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Make it Yours

The great thing about the sports of weightlifting and CrossFit is that they mean different things to different people.  For some, a workout is a battle full of rage and fury signifying everything; the...

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Balls and Heels

Too often I’m seeing athletes get a little too eager to slide to their power position and finish their second pull in either their cleans or snatches, though I notice it more on the cleans.  Most of...

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At least it’s a dry heat

Ewwwrrrggghhhh.  Sommer kommt!  It was warm and muggy out today, but the school’s cafeteria was like an icebox.  Enjoy it while it lasts, because once the gym opens…it will be as hot as Hephaestus’s...

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Extend the Pull

Today was an immense day of progress.  We worked a lot on extending that first pull during the snatch.  Some simple cues which were employed were “knees back longer”, “patient pull”.  Those seemed to...

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Hi-Hang Hatred

It’s a pesky one…that ole high hang clean.  Lifts from the high hang are pretty tricky as any laziness found in a poor second pull reveals itself.  We need to drive our heels through the floor and...

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Pump up the Volume.

Nothing fancy today.  Just some good old fashion volume lifting.  We worked on hitting some doubles and triples today on the snatch. – Today’s Muscle of the Day is the Psoas Major. The psoas major...

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The Steel Destroys?

*SIGN UP FOR THE PA STATE WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE!!!* Turn injuries into learning experiences.   Over the past seven months, I have been on an incredible journey of self-discovery. I hurt my...

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What Really Matters

In the end, the greatest opponent is yourself. We have all been there.  The exhilarating highs after crushing a new clean and jerk PR, getting your first muscle up, or decimating your old Fran time....

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Home stretch

PA State Weightlifting Championships are July 13 in York, PA.  Sign up if you haven’t and email letting me know that you are going! – Savor every training day this week as this is the last time we will...

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Gettin’ to the mountaintop ain’t easy.

While I cannot say this with certainty, I presume that we all want the next big thing.  A fat clean and jerk PR, the job that will make you more money, or that dream vacation in Paris/Rome/London....

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The Last Class

Another chapter in The Movement Program has come to a close.  We leave the confines of the GAMP cafeteria forever in preparation for our permanent home at Steelworks CrossFit!  The gym is in the works...

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I am awake

Legs wobbly.  Breathing hard.  Heart pounding.  I haven’t done a conditioning workout in a while.  The months focusing on rehab and getting back into weightlifting have stole me away from those gut...

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This is the end

Friends, The Movement Program is officially closed and so without much fanfare so will this blog.  You can follow the next evolution of The Movement Program at steelworkscrossfit.wordpress.com! Terpak

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