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A Quick Reference Mobility Guide In January of 2006, my colleague Mike Robertson and I introduced a DVD known as to address what we felt was a ...	Eric Cressey	2008-02-12
A Simple Pushup Routine for a Deeper Understanding of the Hardstyle Method What is a Hardstyle Shoulder? One of the marks of the RKC Hardstyle System of Strength is a strong shoulder. Since the shoulder muscle is only ...	Sean Schniederjan, RKC	2009-09-28
Abdominal Exercises for Total Body Mastery When I was in elementary school my parents purchased an abdominal wheel. This was advertised as a superb tool to develop upper body ...	Brad Johnson	2004-10-20
Achieving the One Arm Pullup I finally did a one-arm pullup on the evening of July 11, 2002. I haven’t been able to repeat the feat yet, and I ...	Ari Mendelson	2002-08-30
Achieving Your Training Goals Bill Starr, Strength coach at John Hopkins University, once said I dont care how my athletes train for strength, whether its lifting weights or rocks, ...	Mark Baldwin	2002-05-31
Bodyweight Drills for Muscular Development You don’t have to beat yourself up about not going to a gym or not wanting to lift weights. Some people ...	Carlton Shedrick	2006-10-16
Breathe Some Power Into Your Get-Ups As the saying goes by Pavel in , He who does not master the breath masters nothing. Skilled breathing is essential to ...	Eric Stiegman, ATC, CSCS, RKC	2008-03-07
Building an Olympic Body through Bodyweight Conditioning We have all seen them on television during the Olympics; these powerful men performing amazing skills with ease and grace. Watching them perform the ...	Christopher Sommer	2004-10-20
Developing the Hanging Leg Lift Hanging leg raises are an essential component in my athletes’ training program. However, executed correctly, this exercise will be beyond the reach of most ...	Christopher Sommer	2005-07-18
Developing Your Pull-up Ability, Part 1 As some people know, I have always done pull-ups, I have always enjoyed them, and I dont see enough people doing pull-ups in the gym. ...	Simon Forsyth	2008-09-18
Effective Pullup Training I have a few different methods of training for pullups: 1. If I am training for a Physical Fitness Test, the goal is to accomplish the ...	US military special operator, RKC, name withheld	2009-09-11
Get A Grip Ask a local gym rat, athlete or body builder how strong they are and you usually get a response about how much they can bench ...	Jerry Babbage, CSCS, PES	2009-06-24
Get a Grip When You Hit the Road No, this is not an article on how to control road rage although it might be a good idea to pull off the road and ...	Brad Johnson	2004-10-21
Gymnastics Tension Exercises One of the most important elements in gymnastics conditioning is body tension or body tightness. Gymnasts can control the action of their body more easily ...	Brad Johnson	2002-06-03
Gymnastics, Posture and Injury It’s one thing to be able to get into the body position your sport requires in order to compete well. It’s another thing entirely to ...	Mark Reifkind, RKC	2006-03-27
Hanging Leg Raises: Get a Leg up on Strength Firstly let me start out by saying I love Janda sit-ups but there is a problem that I face with these. I cannot do them ...	Simon Forsyth, RKC	2003-06-19
How To Do A Handstand Being able to hold a handstand displays the control that you have over your body. Holding a handstand with ease is sure to amaze and ...	Logan Christopher, RKC	2008-04-16
How to Excel at One-Arm Bodyweight Exercises Have you ever tried a one-arm handstand time hold? A one-arm chin? A one-arm dead hang? Or, if you are awesome strong, a one-arm handstand ...	Alexander Lechner	2004-10-20
How to Get Stronger with Feed Forward Tension In Pavel’s book there’s a section on a technique called Feed Forward Tension. I believe that this technique is one ...	Justin Qualler, RKC	2006-09-01
How to Max the USMC Pullup Test Scoring a perfect score on the United States Marine Corps Personal Fitness Test (PFT) is not an easy task. For the males, the PFT ...	Greg Donahue	2003-12-10
Learning the Pistol from the Ground Up The pistol is undoubtedly one of the best litmus tests for orthopedic health and functional performance. The ability to stand on one leg, seamlessly lower ...	Franz Snideman RKC TL, CK-FMS	2009-08-07
