We are less than 10 weeks from the Tough Mudder. If you are in decent shape the event is not that hard but it still demands some training. To have a “good day” at the Tough Mudder, here are three areas that you should focus on: Mobility: This is super […]
For the last month or so we have been introducing the concept of levels on the Whiteboard at the gym. We are now going to post them along with the programming here on the blog instead of the newsletter. Please check out the levels and ask questions either here or […]
I am going to summarize the video because I was a little all over the place. 🙂 Position: Mobilize for the bottom of the Toes-to-Bar (hip flexors and shoulders/chest) and the starting position of the clean (hip floss). Movement: Practice moving your butt down before starting the clean, every single […]
I thought 13.1 and 13.2 were bad but 13.3 has been the worst and the worst thing was that I knew how bad it was going to be! Welcome to the jungle! Well anyway, I managed to live in spite of bonking in a pretty bad way. Here are a […]
I have seen some good content on preparing for the CF Games 13.2 workout but most of them have references to the way the the top competitors would do it and that is just not how most of us will be able to approach the workout. CF Games Open workout […]
Click image to enlarge As many people soon figure out, the secret to starting and staying Paleo is to either prepare your food before you want to eat it or get fast at preparing food or have the person who makes your food prepare or learn to prepare it fast. […]
MDSoF intentions for the 2013 Nutrition Challenge: All MDSoF athletes participate at the appropriate level for each athlete. All participants understand and practice “eating is training.” All participants understand health comes from practicing healthy habits and living a healthy lifestyle year after year. Rules for both Rx and scaled: Saul […]
As you know, MDSoF has always valued education and developing technique as the fastest, easiest and safest way of getting stronger, more fit and, most importantly, healthier. There are definitely some times when it seems that some athletes just want to get sweaty and don’t really care how they move, […]
We are doing an experiment this January. We believe that appropriate mobility is a major contributing factor to performance. As you know, we already have a mobility class on Thursday at 7 PM, but we are going to add a class on Monday at 7 PM to see if we […]
We are cancelling the 7 PM class on Wednesday, Dec. 19 and the 6 AM class on Thursday, Dec. 20. I will gladly have a class Friday morning if requested. The reason we are cancelling classes is that we are going to have the mother of all team meetings Wednesday […]