It’s been an amazing week for Team DCL Weightlifting. I had the privilege of taking Danielle and Makinley to the USAW 2016 National Youth Championships and our girls performed phenomenally over these past few days. Over the weekend I had made several observations of the future of
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This article is intended to address where we have come as a sport in CrossFit. The concept of CrossFit was ingenious. We are told to focus on functional movement patterns and movements to increase our general physical preparedness, or GPP. The idea is great and the methodology
Read more →If the Pull is off, the lift will be as well. The 1st Pull in the Snatch and Clean makes the difference between a successful and missed lift. Trenz Pruca – March 17, 2016 The importance of the 1st pull A lot of powerlifting coaches will
Read more →Breathe People…Breathe!! Proper Breathing Mechanics for Weightlifting and Metabolic Conditioning Dcl Blog #3 – February 17, 2016You have to breathe!!! From the day we are born, we have involuntary muscle movements. Our body is born knowing how to do certain things. It knows how to pump blood
Read more →Importance of box jumps in explosive training. Matt Biolsi DCL Blog #2 It’s time to clear up some misconceptions of explosive training. Lately, I’ve been working with a couple of rugby athletes and they were asking me to help improve their “explosive power”. Even though I
Read more →Technical issues or something else? I’ll confess, as I write this blog I am sitting here watching the AFC Championship Game and not watching the East Coast Championships, which are live streaming. I love sitting down watching two future hall of famers, Peyton Manning and
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