Kelley using training plates to warm-up for the barbell snatch. She works on this lift nearly every week in order to improve her technique and set new PRs.

Hey, along with that resolution to get a superstar pull-up and run multiple miles and break your rowing record and deadlift a small automobile, maybe you could add something else to the list. Like Kelley, pick something challenging and begin tracking your weekly progress. We suggest you find the thing that scares you the most and work on it at least once a week this year, be it jump squats or the rope wave or split cleans or dead hang pull-ups or what-have-you. It is possible that whatever you hate the most will not only become less terrifying through repetition, but also take you to new fitness heights. Who knows, you may even grow to love it. Unless it’s the rope wave. That’s just sick no matter how often you do it.

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