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Regress to Make Progress

When starting out in a new sport, whether it may be weightlifting or snowboarding, it’s easy to look at what the most elite athletes are doing and say to yourself, “I want to do that!” You may see Shaun White doing a backflip at the Sochi Winter Olympics, and immediate…

Perfecting Your Push-up

On paper, the push-up seems like a very simple exercise. Surely we've perfected it after all of those years of high school gym class, right? Truth be told, I see a lot of people who execute this exercise incorrectly and inefficiently. While it may seem self-explana…

Why Crunches are a Waste of Time

We've all been guilty of it at one point or another: pounding away hundreds of crunches in hopes of getting a "six pack." The fact of the matter is that many people care about "getting abs" for their aesthetic value rather than focusing on train…