training. Bring Gloves and a hat. 2/11 @ 10 a.m. – Free Community Workout 2/12 @ 12 p.m. – Free Endurance Workout at Tri-State Running Company 2/26 @ 12 p.m. – Rowing Clinic with UC’s Head Rowing Coach 3/3 @ 11 a.m. [...]

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Jerks, Deadlifts & Running

February 8, 2012

News & Info Check out the many upcoming events like Tough Mudder and GORUCK in a new write-up. We have intro classes every Monday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday at 6 a.m. You can sign up online here. Our Free Community Workout is this Saturday at 10 a.m. If you’re a [...]

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USAW Olympic Lifting Documents & Links

February 7, 2012

For those interested in improving their Olympic lifts, here are some links to help you better understand the movements: 50 page PDF given to all USAW Level 1 Sports Performance Certification attendees: Level_1_Sports_Performance_p45_revised PDF from Coach Chris Cleary of Cincinnati Weightlifting: oly clinic packet Great blog from Jon North: Attitude Nation Where we get our training: Catalyst [...]

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Wall Climbs, Kettlebell Swings & Push-ups

February 7, 2012

  News & Events Check out all our events coming up via yesterday’s post. Join us on Thursday evening at 7:30 for some GORUCK Training. (Spartan Race, Mudathalon & Tough Mudder participants also welcome. No charge.) … Bring gloves. CrossFit WOD Warm-up Pick a skill and spend 10-15 minutes working on it. Mobility Banded hamstring [...]

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