Michael Hoffmann - CrossFit

Not moving is not a solution!

No matter how uncomfortable I am or how tight my back is, you’ll always find me either on the floor going through my mobility routine or on the bike erg.

NEW YouTube video is up on my channel! 👀🫶🏻 if you want to know how I went about my most recent lower back injury, check it out.

I don’t make the rules 🤷🏻‍♂️

There’s a specific kind of frustration that’s comes from watching CrossFitters around you string 20 butterfly pull-ups while you’re fighting to hold onto 3…

It’s not a strength or “fitness” problem.

But the most common thing I see tall athletes do is try to go faster on them.

Your arc on a longer frame is just bigger.

Trying to keep up with a shorter athlete who already started their next rep while you’re still on your way up will quickly lead to one thing:

You losing your rhythm!

So, what’s the solution? Rushing it is not an option, but waiting too long will stop you in your tracks as well.

What actually helps is a slightly wider grip than your standard pull-up, leading with the sternum and not your chin.

And the one thing that finally helped me figure out butterfly pull-ups:

Look up!

It’ll change your contact point with the bar completely and gives you room to touch the bar from below instead of slamming into it.

It’s a small adjustment that can change everything for you.

The rest is reps with the right timing, not with the wrong one.

I’m building a more personalized coaching offer for tall CrossFit athletes who are stuck on gymnastics movements. What movement frustrates you the most right now, and what have you already tried? 👇🏻

From hunchback to snatching in 60 days 😂

It’s only been 2 months since my most recent lower back injury but this time, the break I had to take from regular training felt extra long.

Now, I could’ve done what a lot of tall athletes do when they get hurt:

Wait and hope that the pain will go away sooner or later.

I took a different approach, and I documented every single day of it.

From the day I hurt myself to the first day of barbell work again, I kept a journal to share with someone who might benefit from it as well.

I put all of it in a free PDF… but before I feel you how to get it I want to say one thing:

This is only my personal experience, working around a certain condition I’m dealing with. This is not a protocol or something you “should” do. It’s simply a resource that might help someone out there who’s dealing with lower back pain as well.

Now, what’s in it for you?

- a day-by-day breakdown of the first week after injury
- how my programming progressed from Bike Erg to barbell
- my 25-minute mobility routine I did every to follow along

Just send me a DM that you’re interested and I’ll send you the link for the free PDF - no automated messages, I promise!

The longest day of the year hits different when you train, coach and run a business.

More daylight means - at least for me - more hours to fill.

Coaching, work, training, yard work, making dinner, doing dishes. You look at the clock and it’s 11pm and it’s still bright outside.

And then you lie in bed and your body’s running too hot to switch off.

And that’s the part nobody talks about with summer. The days get longer but your recovery window doesn’t.

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