The Ultimate Guide To Ring Dips And Ring Dip Variations - Swolverine

The Ultimate Guide To Ring Dips And Ring Dip Variations

If you find ring dips to be hard, you’re not alone. After all, they’re a difficult move to master, requiring patience, practice, and good form to create muscle memory and strength. While ring dips are one of the most fundamental gymnastics movements, they’re often one of the most overlooked and incorrectly practiced movements. In this ultimate guide to ring dips and ring dip variations, we’re going to help you learn the basics to become a master in no time.
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The Fallout and Ugly Underbelly of The CrossFit Games 2020 Season

The Fallout and Ugly Underbelly of The CrossFit Games 2020 Season

On Saturday, May 9th, the CF Games team dropped a little bomb on the community with their announcement regarding individual athletes and their Games debut in late 2020. A new protocol has been implemented and hard-earned invitations have been rescinded, punching the air out of some of the biggest lungs in the game itself. Here’s our thoughts on why we think the games should be postponed or cancelled altogether. 
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best at home chest workout

Home Chest Workout: 5 Key Chest Exercises Without Weights

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need a loaded barbell and a bench to develop a strong, muscular chest. With a few key chest workouts, consistency, and volume, you can pump up your chest without leaving the comfort of your own home. Check out these at home chest workouts you can do without a single dumbbell, entirely with your own bodyweight.

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The 15-Minute Quick Core Workout You Can Do At-Home - Swolverine

The 15-Minute Quick Core Workout You Can Do At Home

A quick core workout should be straightforward and to the point. You don’t need to do hours of abdominal work to get sick pack abs or a stronger mid-section and you certainly don’t need any fancy equipment or hundreds of crunches to get you there, either. All you need is about 15 minutes, some jams to get you pumped up, maybe a little padding, and a can-do attitude. The key to this 15-minute quick core workout that you can do at home? Intensity!
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5 Benchmark Bodyweight WODs - Meet 'The Girls' Of CrossFit® - Swolverine

5 Benchmark Bodyweight WODs - Meet 'The Girls' Of CrossFit®

Benchmark bodyweight WODs are a great way to test your endurance and strength capacity with limited or no equipment. You can do these workouts virtually anywhere and anytime throughout your athletic journey. Whether you're just looking to get a good sweat in on a Wednesday or you're doing the WOD to see just how far you've come with your training, these 5 benchmark bodyweight WODs are sure to give you a run for your money! Let's meet 'the girls' of Crossfit®, shall we!?
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4 Accessory Movements to Strengthen Your Standing Push Press - Swolverine

4 Accessory Movements to Strengthen Your Standing Push Press

I'm not sure about you but when the programming for the day reads “CrossFit Total,” I’m not necessarily jumping for joy at the fact that I get to struggle through the push press portion of the workout, yet again. Although I have been in CrossFit for a number of years, I have always felt that push press was one of my weakest and most awkward movements.  
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4 Accessory Movements To Build A Bigger Barbell Back Squat - Swolverine

4 Accessory Movements To Build A Bigger Barbell Back Squat

The back squat is a functional compound movement that can often take a surprising amount of training to properly execute. Back squats demand a strong posterior chain, hamstrings, quads, and a relative amount of midline stability as well as ankle mobility. Oh and let's not forget impeccable form. 

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10 Ways to Make Running Suck Less - Swolverine

10 Tips On How To Enjoy Running Even If You Hate It

There are two types of people in this world: runners and non-runners. Okay, not really that narrow. But sort of. Either way, you might be out there wondering how to enjoy running, and take it from me, you're not alone thinking this. I too, am not a big running fan. I get bored, my thoughts wander, I get sluggish until I thought to myself one day, "there has GOT to be a way I can actually enjoy running". So take it from me - below are the following lessons I've learned (the hard way) on how to make running easier and even more fun!
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8 Basic Kettlebell Movements Every Athlete Should Master

8 Basic Kettlebell Movements Every Athlete Should Master

There’s no one movement or group of movements that are better than others, however, kettlebells can be used for just about anything which is what makes them so unique. You can build strength, size, agility, and even shred unwanted body fat. We’re going to help you do just that in this quick guide to the 8 Basic Kettlebell Movements Every Athlete Should Master
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4 Effective Postpartum Core Stability And Strengthening Exercises - Swolverine

4 Effective Postpartum Core Stability And Strengthening Exercises

At my 6-week postpartum check, I got the O.K. to start exercising moderately again. I had a lot of questions that I knew they would not be able to answer: Where do I even start? How do I strengthen my core? How much is too much? Will I even know what my body needs anymore? Can I run? Bike? Jump? How in the world can I get an effective workout if I pee my pants every time I sit up in bed?
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What Is Diastasis Recti?

Diastasis Recti: What It Is And How To Fix It

Diastasis recti is a common condition that is rarely talked about. Because of the whirlwind experience that we call the postpartum period, many women do not even realize that they have diastasis recti. If you still look like you're 6 months pregnant or your stomach bulges or cones when you cough, sneeze or brace your core, you may have diastasis recti.
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