Obligation-based giving does not make for true holiday spirit. Because guilt has a gun to your head? I want others to join me in my commitment to ease the holiday burden on others. If the need to give me anything somehow overwhelms any of you out there (it won’t, don’t worry), donate $10 to your […]
Quick reminder: This weekend’s Spine workshop has been postponed until December 15th. Bodytribe trainer AJ has a boxing tournament this weekend and we’ll be up there supporting him, watching him win.
Now, as for today’s workout. The crossFit Total meet is approaching (CFT meet info), so we’re bound to put stuff over our head at […]
We’re not die-hard max-force developers this week. Instead we’ll be playing with technique, fortitude and balance. Not goofy on-wobbly-board balance, but the balance of strength between sides of the body, trying to reduce tension patterns.
Our warm up, after our Open joint mobility work, will be a very narrow stance squat with a mini-band […]
Last week we started our Friday Ritual of heavy single day, where we pick a few lifts, preferably old-school competition or exposition lifts, and just work ‘em heavy for low reps. Here’s what we did last week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcVlxdTzwf8
Today will be no different, except I’ll be starting with some heavy strict overhead presses in preparation for our […]
February 23rd we’ll be hosting a CrossFit Total meet here at the Tribe. Imagine a powerlifting meet, but replace the bench press with a strict overhead press. Here’s more info:
http://physicalsubculture.com/crossfit-total-norcal-2008/
So we’re back to training hard for maximum force development. BUT we’ve still got to increase our workload and GPP, so the Spectrum of Strength […]
Diatribe:
***** The Seasonal Obligated ‘Give Thanks’ Speech *****
If we had to give everything back, if the universal plan demanded us to hand over all possessions and start again bare and raw, I would have a very under-impressive load to turn in. What we would be left with, in our stripped down, essential state, is […]
Day two of our new schedule. You’ve seen it before, about two weeks ago. It looks like this:
Continuing our new training schedule, today we’re going to push stuff around. We’re still toying with some heavy stuff, but since our big goal is conditioning, we’re bringing back an evil drill from the past.
Bench press. We’re aiming […]
Day one of our newest cycle, starting a couple of weeks ago, is about to be repeated, but with one small change. Here’s what we started with a couple of weeks ago:
Alright, crew, here we go. We’re getting our conditioning back up after the last meet, but we won’t forget the heavy stuff. We’re […]
Bent presses. 2-hands anyhow, turkish get ups, oh my!
Singles. Heavy. Test yourself.
Here’s last week’s attempt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcVlxdTzwf8
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Weighted Pullups/heavy deadlift: 3-5 reps/1 rep. make the pullups tough so 3-5 reps seems almost too much, then deadlift a bar around 85-90% of your one rep max. 6 sets.
Rack pulls (hand/thigh lifts)/high pulls. High rack pulls with over 125% of deadlift max (1 rep for a hold)/high pulls (either with a different bar […]
