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While accountability is the key to success in any business, this is especially true with athletics. While the sport coach controls many aspects of a team’s success, having an accountable coach is not necessary for an athlete’s success. That said, a coach’s lack of accountability does not excuse an athletes’ loss of focus or poor performance. Beyond…
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Living up to the name. This week we are thrilled to host former MMA champ and current Training Director of popular training resource, Gym Jones, Rob MacDonald. As if being on the 2005-2006 season of The Ultimate Fighter wasn’t noteworthy enough, “Maximus” as he’s known in some circles, jumped headfirst into his passion of…
Read MoreThe launch of Jacked Street is upon us and I think it’s only appropriate to share my thoughts of the nearly six month programming experiment. In this article, I’ll share with you how I succeeded in getting jacked AND leaning to the tune of twenty pounds. There are no tricks to getting jacked, there is…
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LIFT SOMETHING INCONVENIENT. Today is a great day. Our two special guests are Rob Orlando of Hybrid Athletics and Logan Gelbrich of Deuce Gym and Original Nutritionals. If those two names sound familiar it’s because they are basically the Devit0-Schwarzenegger combo of the CrossFit Strongman Specialty Seminar. Similar to our very own CrossFit Football, these…
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Observation is a powerful tool for a strength and conditioning coach to gain experience at any level or years in the game. Personally, simple observations have yielded countless lessons: seeing the extremes of the talent bell curve manning the clipboard under the high noon, 110 degree turf of DKR stadium, recognizing emotional investment of athletes of…
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Love, lust or a little of both? Whichever it is grab your spouse, GF, BF, lover or date du jour and try this Valentine’s dinner for a night of culinary decadence and romance. . . Advice for any dude that bitches about Valentine’s day; here’s a little story. . . for about the first ten…
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One of the great aspects to working in the strength and conditioning industry is the endless discussion comparing one training system to another. The reason these talks are so fruitful is because there really isn’t any one perfect training system for all athletes and yet, many work. When putting together a mental checklist of pro’s…
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Go to any online forum and note the numerous argument threads and bitchfests surrounding the power clean debate…
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It is overwhelming how many questions we get on the CrossFit Football boards pertaining to nutrition. How much should I eat? What should I eat? Does this supplement work? I am getting fat. Why? But with so much bullshit out there, things can get confusing. Even a few years back the questions seem never ending.…
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