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Regionals Heartbreak

Posted by admin on May 20, 2013 in Crossfit | 0 comments

I’ve had some shitty luck at Regionals the past two years. Last year, I was proud to be the Team Captain of some of my best friends in the world as we went to West Palm Beach to compete in the Dirty South Regional on CrossFit Inception’s team. Our weekend was unfortunately cut short when none of our girls could snatch the 70lb dumbbell. It sucked, I got really, really, really drunk. I couldn’t get mad at anyone, not even the evil Dave Castro. Everything was fair and we failed to meet a standard. There was really no way to...

Emily Butterfly Pull Ups

Posted by admin on May 19, 2013 in Crossfit | 0 comments

Emily Clean Pull + Clean + 2 Front Squat

Posted by admin on May 18, 2013 in Crossfit | 0 comments

           Emily clean pull+clean+2 front squat         

PR Back Squats at the Power Athlete Team Comp

Posted by admin on May 17, 2013 in Crossfit | 0 comments

One of the cool things about the Power Athlete Team Competition was that every lift was videoed and posted online to watch. Here are my three back squats. This was a big PR for me and I actually looked good doing it. They still looked like warm up weights.   http://emotionalgame.com/myEG/16951/3321   I could have gone a little heavier, but hey Regionals is in two weeks. Just another day at practice.

Maximum Mobility

Posted by admin on May 16, 2013 in Crossfit | 0 comments

So I can’t believe that it took me so long to get to it, but I finally got to review Doug Larson’s Maximum Mobility this weekend. I feel bad because Doug was gracious enough to send me the link after the Garage Games back in February, but hey I had accounting to pass and I don’t think Dr. Turner was going to ask me anything that required a goniometer. Check out the trailer for it before you read the rest of my blog post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WS2Ut-z9Ys&feature=player_embedded Long story short, this product is...

Power Athlete Team Series

Posted by admin on May 15, 2013 in Crossfit | 0 comments

Yesterday (actually 4 May), I did the Power Athlete Team Series Competition at CrossFit North Atlanta. Basically, it was a great competition and a lot of fun. It was also really nice not to have to travel or go out of my way or even wake up early to do a great competition. My team, CrossFit North Atlanta CockDiesel was using it primarily as practice for Regionals coming up in two weeks. I’d like to thank Burke for setting up the whole thing. Also to Travis for hosting it and Baker and the rest of the sponsors for making it happen. Cali,...

5 days on, 2 days off workout schedule

Posted by admin on May 14, 2013 in Crossfit | 0 comments

Hey Yo Matt: Carb Backloading

Posted by admin on May 13, 2013 in Nutrition | 0 comments

Whole 30 Expectations

Posted by admin on May 12, 2013 in Crossfit | 0 comments

Metconning for Strength

Posted by admin on May 11, 2013 in Crossfit, Hey Yo Matt | 0 comments

Hey Yo Matt: Can you explain the difference of lifting for volume and the metcons involving weight lifting. People seem confused when I try to explain it. Basically the question that coaches get all the time is: “can’t I just get strong from doing metcons? Why do I have to do strength?” The short answer is no, no you cannot just get strong from Metcons. There are dozens of psychological and physiological adaptations that occur during strength training that will NOT and do NOT occur when your major limiter is your breathing....