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Build Muscle
Weightlifting and Physique
Let’s face it: you’re probably not that good. I don’t mean that in a mean way, mind you. You’re probably average…
Fitness
A System for Developing Competitive Crossfitters, Part 3
I Make Mistakes So You Don’t Have To Part 1 of this series Part 2 of this series Watching my athletes compete in the…
Squat
Building A Useful Squat
Amy likes to squat. I know this, because when I texted her asking if we could discuss her squat for a JTS article, her…
Fitness
A System For Developing Competitive CrossFitters, Part II: Building The Machine
In part I, I put forth a general philosophy for the training of competitive CrossFitters. Movements are ranked by tier…
Fitness
A System For Developing Competitive CrossFitters, Part I: A (Relatively) Simple Analysis of a Complex Problem
For a long time, I thought of programming as a highly logical process, almost mathematical. If I could just dial in the…
Fitness
Programming for Crossfit
With the growth of CrossFit, both as a fitness program and a competitive endeavour, programming has become a commonly…
Fitness
GPP for Weightlifters
Unless you are at least a national level competitor, weightlifting is generally not considered a seasonal sport…
Squat
Squat Development for Weightlifting
Since the press was eliminated from competition in 1972, weightlifting has become a completely lower body dominant…
weightlifting
A Change of Direction
Weightlifting is a complex sport. So much so that there are a lot of things about it which I’ve simply stopped trying…