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Diesel Crew does some great chain training here. Chains provide an unstable environment for lifting as well as changing the resistance by putting more load on your muscles when they’re in their strongest part of the movement. Jim Smith is the author of Combat Core Conditioning, the most advanced torso strength training manual [...]

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Dan John, the Strength Coach and head track and field coach at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper, Utah originally said that the body is one piece and that there is no core. Mark Twight at GymJones took that to heart and filmed a bunch of “center oriented exercises” where movement [...]

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Strong Women: Doing Pullups

by Rob on February 22, 2008

We’ve seen strong women doing pushups, we’ve seen strong women climbing rope at Bondi beach and we’ve seen a strong mother and daughter workout routine. Earlier in the day we saw a strong young woman doing beach pullups and now it’s my pleasure to bring you two strong women doing pullups at their crossfit [...]

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Strong Women: Doing Pullups

by Rob on February 22, 2008

This is the first in a series of day long videos featuring strong women. This first one shows a young woman doing pull ups at an outdoor exercise location. I’m pretty sure it’s in Australia, but don’t quote me on that. Guys? how many pull ups can you do?

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Last week it was the Acrobatics Championships, this week it’s a display of balance, flexibility and talent brought to you by the beautiful Lilia Stepanova.
Lilia grew up with acrobatic parents and began training at an early age, encouraged by her mother. This performance is from the first round of “America’s Got Talent”. Lilia [...]

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An incredible display of strength, balance and skill by these acrobats. During any Circque du Soleil performance, it’s the strength and balance acts that I love the most.
This video shows the 5 different disciplines of sports acrobatics. These videos were recorded 2006 at the world championships of sports acrobatics in Coimbra / Portugal.

Have a [...]

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The Foot, we walk on them, jump with them, put them in fashionable shoes, kick things with them (ouch), pound on them (running), soak them, paint them but how do we make them stronger. I’ve put a lot of thought into how they work and how to make the foot stronger. I believe the feet [...]

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What Is Your Symbol Of Strength?

by Kandace on October 31, 2007

Most of us have many symbols of strength and sometimes it’s just one thing. You know, that one thing that when you see it, hear it, or feel it, it just makes you feel like you can do anything.
For me, it’s a lot of different things. The song “Rockstar” for instance, [...]

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Kandace is writing a good lot about the strength of ancient women here on the blog beginning with Spartan Women and now writing about the African Queen Candace. Here is a really cool video showing a very strong British woman.

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When I made the decision to take up Russian Kettlebell training, I only had a vague idea of where to start so I thought I’d put this podcast together so that you’d be able to follow along with me in my journey. I’ve known about Russian Kettlebells for a few years now but did [...]

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Farewell to the Spartan Women. I must tell you that when these articles started I had no idea exactly of where I was headed with it. Only that I wanted others to know of their lives as well and the men. The Spartan women that has been with me has remained reserved [...]

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This message is a channeled message from the Spartan women I see when I am writing my articles. I assure you I have not written this on my own. She is a very powerful women and has many women with her. They are all about to give you there life stories [...]

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Just focus…

by Jessie on September 5, 2007

For the past few days I’ve been obsessed with the feeling of scolding hot water over my back. I need the shower head to become emotional as she bursts over my shoulders.
It’s when steam fucks the mirrors against the tiled walls like a breath exhaled by an unknown lover, that I can angrily scratch those [...]

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Empowerment and Vision

by Kandace on September 5, 2007

Empowerment! How much power are you letting out, really? Are you holding back because of outside sources? Many of us tend to feel un-empowered and helpless, trust me it happens to everyone. It happens to Trump, The President, Oprah, and everyone around you. But, have you noticed how they switch [...]

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We all look forward to the day that we are presented with a marriage proposal by our true love. By the one man that will honor us, cherish us, and love us till death do us part. We have visions of flowers, what our brides maids will wear, the color theme we want, [...]

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