My coaching career began like many athletes trading in the cleats for the khakis. First and foremost, I wanted to stay connected to the game and […]
Tag Archives: CrossFit Football
Coaching Connection Scott Caulfield [@CoachCaulfield] is one of the magnificent minds behind the National Strength and Conditioning Association. As Head S&C coach at the NSCA […]
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Tagged Application, coaching, Conditioning, Connection, CrossFit Football, Evolution, Experience, NSCA, Programming, Rugby
Change Is the Only Constant This episode marks the end of an era. With our recent departure from the partners at CrossFit, we take this […]
A long time ago. You think you know The Power Athlete HQ Crew? Think you’ve heard all the stories? Think again. This week a very special […]
The 2016 CrossFit Games wrapped up this past weekend, and in my opinion, this was the most enthralling Games to date. Not because the freedom to […]
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Tagged CrossFit, CrossFit Football, CrossFit Games, Field Strong, Limiting Factor, Power Athlete, Pull Ups, Speed, What are you training for?
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you know about the hit HBO series Game of Thrones. Have you seen this towering character they call […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, diet, empower your performance, game of thrones, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Nutrition, Power Athlete, Programming, Strength, Strength and Conditioning, Strongman, strongman diet, The Melee Way, the mountain, the mountain actor, the mountain diet, viking, viking diet
This year I have just started my forth year of running a Summer Sports Camp at CrossFit South Bend. As I look back at the challenges, there are couple things that I have […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Field Strong, Power Coach, Programming, Sports Camp, Strength and Conditioning, the basics
Having an edge on the competition. This week we are joined by New Orleans Saints fullback, Austin Johnson. Get to know this football Pro and what […]
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Tagged Austin Johnson, CrossFit, CrossFit Football, football, NFL, Saints
As the credits of Batman vs. Superman started rolling, I immediately took to the Google (once I picked my jaw up off the ground, that is). […]
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Tagged Bulking Protocol, CrossFit Football, Field Strong, Henry Cavill, Performance Protocol, Superman, Superman Workout
Just kidding, they do, but if you’re basing you or your clients’ training off percentages of a 1 Repetition Max (RM) you may be wasting everybody’s […]
Mixed martial arts (MMA) magazines, forums and blogs are filled with images of sexy new strength and conditioning techniques designed specifically for the needs of a […]
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Tagged BJJ, Boxing, coaching, CrossFit Football, John Welbourn, Judo, Jujitsu, MMA, MMA S&C, MMA Strength and Conditioning, MMA Workout, Performance, Power Athlete, Speed, Strength and Conditioning, The Melee Way, tyler minton, UFC, UFC Workout, Wrestling
Getting kicked in the balls. Broing out hard. This week, the fellas take a reflective look back at their most and least favorite moments of life […]
This is an OLD video from June 2013 that we posted in our forums way back in the day. We thought it’d be a blast to […]
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Tagged Behind the Scenes, CrossFit Football, Funny, Video Post
Chatter among the crowds during the 2015 CrossFit Games called this the year of the power athlete. Several events throughout the competition personified the methodology of Power […]
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Tagged CrossFit, CrossFit Football, CrossFit Games, Limiting Factor, Power Athlete, Speed, What are you training for?
Power Athlete’s two east coasters reconnect for this intimate pre-Thanksgiving episode with Denny K. Things get interesting when the group reviews a couple of recent PAHQ […]
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Tagged #22JACKEDSTREET, Application, coaching, CrossFit Football, Strength and Conditioning, thoracic rotation, trunk, trunk rotation
Hey everyone, lets eat some FAT! Episode 78 is sure to blow your mind. We have the Di Vinci of nutrition Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale stop […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Nutrition, Power Athlete, Power Athlete Radio, Serves One, Wade's Army, What are you training for?
I was introduced to the concept of Toughness Training when I was studying music, specifically performance, in college. One of my professors was a huge sports […]
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Tagged Brain, coaching, CrossFit, CrossFit Football, CrossFit Games, Limiting Factor, mental, mental toughness, Performance, Sport, Strength and Conditioning, toughness
Power Athlete Nation we have a special guest with us this week, Dr. Fred Hatfield. He was dubbed Dr. Squat by one of his students, probably […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Do You Even Squat?, Power Athlete, What are you training for?
Take a listen to John’s recent conversation with the guys from Barbell Shrugged. No stone goes unturned as they discuss CrossFit, life in the NFL, kids, […]
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Tagged Barbell Shrugged, CFFB, CrossFit Football, football, John Welbourn, Podcast, Power, Power Athlete, Power Athlete HQ, Power Athlete Radio, Strength, Strength and Conditioning
Ready, Set, GO! Welcome to another episode of Power Athlete Radio. This week we talk speed, speed, and SPEED. The coaches come together and clear the […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Performance, Power Athlete, Power Athlete Team Series, Speed, What are you training for?
