When it comes to athletic training, an athlete and a coach have to train smart. One of my favorite quotes is “You don’t train maximally. You don’t train minimally. You must train optimally.” When it comes to athletic training, you have to have a goal in mind.
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This may be a very controversial subject depending on who you talk to. Let me caveat this blog but first saying, never go against your doctors orders and always listen to your body. One of the problems with any sport is that injuries happen. There really is
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Ah, the elusive “rest day” talk. Everyone knows they need rest days, but why do we need them? When should we take them? Are you taking too much rest? These are all questions I am often asked. All too often we see athletes go from
Read more →Labrats, hello! Today in the MindLab, let us ponder the prolific pandora of postured anxiety-reducing practice via yoga. We all experience stress and anxiety: cell phone notifications, emails, work to-dos, home to-dos, “honey-dos,” “honey-don’t-evers,” not enough time, not enough energy, not enough motivation, self-defeating talk, impossible self
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This is an article I have been wanting to write for a long time. Over my years of doing CrossFit I have tried various strength and metabolic conditioning programs. Some have greatly influenced how I do my own programming. Many of the authors of these
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Hello again DCL! Hope you’ve had a great week in this tornado-laden tundra. Rather than burdening you with boisterous and bountiful bundles of choice vocabulary, let’s share a reminder of what CrossFit considers the basis for healthy eating for wellness and performance. Combining constantly-varied, functional movements done
Read more →Hello MindLab Rats! Today let’s talk about stress, and a cool little technique that can be employed to keep those uncomfortable feelings of anxiety or unease at bay. This is known in some circles as “the spiral technique” or the “energy ball technique,” and it
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A great book I have recently read is 12 Rules Of Life by Jordan Peterson, which offers some insightful views on life. In this book, Dr. Peterson applies the rules of the past and applies them to present day. Much of what is talked
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DCL, hello! This is another introduction message, this time for the part of us seldom improved upon… our psyche! We will be mixing these MindLab updates into our weekly repertoire for the same goal as always: to help us all be as healthy and fit as possible!
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It’s hard to find a training program that doesn’t want to increase your max squat, deadlift, or bench press. These programs are everywhere. Some are very calculated and excellent and others are thrown together and lead you on a long road to failure. One thing that is
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