Kevin is an International CrossFit coach, who, before starting his world CrossFit tour, worked with Jason Khalipa at NorCal CrossFit. Having spent a lot of time with several elite level CrossFit athletes, including Jason, Neal Maddox and Dan Bailey, studied Strongman with Worlds Strongest Man competitor Derek Poundstone and Powerlifting with Ed Coan (the first man to back squat 1000lbs), Kevin has a wealth of knowledge to share, being able to relate the techniques and dynamics of powerlifting into the CrossFit domain. The workshop will cover the deadlift. The deadlift is a movement coming more to the fore in CrossFit, as HQ begin to add more strongman and powerlifting type movements. Increasing maximal strength from the floor also increases the clean and snatch pulls and strengthen the hamstrings, meaning bigger back squats. In spite of its importance, it is a movement a lot of CrossFit athletes struggle with due to...
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