MOVEMENT & LACTATE
Lactic Acid Lactate You often hear people say things like “I got very lactic in that workout,” or “I did some active […]
DEVELOP YOUR BODY FROM THE INSIDE OUT
“At CrossFit we endeavor to develop our athletes from the inside out, from core to extremity, which is, by the way, how […]
GOOD FOOD IS GOOD FOOD
There’s a bad misconception about food. It’s that good food – natural, whole, unprocessed food – is not tasty. No, let me […]
PRACTICE GOOD MECHANICS UNDER FATIGUE
We like to use the cool-downs as an opportunity to reflect on the session, or to just catch up and have a […]
STEADY-STATE CARDIO, SKINNY FAT, FITNESS & HEALTH
Let’s start this post of with a disclaimer. I do program steady-state cardio, occasionally for variance and in small bouts for active […]
FLEXIBILITY, DYSFUNCTION & INJURIES
Flexibility is the ability to maximise the range of motion (ROM) at a given joint. Each joint has “normal” limits for ROM. […]
DRIVETRAIN & ENGINE – STRICT & KIPPING
I like using car analogies for the body and human performance because they seem to make sense to a lot of people. […]
YOGA, IT’S NO FLUFF!
Sorry about the ‘blog drought’ during the recent weeks. Sometimes the topics and words just don’t come! I’m working on new ways […]
VOLUME AND ENDURANCE SPORTS
Earlier this week I wrote about the volume trap that many athletes get stuck in, and the effect it has on intensity […]
JUST BREATHE
“Just breathe,” I said to an athlete during a conditioning piece. Hunched over with hands on knees and trying to gulp what […]
FITNESS TESTING PERSPECTIVE
Let’s take a quick break from the Health Month topics to talk about fitness testing. We use fitness testing to evaluate the safety, […]