I apologize for not posting for a few weeks but I have been swamped with work and travel. Football, Balboa, Paleo Brands and a new project have been taking more time than expected and Talk To Me Johnnie has suffered. But that doesn't mean I haven't been working, reading and planning. Recently, I was forwarded an article titled, "Eggs on Their Faces" written by Steven Malanga detailing America's changing perception of diet. It seems the [...]
Hey John, I've just been reading a lot of material on the Paleo diet, and I believe I've gotten a lot of the science down pat and analyzed. But now, I'm wondering more about programming and the type of reading I should be doing. I've taken the CFFB Level 1 Cert, and I'm wondering if there's any specific books your would recommend? Per chance some Mark Rippetoe? Anthony Yes! I have been waiting [...]
John – You guys travel a lot for CrossFit Football and have seen a good number of boxes. How do boxes differ and which ones are you excited to see? Jake L. If you haven’t noticed, after we did our international tour we took a few weeks off to regroup and rest up before we head out on the road. We are very excited to head to Skip Miller’s box, Front Range CrossFit, [...]
Come join the crew from CrossFit Football, LifeAsRx and many special guests for a Pre-Game Party on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, CA. Yes, the guys from LifeAsRx and myself decided with all the people flying in from around world for the 2010 Games we should party. And if you know us, you know we like to party with two "R's"! So, we decided to invite our friends to come hang with us in [...]
Hi John - I have been playing football for the past seven years, and I just want to say that your programming has put me in way better shape now than I was when playing college ball. I played college football my first two years of college, and upon graduating last year, I had not played since. I decided that I had so much love for the game - I trained crossfitfootball.com everyday for 7 months, [...]
Hey Johnnie, This question has been bugging the crap out of me and I can't seem to get a complete answer. My question is very basic, why is there such difference in body composition between olympic athletes? I have seen olympic meets where you can compare 77kg (169lb'ish) lifters; some are completely jacked while others are straight up skinny! Is this a difference in genetics, training programming, and diet? The reason I ask [...]
For many of you that follow the CFFB on a daily basis will have noticed that in the last few months we have been getting a lot of posts from some of our boys in Afghanistan. They like signing F.K.S after their names and have been featured on the site. CF Football is proud of boys and girls fighting to ensure our freedom and anything we can do to help is just a [...]
Hi John - My name is Tyler and I am a swimmer at Middlebury College. Along with some of my teammates I have been following CFFB since our season ended. As both sprinters and athletes needing big gains in strength and size, the CFFB programming has been a perfect fit for our needs. Personally, I've coupled it with w CFE-type swimming program and I am swimming faster than I did all season! Thanks [...]
I happened last Tues doing OHS. The gym here is somewhat of a “globo” gym, so they don't have anything like bumper plates, or anything CrossFit related. The rack is too wide to set your hands for OHS right out of the rack. So we'll just take it off in a rack position, set our hands, jerk it overhead, do the reps, and either bring it back to rack position, or drop the [...]
Talk To Me Johnnie - After reading the information on fats and ketogenic diets, I am confused. Can you just tell me what to eat? It seems that I needed some counseling, so I did what any intelligent individual would do, I contacted Chuck Norris for his views on nutrition and the Power Athlete Diet TM. I asked for an accurate prescription for what I should be eating. Chuck responded and delivered the [...]