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6 Things You Need to Know About the 2025 Wodland Fest
The third 2025 CrossFit Games In-Person Qualifying Event (IPQE) begins this week in Málaga, Spain. The Wodland Fest features deep rosters of elite individual men and women fighting for four spots at the Games (two each for the men and women). Remind me: Just last week, Copa Sur awarded invitations to four athletes for the…
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Joe Sullivan Makes NPC Bodybuilding Debut at 2025 Jay Cutler Desert Classic
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Tom Platz Still Squats Like a Beast at Nearly 70 Years Old
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Planks Suck; Ab Rollouts Are Better — 5 Exercises You Should Replace for Good
“[Planks] are an exercise lazy people made up to give themselves the illusion they’re training their abs. They’re doing nothing at all,” hypertrophy expert Dr. Mike Israetel said in a recent YouTube video. Is it a hot take? Possibly. But he didn’t stop there. Here are five exercises Dr. Israetel says to avoid, along with…
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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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