Press
The reason it is called a Press and not a Shoulder Press is what else would you use to Press the bar overhead? Your mind? It is like referring to a Squat as a Leg Squat. What else would you squat with? Hopes and dreams? ...
Regeneration
Hey John, I've been following CFBB for about 9 months with amazing results, but I have been struggling with an injury to my elbow which I first noticed a few months after I was hit by a car riding my mountain bike. Its a dull, aching nerve pain lateral to the olecranon of my left elbow. It only happens when our workouts have movements such as snatch, dips, jerk, and to a lesser [...]
Saturated Fats
There is no convincing evidence that saturated fat is unhealthy. Interestingly, the body possesses desaturase enzymes that can turn saturated fat into monounsaturated fat. As such, it appears that saturated fat is a superior source of fat due to its stability and versatility. The one fat that is a problem in the diet is the polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid called linoleic acid. Food sources of linoleic acid include: corn oil, soy oil, cottonseed oil, grapeseed oil, oats, peanuts and peanut oil, rice bran, safflower oil, sesame seeds and oil, sunflower seeds and oil, walnuts, wheat products, brazil nuts, pine nuts, hemp, pecans, and pistachios. Walnuts are recommended because they have a good omega-3 to omega-6 ratio. However, the omega-3 that is present is alpha-linolenic acid, which, due to its poor conversion to EPA and DHA, simply does not balance the linoleic acid (omega-6)...
Kalsu
John - Just wanted to drop a line. Almost a year ago I attempted Kalsu 6-23-09...and failed miserably. Two days later I tried it again and thought with a better game plan I could finish it rx'd...again, I failed. About a week later I did it with 95, a few months later, I crushed my time with 95lbs. This past December I did it with 115 and felt accomplished, doing it in 21 [...]
Tell Me What To Eat…
Your question was interesting in that you asked for a "website that took the same strategy you have with working out with nutrition". For a what to eat strategy look at the CrossFit Football website, we have some good information and a decent resource for what to eat and how much you should eat. I try to post good recipes that I use often and will start posting recipes and food pictures to the tab at the top of this page that says EAT...
Push/Pull
Hello, I'm a grad assistant strength coach at University of South Carolina, and I'm very interested in your programming. I've been competing in CrossFit over the last year, and often design my own programs. I'm curious about your programming for the Collegiate strength wod's, and was hoping that you could explain your method to me. One part that confuses me particularly is from May 3, and May 4. Each day athletes were asked [...]
3,3,3,3,3…5×3…5RM
When it says power clean 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 is that done the same way as regular CF where you try to increase weight every set? If you don't do the 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 the same as regular CF when do you try to go up in weight? Also can you explain deadlift 5RM? Is that just one set of 5 or is it do as many sets of 5 [...]
Raw Vegan vs Hunter Gatherer
I was forwarded a site called Health Matters To Me. The author does some comparisons of a family that produced a DVD on their Raw Vegan diet and the pictures that Weston Price took of Hunter Gatherer tribes around the turn of the century. Storm & Family: Degenerating Raw Vegans "...This brings us to the most fascinating portion of the film: the children. In Weston Price's studies of primitive populations, he discovered that [...]
Ketogenic Diets & Performance
I posted two articles on training and ketogenic diets that have caused some confusion so I thought I would post the questions and responses for some dialogue. Metabolism and Ketosis - Protein Power Ketogenic diets and physical performance - Nutrition & Metabolism Erik Behan asked a question... There are a couple points of note in the second article that I think need to be addressed by someone smarter than me. [...]
Why Talk To Me Johnnie?
I guess the first question I should answer is why “Talk To Me Johnnie”? As many of you may or may not know there was a time when I did not use a computer for more than paying some bills and looking at cars and motorcycles. I had no desire to read forums, personal websites, no Facebook or Twitter. I had played in the NFL for the a decade and the internet was [...]