CFFB488

By John | Published: November 9, 2011
CFFB488John, I found your site via Robb Wolf’s blog, and glad I did. As I was searching your posts, I found one called “It is better to burn out that fade away”. You talked about training for the athlete who might be slightly older than your normal CrossFit Football demographic...
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Strong. Awesome.

By John | Published: November 1, 2011
Strong. Awesome.Hey Johnny, What do you recommend for post workout nutrition. I train in a box where EVERYONE is very Paleo and as soon as I start whipping out my shakers of BCAA's, protein powders, carnatine and glutamine, all while munching down on my banana, I'm the brunt of the joke at the gym. (I get my own back though considering my name is at the top of the boards on the daily WODs and most of the big lifts)...
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REPOST: Strength Training For Young Athletes

By John | Published: October 31, 2011
REPOST: Strength Training For Young AthletesI enjoy the repeat questions because it means more often than not, people's mode of thinking is changing and they are starting to ask the right questions. I do however, need to do a better job in the FAQ linking to many of the topics that keep coming up. I received a question from a CFFB certified high school football coach and thought it would be a great chance to repost my write-up on strength training young athletes...
Posted in Football, Power Athlete, Training | Tagged | 11 Comments

REPOST: 2010 Recap

By John | Published: October 30, 2011
REPOST: 2010 RecapTTMJ started with a simple objective. To work through the volume questions I received about the program, nutrition and life. The problem is...many of the questions I receive are repeats and things I have already addressed. Instead of reading all 100+ blog posts and gathering information, people will shoot off an email asking something that has already been dealt with...
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Getting Rid of a Rest Day

By John | Published: October 25, 2011
Getting Rid of a Rest DayJohn, I’ve got a strange request. I’m currently in Iraq and assist with Spit Fire CrossFit (back in the real world, I work at Wright-Patterson AFB and am a trainer at CF Wright-Patt). Spit Fire is your typical military affiliate: lots of fit young soliders who think that if a 15 min metcon is good, then surely 45 mins is better. Hero WODs? Every fucking day. The problem is gains are minimal and the new/unfit/older crowd are either scared off or don’t bring their numbers up anytime soon. I am an avid listener of Robb’s podcast (and follower of your blog) and know how you feel about daily excessively long metcons. I’ve had great success with MEBB program (both for myself and my small crew) and have been lately more and more convinced to make a switch to CFFB...
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Going Overhead with Overhead Athletes

By John | Published: October 23, 2011
Going Overhead with Overhead AthletesHey John, First off of course, thank you very much for providing the programming for CFFB. It's proved to be the most effective method of developing increased strength for me and helped me gain the weight I've long been unable to gain. I'm a baseball pitcher, 6'4" 200 lbs and haven't pitched for over two years because of a shoulder injury that involved surgery to fix a labrum tear...
Posted in FAQ, Lifting Weights | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Strength & Conditioning Facility

By John | Published: October 22, 2011
Strength & Conditioning FacilityI am in the process of rebuilding a gym I took over. We are a CrossFit affiliate. I have my degree in exercise science and coaching, ACSM CPT, CF Level 1 and will be attending the CrossFit Football seminar in Tampa this December. I took over managing my affiliate in February. I would like to rename the gym and become a more S&C oriented facility, since this is my area of focus and expertise (I train numerous D1-D3 athletes and amateur lifters as well as other athletes)...
Posted in Lifting Weights, Talk To Me Johnnie, Training | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Persistence & Determination

By John | Published: October 20, 2011
Persistence & DeterminationNothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, 'press on' has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race...
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Preparing for Big Ted

By John | Published: October 19, 2011
Preparing for Big TedIn 2000, early in the year we played Buffalo at home. At the time, Ted Washington was playing defensive tackle at 400+ lbs and was bringing the big bull-rush. And no matter how much I waved my arms, no matter how much I screamed, Buffalo wouldn't sub in a smaller player...
Posted in Football, Lifting Weights | Tagged , , , , | 32 Comments

Increasing IGF-1

By John | Published: October 18, 2011
Increasing IGF-1John, What's the deal with Deer Antler Extract? Are people really using it in the NFL? It seems totally bogus and the PR around it is very interesting in the NFL. Reminds me of Creatine back in the 90's. But Creatine has actually been studied and shows it actually is beneficial for the weight trainer...
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