Help Your Teenager Break Free from the "F*** the Legs, Let's Bench" Mentality
Imagine you learned how to properly squat and deadlift when you were 13 years old. Make sure your teens do!
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THE JOURNAL
Training tips, skin science, and athlete stories.
Throwing my Insights into the Pool of Regionals Debriefs
I think someone famous once said something to the effect of learning more in defeat than in success. I'm still trying to figure out all that...
Read More →It's My Party and I'll Talk, Think, Plan, Strategize, if I Want To...
Someone once said, “You can’t control your thoughts, but you can control what you do with them.” In this case, my thoughts these days—most of...
Read More →Reason to Hire a Personal Coach
While it might work for some people—possibly the more naturally technical folks out there—for many, nothing can replace a real life coach.
Read More →Qualitative Versus Quantitative Personal Bests
While it looks way more impressive to update social media with a hashtag that says #25-pound-back-squat-personal-best than it is to say #muscle-up-quality-and-efficiency-is-improving, I believe qualitative...
Read More →Comparison Steals Joy
A friend of mine Mandy Gill posted a video of her doing bar muscle-ups and chest-to-bar pull-ups this morning. The accompanying post said: “Comparison steals...
Read More →Apology from an Aspiring Competitive CrossFit Athlete
If you’re a competitive CrossFit athlete, ask yourself whether you’re truly helping your affiliate and your community? If you are, awesome! Many do. But if...
Read More →Hand Tears Around the World: Product review by a CrossFit Open athlete from Holland
In the past, due to workouts including T2B or kipping pull-ups, I suffered a lot of blisters, little cuts or completely ripped hands. I’ve tried...
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