🏋️ 6 core exercises for a stronger squat and deadlift

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Robert Zeglinski
April 28, 2023

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Here’s what we’re serving up today:

  • Six of the best core exercises for a stronger squat and deadlift.

  • The 10 best carbs for building muscle and fueling workouts.

  • The first woman to ever finish the HYROX in less than an hour.

Training Tips

Build Your Core

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The squat and deadlift are likely key parts of your workouts. But we get it: You probably want to lift even more. So if you want to keep loading up the weights, one of the best ways to do that is by strengthening your core.

Have no fear — our latest guide is here. From back extensions to dead bug pullovers (trust us, they’re not as weird as they sound), we’ve got six core exercises to improve your squat and deadlift.

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Nutrition

Carbs for Days

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In the (paraphrased) wise words of Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings, “po-ta-toes are delicious, but they’re not one of the best ways to build muscle.” He totally said this. It was in the movie. We swear.

If you’re like us, avoiding those delicious carbs is hard. They’re a regular fixture in our lives, from cereal to fries to … (starts drooling). Wait, where were we?

Oh, right, carbs can actually be beneficial to your training, but not all of them. So if you don’t want to eliminate these oh-so-delicious nutrients, we’ve broken down the 10 best carbs to build muscle. Trust us: these yummy alternatives will still fill your craving.

Cross-Training

Jacoby’s Record Race

Image: Courtesy of HYROX

Megan Jacoby entered the 2023 HYROX Anaheim as one of the best cross-training fitness racers in the world. But her best-ever time was still over an hour, and she didn’t have the world record. Well, that didn’t last long.

Jacoby left Southern California last weekend with a world record HYROX time of 58:58, making her the first woman ever to score a time below an hour. Not only that, but she beat her next-closest competitor by over five minutes. There’s setting a new standard, then there’s lapping the entire field.

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