Talk to Me Johnnie – Page 12

Making It Work

To facilitate this, I’ve put together a fully functional CFFB garage gym. The amazing thing (IMHO) is that I’ve managed to fit it all into a 115 square foot (11’ x 10’ 6”) space in my 1-car garage. I also store a rolling toolbox, 4 bicycles, 2 motorcycles and some typical garage stuff in there. I know some people struggle with finding a place to work out, so I thought this might be useful or inspiring to those who might have a small space at home and can only afford a small stipend with which to buy equipment...

By John|2013-02-02T01:04:47-06:00April 4th, 2012|Talk to Me Johnnie, Testimonial, Training|26 Comments

Hamstring Pull

Tight hamstrings are weak hamstrings. And tight, weak hamstrings can pull the pelvis into anterior pelvic tilt. The upper connection of the hamstrings becomes weaker as that connection becomes tighter, preventing its proper function in keeping the pelvis properly aligned. Knowing this, you need to start stretching your hamstrings. Google hamstring stretches and in .0001 seconds 6 billion results will be staring you in the face...

By John|2023-03-15T07:56:54-05:00March 20th, 2012|Talk to Me Johnnie, Training|45 Comments

What kind of exercises will I need?

Talk To Me Johnnie...I'm a high school junior looking to play Division 1-AA football in college. I've been doing CrossFit for a couple of years now, and I'm looking for what types of exercises I need to be able to do, and goals I need to hit in order to make it. I figure you guys would be the best people to ask. Let me know. Thanks, Steve...

By John|2013-02-02T01:13:26-06:00March 19th, 2012|CrossFit Football, Football, Lifting Weights, Talk to Me Johnnie, Training|18 Comments

Traditions

Hello John...First off let me thank you for the incredible resource you provide through CFFB. We introduced CFFB to our high school athletes for the first time last January (2011) and we are seeing extremely impressive results. Intensity is through the roof, strength increases are coming in droves (I wish we were introduced to linear progression many years ago!) and most importantly the kids love it. The linear progression provides them instant feedback everyday and the wods provide the competitive environment that is lacking during the football off-season...

By John|2013-02-02T01:13:29-06:00March 13th, 2012|Lifting Weights, Talk to Me Johnnie, Training|6 Comments

FT vs. ST

John...Thank you for the invaluable resources you provide through CFFB and Talk To Me Johnnie. After reading the post “Legs Too Large? WTF?” I began to wonder about utilizing the 20-rep max. In the paraphrase, Mark Rippetoe uses the example of an 80% 1RM for a set of 20 reps. My question to you is: do you recommend using a 20 rep max from time to time on the squat and if so, how often? I imagine that doing a 20-rep max using about 80% of 1RM would put the legs out of commission for a good 2 days...

By John|2013-02-02T01:17:35-06:00February 27th, 2012|Lifting Weights, Talk to Me Johnnie, Training|39 Comments

CrossFit Football for CrossFit

John...Let me first say, I love the site and the seminar. I was at your CFFB seminar last year and learned for than I could process. I was really excited about the program and have had great results with our high school athletes and people training for the CrossFit Games. My only issue is implementing it on a mass scale with our general population. I find two lifts and a short metcon take more time than most of our general population CrossFitters have. I should have asked you while I was at the cert but didn’t dawn on me till I got home. How would you structure the program in a general CrossFit setting?...

By John|2013-02-02T01:19:19-06:00January 18th, 2012|CrossFit Football, Talk to Me Johnnie|23 Comments

Coffee & Guns

Dear John...I was wondering if you could give us more info and details on what it was like to train with the Zangas crew. What was their training week/split like? Did they periodize their training? Did he have you train differently since you were a football player and not a lifter or because you were younger? I have looked but I haven’t found a lot out there about his programming or training. As always thanks for your time and the great site and info...

By John|2013-02-02T01:27:04-06:00January 18th, 2012|Lifting Weights, Talk to Me Johnnie|24 Comments

CrossFit Football Wiki

I am curious to know the Advantages/disadvantages as well as the differences between CFFB and regular CrossFit....Anyone want to answer his question?

By John|2013-02-02T01:30:39-06:00January 12th, 2012|CrossFit Football, Talk to Me Johnnie|46 Comments

Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant.

Ask 11 men wearing armor to impose their will on another group of 11 men wearing armor standing just across an imaginary line and see what happens. Now add 75,000 fans screaming and millions of dollars in salary and see where it gets us. Now breed an attitude of superiority in the men from the time their are kids and for good measure have them lift weights and train like it was a job from high school...

By John|2013-06-03T20:24:23-05:00December 23rd, 2011|Aggressive, Football, Talk to Me Johnnie|16 Comments

2011 Recap

This is my recap for 2011. This past year has seen a lot of growth and we are excited for 2012. Talk To Me Johnnie is heading into another year and CrossFit Football made it into it’s third year. Just like last year, we have decided to make the last post of 2011 a recap. Enjoy....

By John|2013-02-02T01:36:36-06:00December 22nd, 2011|CrossFit Football, FAQ, Talk to Me Johnnie|4 Comments