You may have recently read an article, CrossFit: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly by Mark Rippetoe on the differences between training and exercise. I thought long and hard about posting the article but in the end I decided not to (sort of, as you can see). Then Friday after […]
The second block of the Bridge Cycle is here. Notes: SA = Single Arm KB = DBs can be substituted for anything with KB KTE/TTB/PV: Lever work is a good sub for knees to elbows, toes to bar and pole vaulters. Chin-ups: Muscle up work is a good sub for […]
Most of my workouts have some components of weightlifting and it is the sport I participate in the most regularly; however, Greg Everett’s new movie, American Weightlifting, isn’t just for the weightlifter. This is a great story about people who love what they do and will keep doing it even […]
We are in what I am calling a Bridge Cycle. We are going to start a regular block of programming on the first of the year, so this is a short 9 week cycle to get us there. Here is the overview and here is the first 3 week cycle. […]
“We don’t have to change the sport to make it interesting enough for spectators or for TV. You have people watching golf and fishing and poker on TV in this country. And you can’t tell me that those things are more exciting or interesting than weightlifting.” —Greg Everett I am […]
This was post was largely written by Marshall Pierce. About a month ago, Marshall and I competed the Endeavor Team Challenge (ETC). Saul posted a review of the event itself, but we thought it might be a good idea to post some information about what worked and what didn’t. The […]
Well it has been almost a month since Marshall and I finished the Endeavor Team Challenge (ETC) I guess it’s time to try to make some sense of it. We have some images here if you are interested. Some fellow Challengers posted this good video of the entire event. Here […]
I posted a cryptic message on our FB page about the Ostrander Hut deadline for a lottery, which is coming up shortly. Here is summary of the pertinent info from the reservation page: The Ostrander Ski Hut lottery will be held on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. All entries must be […]
Here is the overview for the next 12 weeks. Here is the programming for the next week and a half. This is programming for Sept. 23 – Oct. 11. Here are the levels for the strength lifts. A quick note about the strength lifts, for the next 12 weeks we […]
OK, first of all, don’t freak out, it’s Q4 for the programming at MDSoF but we got started late in 2012, so Thanksgiving is still months away. We are going to do a bridge cycle later this year, so our programming cycles will more closely match the yearly seasons. That […]