Talk To Me Johnnie
Hard Lessons and Strong Advice from John Welbourn — Power Athlete Founder, 9-Year NFL Veteran, and Strength Advocate.
Talk To Me Johnnie
Hard Lessons and Strong Advice from John Welbourn — Power Athlete Founder, 9-Year NFL Veteran, and Strength Advocate.
Power Athlete Template
John, What would CrossFit Football look like if you DIDN’T have to satisfy the "metcon craving" of many CrossFitters? If you were given free reign to design a workout protocol that only emphasized strength and power to the exclusion of all else, would it look different? Thanks, DB...
Glutamine or Sheep Placenta?
Every time I buy creatine from anywhere they want to sell me glutamine too. Should I buy it? Yes. Also, order some Branch Chain Amino Acids or BCAAs. I like to mix the 5 grams of creatine, 5 grams of glutamine and 10 grams of BCAAs in my pre and post workout shake...
Why is he so fast?
Usain Bolt is explains why he is so fast. Listen to what he has to say. Quick Reaction. Drive. Keep Driving. Driving. Driving. Knees up. Shoulders Down. Dorsiflex. Toes up. Plant & Drive. Focus. Stay Focused...
Straps
Olympic shoes? They train barefoot. Belts? They stabilize their core. Clothes? If their mom's garage wasn't on a busy street they would train naked. Straps? Shit, they masturbate with a hook grip. Strength? Depends on who is asking. Condoms? They use a rattlesnake...
Circus Hands
Keep training. You are on the right track, your friends are the ones who are fucked up. Most raw lifters should be able to deadlift more than they squat. Once you approach your limit on the strength curve, you start to see squat numbers matching the deadlift. But this won't happen until you are so far advanced you won't give a shit about this site...If I come across a raw lifter whose squat is equal or more than his deadlift, I assume he does not pull heavy in training. Or he has very small hands and is best suited to join the circus...
Tarzan or Jane?
I realized many athletes become obsess over weight room numbers. They focus all their attention on their lifts, and forget that the game is played on the field. Rather than improving their skills and technique, their focus shifts towards becoming a weigh room warrior. They become more interested in a 10 lb PR, than increasing their skill...
Risk vs Reward
In CF circles, words like specialist and hypertrophy are dirty words. CrossFit Football, however, made it’s bones with myofibrillar hypertrophy, alactic power and short capacity. The program was never designed to be general and inclusive. Check the tag line, “Forging Powerful Athlete”...