Technique and Strategy

What To Expect: The Hip Hinge 2

This entry was posted in Practice vs Performance Technique and Strategy What to expect on August 18, 2011 by saulj

Many people want to know what we do in BootCamp so we are going to start a little series on what to expect in MDSoF BootCamp. I would have to say the hardest, probably most beneficial, movement we teach in the MDSoF BootCamp is the hip hinge. We teach it […]

Fine-Tuning Your DL 1

This entry was posted in Practice vs Performance Technique and Strategy on July 28, 2011 by saulj

This week we are fine-tuning the DL by adding some speed during the workouts. There are a number of very good tutorials on deadlifting on the Interwez (here and here) that tell you how to deadlift correctly. However, as you start going faster, for instance, in a workout like Diane, […]

Recovering and Rejuvinating 1

This entry was posted in Recovery Technique and Strategy on July 27, 2011 by saulj

The other day Dylan was asking me about how I recover and rejuvenate myself. My answer at the time was sleep and, overall, I think that is the best thing for me when I get worn down. Another thing that really gets me going again is listening to Pat Metheny. […]

Mad Dawg Open – Saturday, July 30 2

This entry was posted in Competition MDSF Events Practice vs Performance Technique and Strategy on July 19, 2011 by saulj

A few months ago, we had a mock weightlifting meet to prepare for the NorCal Open at FIT in Los Altos. We had a such a great time that many of the athletes requested that we do another one. Please join us on Saturday, July 30 from 9 AM to […]

Diane – Mobilize Your Way To Power

This entry was posted in Practice vs Performance Technique and Strategy WOD on July 19, 2011 by saulj

Diane – Mobilize Your Way To Power Wow, I can’t believe how fast time is passing, we are already in our third and final week of working position for the deadlifts on Diane. Starting next Monday we will spend 3 weeks working on speed; however, we will still include these […]

Diane – Position Leads to Power 1

This entry was posted in MDSF Events Practice vs Performance Technique and Strategy on July 7, 2011 by saulj

Yesterday, we started a six week cycle working on Diane (21, 15, 9 reps each of dead lifts and headstand push-ups). The first three weeks we are going to work on position, the second three weeks we are going to work on strength. This video shows a little bit about […]

Amanda 3

This entry was posted in CrossFit Games Practice vs Performance Technique and Strategy WOD on June 9, 2011 by saulj

We are doing Amanda today and I wanted to demo how I think the WOD should be scaled so that you can practice a skill and get a little idea of the intensity at this last weekends Northern California CrossFit Games Regionals. This is a power workout, it should be […]

Squatting – Part III

This entry was posted in Geek Speak Technique and Strategy on May 26, 2011 by saulj

As I promised in my post last week, there were a number of statements in the articles I posted links to that raised some questions for me. I will list them and also provide some links that may have some answers. Motor programming/motor planning: KStarr seems to think that the […]

Squatting – Part II 2

This entry was posted in Geek Speak Practice vs Performance Technique and Strategy on May 19, 2011 by saulj

I’ve read and watched the articles that I posted a week or so ago a few times and thought I would give you a quick compare and contrast post: Where both KStarr and Greg agree (part II), some questions I didn’t find the answer to in any of the videos […]

Squatting

This entry was posted in Geek Speak Technique and Strategy on May 8, 2011 by saulj

I think it is pretty interesting that there is so much talk about squatting, toes-in-toes-out, bar placement, etc. I figure these people have opinions because it is such an important movement, that is why I have been stressing squatting at least twice a week. If you like to geek out […]