[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13019" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link"][vc_column_text]The image above is the theme for the new year: KEEP IT SIMPLE. THE BASICS. THE FOUNDATIONS. We can REEEEEEAAAALLLLY complicate things, can't we? The internet and social media is pounding us with quick fixes when what we really need is less: less screen time,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13032" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link"][vc_column_text]RebelHealth has a new post up. Click HERE to read HYDRATE! [vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13006" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text] WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Our 4-rounder this week: pushups calorie row double DB chest flye We'll cash out with a spicy EMOM on the barbell. TUESDAY The 5:30 class will meet tonight due to the early closing on Wednesday for the holiday....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13000" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Our 4-rounder is back to four exercises this week: new movement: seated power clean bear crawl broad jump jump rope Then, we'll revisit the "Pizza Game". Round 2! WEDNESDAY Traditional squat and push press for our strength, with...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12996" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Our 4-round Monday will see a 2:00 row for meters, a new movement (can't even label it yet!) and a DB HPC & J/PP. Then, we'll finish with a heavy carry drill. WEDNESDAY Traditional squat and deadlift...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12988" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]REMEMBER THIS? (image above) LAST YEAR, around January we posted this. Every single week for 52 week carved a square off and blacked it out. Why? To illustrate how easily it is for time to slip away if you're not setting goals and working...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12980" img_size="large"][vc_column_text]The Whiteboard. It's a thing. It's an old-school, strength and conditioning gym, original CrossFit, community building "thing". And, alas, a lot of gyms have gone away from it. We, however, are hanging in. Why don't we switch to a screen and cast from an app? We change things...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12976" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Our 4-round Monday is back to what we're used to seeing. We'll work through rope ascents, broad jumps, planks and split or Bulgarian split squats. Then with a partner we'll work on our Olympic barbell skills. TUESDAY: REMINDER:...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12967" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://brokenscience.org/longevity-and-strength-why-do-the-old-get-weak/"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Click the image to read the article on The Broken Science Initiative's website. The question is: if we have seniors above the age of 75 that are getting stronger, muscularly - like their strength is going up - then the studies are not reflective...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12963" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY Reads like a weightlifting gym: Low bar back squat, strict press superseding with high rep DB shoulder work, then traditional hinge deadlift. WEDNESDAY Our 4 rounds for quality, swapping Wednesday and Monday this week, will see: 3 minute row (focus:...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12953" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]METFIX FOUNDATIONS, COMPLETE! Dang was that a blast from the past! Ed drove us (Sam, Moana and Jean) to Jacksonville for the weekend to attend the MetFix Foundations Seminar. Lemme catch you all up here: In 2007 Ed and I started CF'ing and were introduced to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12945" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_single_image image="12588" img_size="large" alignment="center"][vc_zigzag color="custom" custom_color="#dd3333"][vc_column_text]WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEK MONDAY After the best warm up ever, we'll hit our 4 rounds for quality - upping the rowing time by a minute, plus some front squats and progressions toward knees to elbows (insanely hard). Then, a...