January 2011
3 posts
The Olympic Starting Position →
Gregg Everett on the Olympic starting position. This is definitely required reading. I see a lot of CrossFit athletes performing Olympic lifts from inefficient starting positions, which grossly impacts the overall quality (efficiency) of the lift by leading to a suboptimal second pull and thus reducing both power output and load lifted. As an athlete you should be concerned with mechanics first...
Eating Wheat Gluten Causes Symptoms in Some People... →
Not terribly surprising given that it is to the wheat’s survival advantage to select for seed germ toxicity, as it is with any plant occupying the equivalent niche such as quinoa.
How to Make The Best Improvements In Your Training →
I mostly agree, though I might modify a couple of these as follows:
1. Set clear goals. Everyone must have goals which are quantifiable, performance based, and set within a time frame. Check them off as you go and establish new ones.
2. Mechanics first, intensity second. Form matters, treat it as such.
3. Strength and power take the longest amount of time to develop, they have the greatest...