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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
Eating for Primal Quest


This month we are diving into how a few teammates and I eat in preparation for this adventure race. That being said, this is somewhat endurance-biased. At the same time, I have used it on quite a few clients in the past, and will be trying to impleme... Continue reading
Recipes: Issue 56


Paleo Chicken Alfredo Alfredo sauce and pasta is about as far from Paleo nutrition as you can get. However, here is a simple way to create a Paleo version. I am using kelp noodles here, but if you cannot find them where you live, spaghetti squash... Continue reading
Bananas, Chocolates, and a Big Russian Bear


Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks was giving an interview once and he was describing a job he had early in his career, before he was a big name, where he had worked with a group of actors and directors who were much more experienced and skilled t... Continue reading
Core Training for Weightlifting


While the term core is often used to imply the abdominal musculature, it actually refers to all of the structures of the lower torso and pelvic region and accordingly includes the posterior aspect. From a broader anatomical perspective, we might incl... Continue reading
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