strength and conditioning

Quality vs. Quantity (aka, Cheeseburger vs. Fasting)

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Hey DCL. Hope everyone’s had a fantastically sugar-free couple of weeks since we last touched base! Today’s nutrinformation bit revolves around a topic some (me) are pretty good at sucking at, and that’s the conundrum of how much to eat versus what to eat. With “intermittent fasting” and “counting

Post Workout Cooldown, Why You Shouldnt Lay Down After a Workout.

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Well, here it goes- probably the biggest reason (definitely not the only one) why people hate me in the gym. I refuse to let people lay down after a workout. One of my 10 rules of the gym is when you are done working out, stand up

DCL Nutriformation Meal Idea

On August 24, 2018 / abdominal training, best, best in clarksville, bestinclarksville, Clarksville tn, clarksvilletn, Conjugate Method, CrossFit Dunbar Cave Lab, fitness, fort Campbell, fort Campbell weightlifting, fortcampbell, kentucky, Nashville, Nashville TN, Nutrition, Olympic weightlifting, snatch, strength and conditioning, sugar, tactical athlete, Tennessee, TN, war on sugar, weightlifting / Leave a comment

Morning Zone/Paleo Smoothie This simple smoothie can be mixed up and quickly chugged for a balanced burst of Paleo/Zone energy to start your day; it’s great for those of us who don’t prefer giant breakfasts, or those of us who simply find ourselves continuously rushing out the

Why a 1RM Doesn’t always Mean a New personal record

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“Don’t have $100 shoes and a 10 cent squat” Let’s face it, no one likes to do volume work. No one likes to do heavy weights for multiple reps. We all just want to get straight to the point and go for a new

The Process

On July 9, 2018 / best, best in clarksville, bestinclarksville, clarksville, Clarksville tn, clarksvilletn, clean and jerk, Conjugate Method, created in the lab, crossfit, crossfit dcl, CrossFit Dunbar Cave Lab, crossfit in clarksville TN., DCL endurance, dcl weightlifting, endurance, fitness, fort Campbell, kentucky, Nashville, Nashville TN, snatch, strength and conditioning, tactical athlete, Tennessee, Uncategorized, usaw, weightlifting / Leave a comment

“Find your weaknesses, make friends with them, then beat them to death” This is one of my favorite quotes. Weaknesses are building blocks to our lives. Every weakness defeated is one step closer to our goals. That goal can be anything from a 700# back

Kids Need to Get Out and Play

On June 12, 2018 / best in clarksville, built in the lab, clarksville, Clarksville tn, clean and jerk, Conjugate Method, conjugatenation, created in the lab, createdinthelab, crossfit, crossfit dcl, CrossFit Dunbar Cave Lab, crossfit in clarksville TN., DCL endurance, dcl fort Campbell, dcl weightlifting, dcl Weightlifting fort Campbell, fitness, fort Campbell, fort Campbell weightlifting, fortcampbell, kentucky, Nashville, Nashville TN, Olympic weightlifting, strength and conditioning, Tennessee, usaw, weightlifting / Leave a comment

Well it’s summertime again and just like in previous years, parents are racing around town trying to get from one child’s practice to the next. This is a great thing, although maybe not for a parent’s sanity. As we enter this summer my warning to

Training against the Whiteboard

On May 17, 2018 / best, best in clarksville, clarksville, Clarksville tn, Conjugate Method, created in the lab, crossfit, crossfit dcl, CrossFit Dunbar Cave Lab, crossfit in clarksville TN., DCL endurance, dcl fort Campbell, dcl weightlifting, dcl Weightlifting fort Campbell, dclendurance, Nashville, Nashville TN, Olympic weightlifting, snatch, strength and conditioning, tactical athlete, TN, usaw, weightlifting / Leave a comment

I can’t believe it has taken me this long to write a blog on this topic: the mentality of many CrossFit athletes. I am not attacking the sport aspect of CrossFit, this is my sport after all. Too often, however, we see athletes that will sacrifice everything