Weakness is a disease and food is the cure. When meat heads aren’t talking about shaking weights, they are indeed discussing meat…and nutrition in general. It’s […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Food, goals, Macronutrients, Meal Planning, Meals, Nutrition, Performance, Postworkout, Preworkout, Recovery, Snack, Sport
Blue 42, Blue 42, Set, Hike! Power Athlete Nation we have a special guest for you this week, it’s none other than the 2 time NFL […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Jared Allen, John Welbourn, NFL, Power Athlete, Power Athlete HQ, Power Athlete Radio, What are you training for?
Standards. We all have them; whether you’re determining clean clothes from dirty, a productive workday from a wasteful one, or scoping out a potential stud/studette. In […]
Power Athlete Nation, it’s time to kick the tires and light the firing, of your muscle fibers. We have the Grandaddy of the Barbell Mark Rippetoe […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, FMS, John Welbourn, Mark Rippetoe, Power Athlete Radio
Be honest. Don’t you sometimes miss those old school days where you would roll up to Average Joe’s Gym, say hi the other regulars, put the […]
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Tagged Accessory Work, CrossFit, CrossFit Football, goals, Movement Demo, neck work, Single jointed movements, Sprinting, Strength and Conditioning
Ladies and Gentlemen step right up as the PAHQ Staff goes toe to toe with some of the guys from Barbell Shrugged. Not only is this […]
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Tagged Barbell Shrugged, CrossFit, CrossFit Football, CrossFit Games, CrossFit Open, John Welbourn, Junior Seau, Keanu Reaves, NFL, Power Athlete, Ray Lewis, Warren Sapp
We’ve all been there. Someone walks into your gym, you put them through a basic assessment looking for biomechanical feedback that can potentially tell you something […]
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Tagged Antony Lo, CrossFit, CrossFit Football, flexibility, mobility, prehab, stability, Strength and Conditioning, The Physio Detective
The Power Athlete Radio crew has a doozie today. Listen in to hear about Tex’s crazy story in Tampa, curtailing training volume for masters athletes, as […]
One question we inevitably hear seminar after seminar is “What about accessory work?”. My response is as predictable as the question itself: What about it? Since […]
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Tagged Accessory Work, Application, bench, CrossFit, CrossFit Football, CrossFit Football Seminar, goals, John Welbourn, Power Clean, Squat
We dive into all sorts of discussion today! John goes deep into the history behind Power Athlete, the future of CrossFit Football, we have a discussion […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, CrossFit Football Seminar, John Welbourn, Power Athlete Radio, Strength and Conditioning, Uni-Lateral
The ever popular game of inappropriateness, “Cards Against Humanity”, recently raised their prices on Black Friday. Why? A couple of reasons. One, it’s fucking hilarious and […]
In case you didn’t know, music matters. It’s science. And when it comes to choosing music at Power Athlete HQ, our rule is simple- the strongest […]
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Tagged 10rm, 1rm, arousal, CrossFit Football, DWOD, music, Power Athlete, Power Athlete HQ, Strength and Conditioning, SWOD, training, What are you training for?
Denny, Steve, Cali and Luke recap recent travels to Colombia, the Super Bowl, discuss how to “coax” one’s wife into following CrossFit Football, as well as […]
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Tagged Colombia, Consistency, CrossFit Football, CrossFit Football Seminar, CrossFit Games, Female Athletes, Power Lifting
Braden Smith POWER ATHLETE S&C Coach: Dennis Dolan Position: Offensive Lineman Team: Olathe South High School Falcons Level: High School / Collegiate Profile Athlete Background Athlete […]
The team goes a littler longer than average for this iteration of Power Athlete Radio. You are going to hear a bit more about the build […]
In Part 1, I picked the brain of Jedd Johnson, Diesel Crew founder, grip master, competitor and all around badass…
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Tagged Application, Bobby Goodfellow, CrossFit, CrossFit Football, CrossFit Games, Diesel Crew, goals, grip, hands, Implementation, Performance, pulling, Sport, Strength and Conditioning
The crew FINALLY gets together to record the first show of 2014! John, Cali, Tex, Luke, Denny, and Steve are all online and chatting about trying […]
Aside from the mental fortitude you gain from grueling movements so intensely awkward and humbling…
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Tagged CNS, CrossFit, CrossFit Football, Female Athletes, Sport, Strength, Strength and Conditioning, What are you training for?
It’s the holidays and family and friends tend to pull you in every direction. Everyone is susceptible to it, even the Power Athlete Radio crew! In […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, CrossFit Football Seminar, Power Athlete Radio
Luke and Cali test run a new type of interaction with Power Athlete Nation – The Coach’s Round Table. Power Athlete coaches Carl Case and Chad […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Implementation, Programming
Go to any online forum and note the numerous argument threads and bitchfests surrounding the power clean debate…
Here you are diving into another one of our blog posts at PowerAthleteHQ.com. What we have come to realize is, a lot of our followers landed […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Performance, Power Athlete, Power Athlete HQ, What are you training for?
