The Truth Behind The Masks During our training escapades, I am sure most of us have witnessed someone running or exercising with one of these high altitude or elevation training masks. My hopes are, you yourself were not the one donning this embarrassing facial apparatus. Regardless, we’ve almost all
Toeing up to the line on the day of competition is a confluence of training factors where you should have absolute certainty of the degree of your fitness. Your fitness should be peaked at its highest point. What factors converge at this point? Well, certainly the execution
CrossFit is Great, But Competitive Exercise Is Flawed If you have 10 min. to burn, watch this entire video. Actually, you only need about 90 seconds to get an idea what the hell is going on here. For a higher level of entertainment, watch John Travolta and Jaime
Training you is a privilege, and one we do not take for granted. Being trusted to help develop and maximize your fitness/performance is no small thing. We take this charge seriously, and strive to foster a culture to help deliver results. For our local athletes, we try not to
By: Coach Jake Saenz A while back we put out an article titled THE DEGREES OF QUITTING which brought forth some interesting ideas on how athletes react to physically challenging efforts. If you haven’t read it yet we suggest doing so as it sets the stage for what we’ll
By Coach Tod Moore I knew it was going to be a tough session for the athletes. Typically when we do a 60 minute continuous effort it’s aerobic in nature. Jake had programmed 4×15 minute work capacity circuits back to back. None of them were easy, so
By Coach Brittan Morris We get a lot of athletes, in the gym and online, asking us what kind of training they should be doing while they’re travelling. Now, a number of you travel for work on a regular basis, and others are just taking a vacation from time
When Jordan asked me to write a piece on why training was still fun for me, I’m not going to lie I really struggled. These days when I think about training, I honestly don’t think about it as being fun. Approaching the age of 42, training these days mostly reminds
The idea of combining sport specific skills with physical training is nothing new. A short trip down the instagram rabbit hole will show you all manner of crazy shit. Does this idea have merit? Should we combine skill based training with physical training? We
There are 3 primary lifts used to assess maximal strength – The Back Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift. These are the same 3 lifts used in the sport of powerlifting, and their combined total is is a useful measure of how strong an athlete is. Keep in mind that
