Rob MacDonald, the GymJones coach who designed the training used by Hack’s Pack (Ute CrossFit) to win the 2012 and 2013 CrossFit Games, just released the training template he created for the 2013 team. Although, the actual programming is behind the Gym Jones pay wall, the article describing the training was filled with info and… Continue reading Five Training Tips Used By The 2013 CrossFit Games Team Champs (and the baseline to find out if you’re good enough to consider using their training)
Category: Training Philosophy
Comfort Zone
Culled from the Tumblrverse: If you’re not out of your comfort zone with two to three minutes to go in your workout, then there’s something wrong. – Michael Roach (via f**kyeahcrossfit) Pair with Camille Leblanc-Bazinet’s 3 Mental Tips For CrossFit
Power Snatch: The Most Useless Possible Technique?
Rudy Nielsen of the Outlaw Way posted the following message from Olympic Lifting Coach Glenn Pendlay: The Power Snatch is half the movement. It gives someone with a shitty pull and a shitty finish, the ability to continue to be shitty at Snatching, while moving a relatively heavy load to overhead with the shittiest, most… Continue reading Power Snatch: The Most Useless Possible Technique?
A 19th Century Female Author’s CrossFit Tips
Check it out. Novelist Amelia E. “Wodzilla” Barr, who died in 1919, was an awesome CrossFit coach. Prepare to absorb a serious knowledge bomb when she drops the following nine tips on you (although she mistakenly thought she was talking about literature as opposed to CrossFit). “Do you even lift bro?” – Amelia E. Barr… Continue reading A 19th Century Female Author’s CrossFit Tips