One Arm Pullups: Time to Get Flash? We owe Comrade Ari a round of applause for his article on OAPs, though I prefer to avoid those initials because in Britain, where my ...	John Dean	2002-12-12
Pistols For a Bad Back In the early days of my recovery from a back injury, I could put my back out tying my shoes (I see some of you ...	Steve Freides, RKC	2008-01-16
Pistols for Big Guys One-legged squats, or pistols, are an impressive sight. They quickly separate those with true functional strength from those whose muscles are all show and no ...	David Whitley, RKC	2004-03-18
Planche Training: Strengthening the Mind/Body Connection Have you been training the planche progression but are not getting anywhere fast? Wouldnt it be nice to go from tuck planche to straddle planche ...	Phil Jelinowski, CSCS	2009-02-03
Progressions to the Standing Evil Wheel The standing evil wheel is an exercise that displays extreme abdominal strength and body control. In this article, I will introduce two methods of ...	Brad Johnson	2004-10-20
Pullup Training for Women It always seemed strange to me that women weren’t interested in upper body strength. Sure, great legs are a must, girls, but who wouldn’t ...	Samantha Mendelson	2004-01-12
Pullups: A Matter of Function Take a look around the majority of gyms in America , and what will you see? Guys bench pressing. Guys incline pressing. Guys working their ...	John Allstadt	2005-05-13
Pullups: The Missing Link! Well Comrades its been nearly 17 years since I have been performing Pull-ups and what an experience it has been. They have increased my functional ...	Sam Dovey	2002-06-03
Road Warrior Training I know its 5 AM, the monotone recorded voice on the other end of the phone notified me, This is your 5 AM ...	Mark Toomey, RKC TL	2009-02-02
Secrets of Climbers Are you feeling empty, exploited, and bored after several months of two-fisted iron training? You want to have well defined muscle groups and great muscle ...	Jurgen Reis, Austrian Pro-Worldcup Sportsclimber	2009-08-11
The "Brettzel" Story The inaugural was held in St. Paul, Minnesota, in August 2008. The event exceeded all expectations, including my own, and ...	Gray Cook MSPT, OCS, CSCS, RKC	2009-09-11
The Importance of Primitive Movement Patterns The foundation of how we all work towards improved strength and power begins with efficient movements. In order to fully appreciate these fundamentals we first ...	Gray Cook, MSPT, OCS, CSCS and Lee Burton, PhD, AT	2008-11-12
The Key to Faster Running Revisited Several years ago, my colleague Ken Jakalski and I decided that Dutch trainer Henk Kraayenhofs mantra: Do as little as needed, not as much as ...	Barry Ross	2009-11-10
The Logical Conclusion Pavel and the RKC phenomenon have had innumerable, powerful influences on the modern elite training community. By providing simple, effective answers to many of the ...	Dr. Eric Cobb	2007-02-09
The Naked Warrior Assessment Musculoskeletal assessment is a fundamental prerequisite to conditioning and training. I often lecture on the benefits of assessment since we know very little about the ...	Gray Cook, MSPT, OCS, CSCS, RKC	2007-07-11
The One-Arm Chinning Guide Introduction To One-arm Chinning Guide Training Alternate Comedowns For The One-arm Chin Pulley Assisted One-Arm Chin Finger Assisted System Uneven Pull-ups/ Chin-ups The ...	Jack Arnow and Alexander Lechner	2004-02-13
The Rafter Pull-Up When I talked about sports and fitness with my grandfather, he told me how much softer my generation was. He said that he could ...	Brad A. Johnson	2004-10-20
The Russian System of Physical Training Greetings, brothers in arms!, as we say in Russia. I would like to tell you about my military experience and the method of training of ...	Andrey Patenko, RKC	2007-12-05
The Side Road to the One-Arm Pullup After years of dreaming - my eighth grade gym teacher said he’d pay 100 bucks to anyone who could do a one-arm pullup - and ...	Justin Qualler, RKC	2004-12-14
Tired of the Same Old Pull-Ups? -Try These! I do not need to convince the DragonDoor.com crowd about the value of performing pull-ups. Pavel and John Allstadt have already done a masterful job ...	Brad Johnson	2004-06-02

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