This is an article I have been wanting to write for a long time. Over my years of doing CrossFit I have tried various strength and metabolic conditioning programs. Some have greatly influenced how I do my own programming. Many of the authors of these
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This is going to be a little different as it pertains to a particular workout that DCL performed on September 18, 2018. This was a great workout and an experiment for me as a programmer/coach. As previously stated in my other post on the three
Read more →BLUF: Stay hydrated for maximum wellness and performance in The Lab and Life! Many of us are fully-acquainted with the concept of “drinking enough water.” We won’t dive-in (pun intended) to the discussion of how much is enough/not enough/too much. Rather, let’s discuss what’s happening to us
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Well, here it goes- probably the biggest reason (definitely not the only one) why people hate me in the gym. I refuse to let people lay down after a workout. One of my 10 rules of the gym is when you are done working out, stand up
Read more →“Don’t have $100 shoes and a 10 cent squat” Let’s face it, no one likes to do volume work. No one likes to do heavy weights for multiple reps. We all just want to get straight to the point and go for a new
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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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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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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