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Speed Training For The Non-Track Athlete


If you play sports (you do play sports, right?), you can probably improve your game by being faster. In fact, I can't think of a single sport that doesn't benefit from increased straight-line speed. In baseball, it's base-running. Ball carriers in fo... Continue reading
Recipes: Issue 58


Cabbage Stuffing Though I use a chicken in this recipe, it will work well with turkey, too! Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 1 1/2 hours • 1 whole, free range chicken • 1/2 head of cabbage • 1/2 pound turkey sage sausag... Continue reading
Born Again…For the First Time


Not long ago, I spent some time reading posts on the Catalyst Athletics Weightlifting and Powerlifting forum. Aside from the fact that I like reading about weightlifting practically all the time, I thought the forums would give me a little insight in... Continue reading
Teaching the Olympic Lifts in the CrossFit Group Setting Part 2


Before we continue on this particular adventure, I want to provide some clarification on a few items from the first part of the article. It has been pointed out to me that some of my remarks offended certain individuals, and because this was not my i... Continue reading
Advanced Options with the Max Effort Black Box


“I guess I’m an awfully good sponge. I absorb ideas from every course I can, and put them to practical use. Then I improve them until they become of some value. The ideas which I use are mostly the ideas of other people who don’t de... Continue reading
Starting Weightlifters: Team Sandusky


Sandusky Weightlifting is a relatively new USA Weightlifting club, officially registered in January 2009. However, the club had been in existence as branch of Team Houston for some time. The club is comprised of ten lifters, mostly school age, and we... Continue reading
Recipes: Issue 57


Seasonal Steamed Vegetables Time: 15 minutes • 1 medium zucchini, diced • 1 medium yellow summer squash, diced • 1 stalk broccoli florets, chopped into bite sized pieces • 2 cups spinach • 2 slices of red onion &bu... Continue reading
These go up to Eleven: Planning Appropriate Training Volume for Weightlifters


First of all, we need to agree that if you haven’t seen the movie This is Spinal Tap, you’re just letting the best things in life slip through your fingers. In the heavy metal spoof, Spinal Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel is showing an inte... Continue reading
Teaching the Olympic Lifts in the CrossFit Group Setting


Sometimes your clients are confused. It’s true. Some want to squat to big padded balls instead of just learning where their asses are and squatting like grown-ups all the way to the bottom. Some want to do low-bar back squats. And some aren&rsq... Continue reading
My new life as an Olympic Lifter


The days of furious air squats and massive quantities of pull-ups along with 400 m runs are over... at least for me and at least for the next couple months. I have started a new journey as an Olympic lifter. Here are my observations, experiences and ... Continue reading
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