Slow Down Your Strength Training
No matter what type of gym you go to, no doubt you will see the individual who is moving the weight around at lightning speed. While there is certainly a time and place for that sort of training, before you…
Undulating Sets
The term “undulate” can be defined as: to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion, or to display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement. In undulating sets, the reps of an exercise increase or decrease from set to…
Overhead Lifting for Your Body
It’s pressing day in your weight training program and you have overhead press on the docket. Without giving it a second thought, you revert to your typical position: arms and elbows at 90 degree angles, and you press straight overhead.…
The Skill of Acquiring Skills
They know enough who know how to learn ~Henry Adams Passive vs. Proactive We all have a choice to make: Will you choose to take responsibility for the process of acquiring new skills, or will you wait for someone to…
The Many Applications of EMOM’s
EMOM (Every Minute on the Minute) The EMOM Training Protocol prescribes that selected movements be performed “every minute, on the minute.” This format is one of the more effective methods for developing skill and power and for accumulating volume. Another…
How to Race a 2k!
Written by Kare Williams “Tips on how to survive the longest sprint of your life: the mental game” “Physiologists, in fact, have calculated that rowing a two-thousand-meter race (the Olympic standard) takes the same physiological toll as playing two basketball…
For Time vs. For Longevity: CrossFit Meets Physical Education, Interview with Kent Lorenz
Kent Lorenz What brought you to study exercise science? It’s actually been a circuitous journey. Initially, I completed my undergraduate degree in physical education, back in Canada. I realized then that I loved teaching, but I wasn’t thrilled about teaching…