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Comment on CrossFit Football for CrossFit by John

John — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:52:24 +0000

1. For this program, vertical pulls are pull ups/chin ups. Horizontal pulls ar bent rows, one arm db rows and such.
2. Rotation for sledge strikes. Ball slams are for violent hip extension and the way I see it, the opposing movement to a power clean/power snatch. And they are metabolically terrible.

Comment on CrossFit Football for CrossFit by Whiskey1

Whiskey1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:25:48 +0000

Love the program and a huge deal for John to layout the progamming “play book”!!! Makes even more sense now. Couple of quick questions:

1. Is deadlift considered vertical or horizontal pull? I know the bar is moving in the vertical plain but on set up the back and arms are in the horizontal. (similar to a bent over row).

2. What are sledge hammer swings and ball slabs considered in functional movement catagories?
Thanks!!!

Comment on CrossFit Football for CrossFit by AlphaDog

AlphaDog — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:29:03 +0000

Anyone care to recommend how to run CFFB on a Monday – Friday schedule with Saturday as the game day?

Friday would preferably be a rest day or upper body only so as to be fresh for Saturdays game. Sunday would be a rest day too.

Cheers,

AlphaDog

Comment on Leaning Out by John

John — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:15:36 +0000

Just b/c you like to smoke pot don’t justify that it is a positive and good thing. Pull your head out of your ass and realize hormonal problems it causes for men are pretty severe. However, this is where things get weird. I am completely for a legalizing of marijuana and your ability to decided whether or not you want to smoke it. I think government regulation of things like marijuana are stupid. And I don’t support gun laws. Gun laws take weapons out of private citizens hands. Adults should be able to decided. I don’t support big business. I like what Ron Paul has to say, and think Obama, Newt or Mitt are whores for big biz. I think Monsanto is the Evil Empire and their power and lobbying dollars scare me to death. I think more than 70% of America is disenfranchised with the state of things but has no idea how to stop, prevent or change the current situation. Most American’s don’t like the war but have no idea how to deal with the middle east. Frankly, if we wanted to end it all we should turn it in to a large parking lot.

I am not sure how to fix the problems of the world. If you want to smoke pot, go for it. But it will not help with performance and the stimulation of estrogen is no muy bueno if you are trying to get better. Not to say that more than a few athletes smoke pot. i have several friends that smoke pot, one in particular I was best man at his wedding. I don’t smoke pot and frankly, could careless whether you do or not.

Comment on Coffee & Guns by Kyle Boyer

Kyle Boyer — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:46:04 +0000

Awesome article John. Love your stuff!!!

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Comment on CrossFit Football Wiki by Robbie

Robbie — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:50:06 +0000

CF Main Site is what draws people into power and oly lifting, kb’s, gymnastics, etc.(which is fucking awesome) Crossfit Football is where the intelligent skeptics go to learn how to incorporate the great mix that CF offers into a periodized program that works for more than a few months before you skinny down, lose 60lbs off your back squat and get a SLAP Tear doing muscle ups for time.

Most of the solid CF gyms are trying to plan out more lifting stuff. They just miss on balancing volume and intensity. John is fucking genius at this.

CF Makes women hot and men skinny.
CFFB makes women really hot and crazy strong and makes men into hard as fuck beasts that fit into conventional denim wear. When is John launching a jean company?

Comment on CrossFit Football for CrossFit by Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:37:48 +0000

We had great success doing CFFB as rx’d over a few months last year. I layed out expectations for inclusions in this class (MTHF 5:30pm) and told them the program would not work unless they were consistent.

Time was rarely an issue. After 2 weeks, everyone knows what to do. Superset when there are two movements ( squat, rest 90 seconds, press, rest 90 seconds, repeat), know exactly how much you are going to lift, get aggressive, spot your buddy.

We had awesome results. PR’s for everyone who could honestly said they did the program. Some people didn’t stick with it and went back to our regular programming. No problem. They will always be asking me what they need to do to get better (get stronger. “How do I get stronger?” Do what I say).

If you run a tight ship, you should be able to get through CFFB as rx’d no problem.

I agree with a time limit. You can warm people up with Coach Burgener’s junkyard dog warmup in 3 minutes, then start warming up your squat. Tell them we are moving onto the met-con at x:xx time and that’s how long they have to get through it.

Make sure your athletes eat enough and sleep enough. Basically, everything John says. GOMAD. Soon, your previous endurance athletes will answer to ‘tubby’.

Comment on Leaning Out by bdog

bdog — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:51:17 +0000

Good post, however it is tainted by your biased opinions on marijuana use. If you do not know much about a particular topic, then it is best to not pronounce such strong opinions towards that topic: you risk losing credibility on the matters that you are well informed on.

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