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How to Survive (and Even Embrace) Rest Days
Ah, rest days… we know we need them (or so we’ve been told), yet for some reason they are so difficult. If you’re anything like me, you probably operate under the notion that
December 14, 2017
Lindsay, otherwise known as LindSlaaay, is a calisthenic athlete, self-taught hand balancer, and overall fitness enthusiast. Originally from South Florida, Lindsay now resides in Los Angeles, California. From a young age, Lindsay has had a passion for movement, spending the majority of her youth as a dancer. As a student at UCLA, Lindsay took up interest in yoga, acrobatics, and calisthenics, combining her love of art and movement with her love of strength and fitness. While living abroad in Sydney, Australia, Lindsay further developed her passion for movement and began gaining attention on social media due to her unique combination of strength, balance, and creativity. Today, she can often be found standing on her hands or playing on the bars at Original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica.
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Working Out vs. Training vs. Movement: What’s the Difference?
“How often do you work out?” is easily one of the most common questions I get from people, both on the internet and in person. My response to this question is, “I never
October 1, 2017
Fitness
Olympic Weightlifting or Calisthenics? Why You Should Do BOTH!
Olympic weightlifting and calisthenics: at a glance, they may seem like disciplines on complete opposite sides of the strength training spectrum. One involves lifting an external object through space, and the other involves
September 8, 2017
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Getting Started in Calisthenics: Advice for Beginners
If you’ve never done calisthenics before, watching people rep out muscle ups, press up to handstands, or hold back levers might have you thinking, “how does one even begin to do that?!” Well,
July 13, 2017
Fitness
5 Effective Tips for Stronger Handstands
Handstands: for some, they feel more natural than standing on feet, and for others, they may seem foreign or even downright impossible. As a bodyweight athlete and avid handbalancer, one of my most
July 9, 2017
Fitness
5 Lessons I Learned About Training from Not Being Able to Train
As an athlete who eats, sleeps, and breathes training, nothing feels worse than not being able to do what I love doing. Training is such an instrumental part of my life that even
June 10, 2017
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5 Reasons Why Everyone Should Train With Gymnastic Rings
In the wide world of fitness, where there’s a different contraption for isolating almost every individual muscle in the body, the idea of two rings hanging in the air, each suspended by a
June 9, 2017
Fitness
12 Telltale Signs You’re a Calisthenics Athlete
In the wide world of fitness, calisthenics is a relatively small niche. However, bodyweight athletes all face similar experiences in their everyday lives. If you regularly practice calisthenics (and if you don’t, here’s
March 28, 2017
Fitness
The 10 Best Pull-Up Variations for Superhuman Strength
If there’s one upper body exercise every strength athlete should include in their training program, it’s pull-ups. I like to think of pull-ups as squats for the upper body; no other exercise gives
March 13, 2017
Fitness
Bodyweight Versus Barbell Movements: Is One Really “Better”?
Before we can talk about building strength, let me start by asking you a question: how do you define “strength”? In the world of athletics, the concept of “strength” is rather ambiguous. Take
February 28, 2017
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