Professor Booty, aka Steve Platek, and John Welbourn are sidelined last minute for this episdoe as Denny, Cali and Luke decide to move on without them. […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, CrossFit Football Seminar, High School Football, John Welbourn, Power Athlete Radio, skill work, warm up series
Denny, Steve, Cali and Tex welcome Power Athlete Nation back to Power Athlete Radio after a short holiday hiatus. The crew and special guest Will Jones […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, High School, Power Athlete Radio, Strength and Conditioning, Wade's Army
Harry Pettit POWER ATHLETE S&C Coach: Stephen Orr Gym: CrossFit Queenstown Sport: Freestyle Skiing Team: New Zealand Olympic Team Level: Professional Profile Athlete Background Athlete Age: […]
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Tagged Athlete Profile, CrossFit Football, Harry Pettit, Linear Progression, Testimonial
If you’ve been to a CFFB seminar you may have heard us refer to one of our golden rules as “The D Bag Rule”…
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Tagged athlete, coaching, CrossFit Football, CrossFit Football Seminar, Dbag Rule, John Welbourn
TGIF! Power Athlete Radio Episode 30 is on the web people! Download it! Listen to it! Do it! Denny, Steve and Luke catch up with Power […]
Posted in Blog, Featured, John Welbourn, Radio
Tagged CrossFit Football, John Welbourn, Power Athlete Radio, Wade's Army
Luke, Denny, and Steve break down international certs, world domination, and help a misguided soul. Its people helping people on this episode of Power Athlete Radio. […]
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Tagged Amateur Progression, CrossFit Football, CrossFit Football Seminar, Power Athlete Radio
Luke is on the road as he Denny, Steve and special guest Caleb Williams talk about how to approach a weight lifting competition, how to be […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, In Season, Power Athlete Radio
Power Athlete Nation! Interested in beginning to follow the programming on www.CrossFitFootball.com? Are you following the program and want to make sure you are correctly executing? […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, e-book
It’s Thursday and PAHQ has been chugging away at putting up some fresh posts for Power Athlete Nation. Denny and Luke talk about America, The 4th […]
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Tagged Box Squat, CrossFit Football, Power Athlete Radio, See Saw Walk, Squat
Ladies and gentleman we bring to you a LIVE*ish* podcast (uncut and on site, but not actually live) from this last weekend’s CrossFit Football Trainer’s Seminar […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Power Athlete Radio, Tabata Deadlift
We made it to 13 and we have a wild ride for you today! Professor Booty takes the day off as Denny and Luke chat with […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Dynamic Movement Prep, Power Athlete Radio, Power Athlete Team Series, warm up series
12 episodes old! Denny, Luke and Steve are so close to the teenage episodes. The guys chat about Barbell Step Ups, the Chicago Blackhawks, resetting and […]
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Tagged Barbell Step up, CrossFit Football, Power Athlete Team Series
John walks Luke through what the Power Athlete team expects out of their athletes when they perform Weighted Barbell Step Ups with their training system. The […]
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Tagged Barbell Step up, CrossFit Football, John Welbourn, Movement Demo
Okay Power Athlete Nation – It’s time to set aside a half hour of your Friday listening to Luke, Cali, Platek and Denny talk about CFFB […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Power Athlete Team Series
Ben jumps in and runs point (with a Cali cameo) as Denny and Platek MC the 8th episode of Power Athlete Radio Lots of good stuff […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Power Athlete Team Series, Sleep
PAHQ Director of Fun Freddy Camacho jumps on Power Athlete Radio to chat and talk about his run at the CrossFit Games, how he uses CFFB […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, CrossFit Games, Freddy Camacho, Power Athlete Radio, Power Athlete Team Series
John walks PAHQ Athlete Dave V. through a “Ballistic Pull Up” that is programmed in today’s DWOD: Amateur Complete 5 rounds: 3 Bench Presses (add 2.5 […]
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Tagged Ballistic Pull Up, CrossFit Football, Movement Demo
Power Athlete coach Ben Oliver joins the crew to discuss what he’s training for, as well as give some tips on resuming training after recovering from […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, CrossFit Games, Power Athlete Radio, Power Athlete Team Series
Today’s SWOD and DWOD on CrossFit Football call for something called a “touch and go power clean from a hang.” We are expecting that folks might be […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Movement Demo, Power Clean
Thanks to those of you in CFFB Nation who submitted your videos for public review!
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Tagged CrossFit Football
Steve Platek, Denny Krerowicz, John Welbourn and Luke Summers rap about a slew of topical subjects from our submission form and the CFFB.com comments: PEDS & PATS […]
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Tagged CrossFit Football, Nutrition, Power Athlete Radio, Power Athlete Team Series