Michael Hoffmann - CrossFit

Michael Hoffmann - CrossFit 6’8” CrossFit Athlete 🇩🇪🇨🇦 Redefining what’s possible for tall athletes 🦒
Break Limits, Challenge the Norm.

09/21/2026

Being a content creator online comes with a collection of different hats you’re gonna wear 😂

One of them is figuring out new tech equipment while working on your latest project…

The Tall Athlete Lab is now a little over 2 months old and every day I keep learning and trying to improve it.

This week we wrap up the first focused training cycle and I already have a bunch of new ideas how to make it better in the next cycle.

But one thing that I heard from a few members now is…

Tall athletes struggle with different things. One might want to get better at squat sn**ches, the other wants to learn how to do a muscle up.

So, only having a focused training cycle every 6 weeks might not be a good fit for them.

What you wanted was an à la carte menu of supplemental drills, exercises, accessories and other stuff that you can pick and do on your own time, outside of class.

Specific for each skill.

So, over the next few weeks and months, I’m building out a movement library inside the Tall Athlete Lab.

You want to learn how to do a muscle up but don’t want to follow a strict, time consuming program?

Go to the classroom, select the muscle up section, and pick from a selection of drills, including video demos and explanations why and how to do them.

It’s a work in progress, but I think it will elevate the Tall Athlete Lab to a whole new level.

If you want to check it out right now (and get one of the last 3 spots at the current price), just comment LAB and I’ll send you the link.

09/17/2026

If you have long legs… chances are pretty good that squat sn**ches are one of those frustrating movements you just can’t get down!

It’s either one of those two:

You want to get fast under the bar but the you rush the lift, don’t extend your hips, and your coaches yell at you for not being patient enough.

Or you focus on hip extension, power the bar up over your head and ride it down slowly but surely.

Believe me, I’ve been there, and so has every single one of my tall athletes.

Yes, dropping under the bar with long legs isn’t the easiest task. But there are drills to work on it.

I love the sn**ch balance or the drop sn**ch (I learned the other day that apparently for weightlifters those are the same movement 😂).

The problem is… most of y’all are doing these drills wrong 😬

When I see videos of sn**ch balances from tall CrossFitters, it looks mostly like a push jerk/press into an overhead squat…

Speed under the bar? Nope 👎🏻

Here’s a fix for that (and I learned that from Michaela Breeze - Weightlifting Technical Coach):

➡️ open your palms or let go of the barbell in the back rack completely!

That will remove your urge to press the bar up and direct all your focus to dropping under and punching up.

In the last clip you see the difference in bar path between the two. One elevates the bar a solid foot before going down. The other never gets above the starting line.

If you are a tall CrossFitter and want to fix your Squat Sn**ch, comment “LAB” and I’ll send you an invite to the Tall Athlete Lab community.

Address

114 Chain Lake Dr
Halifax, NS
B3S1B1

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Michael Hoffmann - CrossFit posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category