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The Power of Questions & Rituals

As a coach, I often hear people initiate in negative self talk when things (seemingly) don’t go right…. and it drives me f*cking bonkers!!! An example of NST is something like, “Why can’t I do this right?” Or, “I can’t [...]

April 19, 2013 Inspiration, Instructional
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A Knarly “Linda”

I don’t know what got in to me on Friday, but I decided to do a mixed up, twisted form of an already nasty workout named, “Linda”.  More commonly known as “3 Bars of Death”. 10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1-Deadlift @ 1.5xBW -Bench Press [...]

February 18, 2013 Strength training, SWOD
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Day 361 of 365: Lessons Learned From Strength

Y’all know I’m all about digging past what’s on the surface…. At the gym,  I dig not only for strength, power, speed, health, and confidence, but I also strive to find lessons and meanings of even the simplest, everyday occurrences.  [...]

February 1, 2013 365Days of Strength, Powerlifting, strength coach, Strength training
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Day 352 of 365: Here’s Your Wake Up Call!

Is 530am really that early? For some people, the numbers 5, 3 and 0 have never been seen in that sequence in the morning.  For others, that’s when the day starts and that’s all there is to it.  What’s the [...]

January 7, 2013 365Days of Strength, Hybrid Training, morning routine, Sandbags, strength coach, Strength training, Tire Flips, Underground Strength Coach
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Day 348 of 365: SWOD Ammo

I guess I’m in the giving mood.  Hahaha. For many of you out there, it’s a busy time filled with events with the family and friends, parties, food, and booze.  Along with the hustle and bustle of this time of [...]

December 30, 2012 365Days of Strength, Bench Press, Floor Press, Olympic Lifting, strength coach, Strength training
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Day 347 of 365: SNAP! POP! BANG!

Many of you ate yourselves into a food coma… So I am here today to help you come out of that slumber and find your strong, athletic self once again. “How are you gonna do that?”, you may be asking.  [...]

December 27, 2012 365Days of Strength, Olympic Lifting, strength coach, Strength training
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Day 346 of 365: Super Duper Squats Finale

Merry Christmas!!! Yeah, it may be a little late, but I didn’t feel like getting on the computer to post a blog when I could be spending quality time with friends and family.  I hope you took advantage of your [...]

December 26, 2012 365Days of Strength, Low-Bar Squat, Mental Strength, Squat Technique, strength coach, Strength training, Super Squats
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Day 345 of 365: Meet Me….Again.

A very quick, simple post for today. As a function of being a coach at CrossFit Central, we are currently running through each of our coaches in an online video series titled, “Meet the Coach”.  In each video, videographer extraordinaire, [...]

December 22, 2012 365Days of Strength, CrossFit, CrossFit Central, strength coach, Strength training
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Day 343 of 365: Life Lessons From a Bodybuilder

Kai Greene is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable bodybuilders in the world. I only recently found videos of him being interviewed and as I watched I found myself drawn into his philosophy on training and life.  I thought to [...]

December 18, 2012 365Days of Strength, strength coach, Strength training
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Day 342 of 365: Packed FULL of Awesome!

It’s amazing how much AWESOME can be packed into 1 hour of training. I know that many of you that tune in to SSP.com each day are not in Austin, nor a member of Red Black Gym.  This is unfortunate [...]

December 14, 2012 365Days of Strength, CrossFit, Gratitude, Inspiration, Olympic Lifting, Sandbags, Speed Lifts, strength coach, Strength training, Super Squats, SWOD