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There is nothing traditional about Jim Laird. This week we welcome the owner of GYM Laird Strength and Conditioning and once roommate of Jim Wendler. The former Powerlifter turned industry leader has some unconventional opinions about, well just about everything. After some discussion on Jim’s background, we get down and dirty with his fascinations with…
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The 2015 CrossFit Regionals kick off this weekend, and a lot of eyes will be on the Team Events for several reasons. Many big CrossFit names have transitioned over to the team side for a new challenge. Hundreds of athletes who fell short of their Games goals last year sought out like minded individuals to…
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We don’t lift weights to warm up, we warm up to lift weights. The days of the warm up routine are over, especially with limited spots to seemingly unreachable Reebok CrossFit Games. Being prepared for the unknown and unknowable far exceeds the components of programming. True preparation is dialing in nutrition, recovery, and pre-competition practices.…
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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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Forget what you know about ACL injuries. This week, Power Athlete Radio is bringing you one the best and most informative episodes to date. The crew welcomes Dr. Tim Hewett of Ohio State University and the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Tim is a captivating voice for ongoing epidemiological studies being done to predict and prevent…
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JIM STEEL WAS BORN TO COACH. No one knows Strength and Conditioning at the college level more than Jim Steel. This episode, the University of Pennsylvania Director of Sports Performance takes us through his journey of acquiring nearly 30 years experience working with a diverse spread of athletes. We kick off the podcast by talking about…
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ZACH EVEN-ESH PERSONIFIES INTENSITY. This week’s guest starts his day well before the sun comes up to make a 100+ mile drive to coach the wrestlers at LeHigh University. The out of state trek must be paying off because his athletes beat National Champions, Ohio State, last year – a defining victory for Zach…
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We preach a lot about abandoning superficial numerical goals however, the idea of training for a specific number or benchmark is not entirely bad. In fact, on it’s own, it can be highly motivating. It’s when the training becomes so blatantly skewed in a way that the main emphasis becomes the benchmark, rather than performance,…
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It’s time to Face/Off with the final workout of the CrossFit Open 2015, and it is no joke. While I know everyone is sad that this week brings the end of the Open, all of you that have applied these warm ups provided by Power Athlete have seen the depth behind these warm ups should fear not. Earlier…
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Power Athlete’s first three CrossFit Open Warm Ups have been viewed over 20,000 times! The feed back has been nothing short of positive and informative for the athletes and affiliates who have put these warm ups into action. Thank you, coaches and athletes, we hope this approach is empowering you to outperform and overachieve throughout the Open…
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