This is a sort of difficult concept for me to explain, but I’ll try. This was brought on by the fact that I did something today that I hardly ever do: strict pull-ups. I usually do kipping pull-ups, which are a full body gymnastics move that gets you up and over the bar much faster [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2008’
Maximize Your Run Training
I am feeling much better. I took two whole days off after two days of moderately intense workouts and felt much better. I should take my own advice more often and give myself rest and recovery time. On Sunday I had a nice run. For those competitive runners out there, the Holy Grail has always [...]
Fun Run
Every once in a while you need to gird your loins and prepare yourself for a brutal all out effort where you push yourself for 20-60 minutes, cranking out sub 6:00′s, praying you don’t pass out too far away from civilization for someone to find you and take you to a hospital (see picture one). [...]
Old School
I like to experiment with a lot of new and sometimes complicated training techniques. Tabata intervals (20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest repeated 8 times), speed bands attached to your deadlifts so the weight is heavier at the top (where you are stronger) than at the bottom, unilateral exercises using only [...]
Breakfast and an Update
Two hours delayed arrival at work because of ice. The DC metro area does not deal with winter very well. But it gave me a chance to make breakfast and update yesterday’s post. I added some video of what deadlifting actually is and added a link to Jerry Hill’s website about deadlifting. He’s explains things [...]
Listening to Your Body
I am very sore today. I did deadlifts yesterday and that exercise, perhaps more than any other, taxes your body in a manner that makes recovery difficult sometimes. I was trying to set a new PR and came close enough to be very tired, but didn’t actually make it. A little frustrating, but oh well. [...]
Eating Healthy is Easy
I like to think of sound nutritional advice as being positive rather than a list of things you can’t do. people seem to respond better. So people should eat lean meats, fish, lots of vegetables, nuts, seeds, and some fruit. Cook in healthy fats like olive oil. Eat protein at every meal and try to [...]
Taking Things for Granted
I have a long way to go as a coach. I have been lucky to have participated in enough different sports and activities throughout ly life that most movements I can figure out and get my body to do with a little practice. I was reminded yesterday, during a session of the Unbreakable Fitness chapter [...]
Inclusive Fitness
The title of this post is meant to represent two ideas. First, this brand of fitness should be inclusive in terms of it’s participants. Second, it should be inclusive in terms of its activities.When it comes to who can do this type of workout, the answer should be, EVERYONE. There is no movement that cannot [...]
Easy Day
Not all of my workouts are like yesterday’s. Today I ran 5k (3.1 miles) because it was nice outside. I was planning to do it anyway, but it also happened to be the Crossfit workout. I run a very hilly course which adds about a minute to my time, but I did it in under [...]