I’ve been doing CrossFit for a little more than 10 years and I can’t remember if I wrote a blog like this on my actual 10 year anniversary, so now’s the time. I’m sure the other one is lost in the internet abyss anyway. Learning from the past is the best way to continue to…
Coach Glassman had a number of really great quotes over the years, but one of my favorites that I’ve never discussed is about the dominant philosophy of strength and conditioning at the university level. This philosophy has also permeated high school strength and conditioning and created the periodization training we know today. High school and…
I’ve been doing CrossFit for almost 15 years. I’ve been coaching it for just over 10. I remember in my early days of coaching the culture of coaching was more bootcamp instructor-ish. It was very “you have to do it this way.” People were routinely made to do burpees if they were late to a…
“That which gets measured gets managed.” This is a very famous quote by business and management expert, Peter Drucker. The quote has always been attributed to business success and ensuring things are getting done correctly and according to the process. However, when CrossFit came around, this quote started getting thrown around quite a bit more…
1. How long have you been doing CrossFit? I have been doing CrossFit for about 9 months now. 2. What’s your favorite workout? My favorite workout is the 12 Days of Christmas. 3. What’s your favorite movement? My favorite movement is butterfly pull-ups. 4. Why do you do CrossFit? CrossFit was originally intended to be…
A hallmark of CrossFit is variance as you all know. Variance in terms of everything: how long the workout is, how much weight is used in the workout, the time of day you complete the workout, and of course, the movements. We constantly want to be changing the type of movements we see in workouts….
I love the Beyond The Whiteboard app. I think it’s just a great tool for recording workouts. Tracking progress has always been a huge hallmark and one could even argue the pillar of which CrossFit is built. Long ago, Coach Glassman used to say, “I’m not sure if this way of exercising is the best…
Throughout my time in the exercise science world, I have been a Rehabilitation Technician, Personal Trainer, and Intern with the lovely CrossFit Virilis Community. One important lesson that I have learned is that taking a few minutes out of your day to stretch is incredibly beneficial to everyone. I will speak on one particular case…
1. How long have you been doing CrossFit? With CrossFit Virilis, 4 months. Previously I did CrossFit for 1 year. That was more than 7 years ago. 2. What’s your favorite workout? Back Squats. I enjoy adding weight to see how much I can handle with good form. 3. What’s your favorite movement? Wall ball…
As you all know, CrossFit is a program built on the definition of constantly varied, functional movements, executed at high intensity. Just to hammer this side point home, if someone is doing “HIIT” and using functional movements (squats, deadlifts, pull-ups, cleans, snatches), they’re still doing CrossFit. One of the main pillars of doing CrossFit is…
