Talk to Me Johnnie – Page 12

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

Dazed and Confused

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers...

By John|2013-02-02T01:47:52-06:00December 1st, 2011|Mental, Talk to Me Johnnie, Training|35 Comments

In-Season vs Off-Season

CrossFit Football is a strength & conditioning program designed for power athletes. These athletes use the CrossFit Football program to compete in their chosen sport. Since most contact sports are not played year around, we have designed an In-Season program for athletes that are in practicing and competing in their sports. The Off-Season programming is for those athletes that are in their off-season and/or not in the midst of competing their sports...

By John|2013-02-02T01:52:03-06:00November 30th, 2011|FAQ, Talk to Me Johnnie|2 Comments

Lost in Madrid

My name is Fernando and I am a CrossFitter and MMA/Kick boxing fighter from Spain. I discovered your site a few months ago and I think it is really great, but I am really surprised and confused about some information. I will tell you my story. Here in my country, Spain, there is no information about Paleo diet, Crossfit, etc. There are just three CrossFit boxes in the capital Madrid, and two of them suck. Even in my box most of people don’t know what is Paleo...

By John|2013-02-02T02:00:08-06:00November 29th, 2011|Diet, Supplements, Talk to Me Johnnie|31 Comments

From CFFB to PL’n

If you want to train in the group and their program follows a Monday, Wednesday, Friday split, then train the major lifts on these days. However, make sure you are supplementing these main lifts with plenty of accessory work to keep your volume high. Powerlifting is built around being about to perform 3 main lifts for a single rep. Rugby is a game built around a series of 5-10 second max effort sprint/hits followed by 20-50 seconds...

By John|2013-02-02T02:00:40-06:00November 28th, 2011|CrossFit Football, Lifting Weights, Talk to Me Johnnie, Training|7 Comments