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Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Pulls Out of 2025 HYROX Championships Elite Doubles With Joanna Wietrzyk
Seven-time CrossFit Games champion Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr raced on Saturday, June 14, at the 2025 HYROX World Championships in the Mixed Doubles alongside James Newbury but later pulled out of her planned race in the Women’s Pro Doubles Elite 15 with partner Joanna Wietrzyk. While a specific reason wasn’t given, we were told by multiple sources…
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3 Reasons Why Upright Rows Are Bad
In an earlier article, we discussed the upright row and its potential as a favorable training exercise for athletes seeking to increase movement-specific strength (such as in Olympic weightlifting), muscle hypertrophy (in the traps and deltoids), or improve performance in fitness WODs. However, some athletes and coaches feel that this move provides greater risks to…
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The 11 Best Triceps Exercises and Workouts, Recommended by a CPT
The biceps get too much credit. Don’t get us wrong; training your biceps is a must for bigger and stronger arms. But your triceps make up two-thirds of your upper arm mass and cover the entirety of the back of your arm. That’s a chunk of prime real estate. With that in mind, here are…
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