Preparing for the 2025 Open WODs If you aim to improve your performance year-over-year in the CrossFit Open, this article is for you. We’ve seen a shift in CrossFit’s programming bias in the Open over the last two years, and understanding these changes and historically common movements will help you best prepare for the CrossFit Open. In recent CrossFit Opens, …
Are you looking to elevate your fitness game and conquer the elusive Bar Muscle-Up? Uncovering these three most underrated Bar Muscle-up cues will equip you with the knowledge and techniques needed to excel in this demanding and advanced gymnastics movement. For proven programs to help you finally crush the bar muscle-up, check out our Bar Muscle-Up track of programs! Thousands …
Tired of hurting your shoulder during the Bar Muscle Up? Frustrated that you can’t get rid of a bad habit? Chicken winging Bar Muscle-Ups are a big NO-NO for a few reasons. First, over time, this can cause damage to your shoulder since you are pulling more aggressively with one side, and causing you to land in a compromised position. …
For the fitness athletes participating in sports, such as CrossFit, understanding how important shoulder health is to your long-term performance is vital. Far too often, limitations and mobility, strength, and technique during various CrossFit movements result in excessive strain being placed on the shoulder. This is one reason why the shoulder is one of the more frequently injured areas of …
The foundation of a Kipping Ring Muscle-Up is the Strict Ring Muscle-Up, but many athletes have difficulty making that transition. The top 3 issues we see with athletes are their difficulty in transferring to a different grip, controlling the swing, and retraining the timing of the skill. Let’s attack these common mistakes and show you how to train this dynamic …
Linking Kipping Bar Muscle-Ups can be challenging even for athletes that can complete multiple single repetitions. In the following video, gymnastics expert, Pamela Gagnon shares tips to dial in your form to crank out larger sets of muscle-ups! Linking Kipping Bar Muscle-Ups Transcript Pamela Gagnon here from Performance Plus Programming, and today we’re going to tackle how to link the …
Want to build more Bar Muscle-Up Endurance but still stuck at singles when the clock is running and your breathing is taxed? Not sure where to begin? Our Bar Muscle-Up Endurance program focuses on three vital components of gymnastics movement progress; Building Strength, Building Work Capacity, and building Endurance. BUILDING STRENGTH: Let’s begin with building strength. It is one of …
Tired of doing singles or small sets of Bar Muscle-Ups in workouts and not sure how to build more endurance and technique? Then you need to check out this weeks episode of Performance Plus Programming podcast where Pamela Gagnon and Coach Johnny B detail our new Bar Muscle-Up Endurance program. Let’s goooooo! Topics Include -Why people are limited in doing many bar …
Do you know what sucks? Being able to do 1 bar muscle-up but not string together more. Do you know what else sucks? That annoying little middle kip during sets of toes to bar. Good news, we know why!!! Bad news, it’s because you aren’t strong enough. MORE GOOD NEWS we can fix it. Tune into this very brief episode …