Well it’s summertime again and just like in previous years, parents are racing around town trying to get from one child’s practice to the next. This is a great thing, although maybe not for a parent’s sanity. As we enter this summer my warning to
Read more →I can’t believe it has taken me this long to write a blog on this topic: the mentality of many CrossFit athletes. I am not attacking the sport aspect of CrossFit, this is my sport after all. Too often, however, we see athletes that will sacrifice everything
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“Don’t train to be the best athlete on the best day possible. Train to be the best athlete on the worst day possible.” – Louie Simmons. This quote always sticks in my mind. Training against adversity is the core of the CrossFit program. At some point
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It’s doesn’t matter what fitness program you decide to try, when someone walks into your facility the first thing most people want are 6-pack abs. Most, if not all, people want the “beach body” and nothing says “beach body” like sculpted abs. Walk through a shopping mall
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When we talk about human movement there are three main motions that we must focus on. They are concentric, eccentric, and isometric. Concentric is the motion of the distal ends of the muscles moving closer to one another. Eccentric is the distal ends moving away from one
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One of the key components of CrossFit and the CrossFit methodology is the class environment. If there is one thing that I see that in any “elite” gym weather it be CrossFit, powerlifting, weightlifting or any sport for that matter, it’s not the equipment they have or
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What if I were to tell you that most of us can hit a new personal record any day of the week following any properly formatted program? Obviously there are good programs and bad programs out there but any good program will help any
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Ever since the we opened people have asked me why we call ourselves “The Lab”. To answer that goes back to my garage gym on Amadeus Drive. My garage was called the Lab because that is where I began to experiment with different ideas inside
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This is a follow-up to articles I have written earlier. The more competitive you get and the stronger you get the more it is necessary to work on accessory movements. In my opinion, beginner athletes do not need to work on accessory movements as much as advanced
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One of the best books I have ever read, when it comes to strength training, has been “Supertraining” from Mel Siff. One of the quotes attributed to Dr. Siff that really stuck out to me is, “You don’t train minimally, you don’t train maximally, you train
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