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.
You think you will make the weight?
Hi John, First, thanks for the great programming. I've been using it for the last six months, and really couldn't be happier. However, I'm training for the Marine Corp's Officer Candidate School. Part of its requirements is a three-mile run in 18:00 for maximum points. I recently ran a 5k [...]
Busted Nose
On 5rm back sq yesterday I got a pr with 435, nose started to bleed a little on 4th rep and busted couple of blood vessels in right eye, is this normal? Jimmy [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BiC3OUNFqE[/youtube] Jimmy – while it is not the norm, it happens. For me, broken blood vessels are [...]
2 Workouts…1 Day
Hello CrossFit Football, I am from Crossfit Aalborg in Denmark, I've got the city's hockey team into our center. I am sure that your program is brilliant for them. Are you intending to do the Daily WOD and Strength WOD on the same day? Mvh Mads Skovsgaard Thimm Crossfit Aalborg [...]
Smaller Jumps
Talk to Me Johnnie, I’ve been following the CrossFit Football programming for several months and seeing steady progress. My question is about the speed of progression. For example, the typical amateur programming calls for a Press 3x5 (add 5 lbs to last workout) each Monday. Should I realistically be able to add [...]
RIP
Slipknot bassist, Paul Gray, was found dead on Monday morning. I first saw Slipknot in 2000 in Philadelphia and have listened them for years while training. I had the pleasure of seeing them in multiple shows when they opened for Metallica on Metallica's European Tour in 2003 in support of [...]
Mastering a Skill
Hey John, A question about gaining relative strength (I’m 5’11” 26 years old, a soft 210lbs): For about 8 months now I’ve been cycling through the poweroly lifts about every 2 weeks. Doing a 5RM then 3RM then 1RM each 2 weeks (so I start over about every 6 weeks) [...]
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? ...