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Firstly, thank you so much for everything, all of you have created. Y’all are awesome. I appreciate when books are mentioned on the show, these make for excellent reading material and extremely useful resources. Can you possibly create a list of current books to digest or maybe a monthly book recommendation? Cheers, Thomas Tomcat, Thank…
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In March 2014 Power Athlete launched their flagship program, aptly named Field Strong, and being a Power Athlete follower since 2009, I naturally jumped onboard. Field Strong was new and different in that it allowed @John the ability to dial in and constantly evolve the programming; he knew an invested group of loyal followers were…
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Ever feel like you’ve been totally beat? No drive, wanting to just say “f*ck it” and stay home, or just walk your dog and call it a workout? Quite often, when you consistently train hard, you will have days when hitting the gym sounds like the worst idea ever. And trust me, your athletes will…
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We’ve all been there: the alarm clock goes off, you start to roll out of bed but your body feels like it has been hit by a truck. Joints ache. Muscles are sore. Your brain is telling you to stay in bed, but you remember you’ve got the PAMC circuit today on Field Strong and…
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Creed Tattoos and world Peace He may look like a teddy bear, but Matt Vincent is a…straight grizzly…competitor. This creator of ihviii [@ihviiimattvincent] is best known for his numerous Highland Games appearances and for blowing out his ACL at PAHQ. Although the knee injury was a minor physical setback for Vincent, the buzz surrounding the…
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Pull Your Head Out Of Your Ass. Let this week’s Power Athlete Radio episode be a lesson to you all. If you find yourself within proximity of both an ocean and Raph Ruiz [@raphruizS3], you will be tested. The Crew heads to Tampa to take over CrossFit TAS’s warm up for 17.1 and answers your…
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AND THEN THERE WERE TWO! The results of Round 3 of the 2016 Superhero Smackdown leave us with only two competitors going into the final round. One of these two will be crowned as Power Athlete Nation’s Fittest Superhero. Continue on to see how Round 3 played out; and if you missed it click below to see how previous…
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ELECTRIFYING. It’s the one and only word I have for Power Athlete Nation that can describe Round 2 of the 2016 Superhero Smackdown! The 8 competitors that advanced from Round 1 threw down to continue their quest to be crowned as Power Athlete Nation’s Fittest Superhero. To view Round 1 results, Click Here. Round 2 consisted of the following workouts: SUPERHERO…
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Power Athlete’s definition of athleticism is “The ability to seamlessly and effortlessly combine primal movement patterns through space and time to perform known and novel task.” The underlying component of this complex interaction all comes down to learning new movements and then using movement for problem solving. We accomplish this by attacking the primal…
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As the Power Athlete Speed Kills Program became an Instagram sensation, I found myself trolling the overused and often misapplied hashtag #speedkills. After sifting through countless badass car pics and heartbreaking plantar flexion bae pics (Paige, call me. We have to talk…), I stumbled upon a gem from @poliquingroup connecting five movements to speed development.…
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