A Six-Week Sled Training Program

As foolproof as the sled push is, some people still slaughter it, resulting in poor form and wasted energy.

While barbells and dumbbells get all the love (rightly) from strength enthusiasts, it's hard to hit the sled in terms of stamina.

Why sled training?

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A Six-Week Sled Training Program

As foolproof as sledging is, some people still slaughter it, resulting in poor shape and wasted energy.

While barbells and dumbbells get all the love (rightly) from strength enthusiasts, it's hard to hit the sled in terms of stamina.

Why sled training?

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Strength Training for Ice Cold Athletes

Yunus Barisik emphasizes the need for more strength and outlines how he structures the training of his ice hockey athletes in order to optimize performance.

In this episode, our guest, Yunus Barisik, explains exactly what it takes to produce top athletes for ice hockey.

He particularly emphasizes the need for increased strength and outlines exactly how he structures his athletes' training throughout the year in order to optimize performance and keep them injury-free.

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Strength Training for Ice Cold Athletes

Yunus Barisik emphasizes the need for more strength and outlines how he structures the training of his ice hockey athletes in order to optimize performance.

In this episode, our guest, Yunus Barisik, explains exactly what it takes to produce top athletes for ice hockey.

He particularly emphasizes the need for increased strength and outlines exactly how he structures his athletes' training throughout the year in order to optimize performance and keep them injury-free.

Continue reading

Emotional Intelligence as a Success Marker for Fitness Training

Training people for fitness, nutrition, health and wellness requires emotional intelligence. Successful personal trainers abound in EI.

The pandemic taught us an important lesson: everyone has an opinion, and people in the fitness industry seem to have a lot more than most business people. And it wasn't really much fun to watch because I don't really need a personality dump from a trainer or coach, just training and coaching.

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Emotional Intelligence as a Success Marker for Fitness Training

Training people for fitness, nutrition, health and wellness requires emotional intelligence. Successful personal trainers abound in EI.

The pandemic taught us an important lesson: everyone has an opinion, and people in the fitness industry seem to have a lot more than most business people. And it wasn't really much fun to watch because I don't really need a personality dump from a trainer or coach, just training and coaching.

Continue reading

How To Optimize Your Training for Next Year’s CrossFit Open With Former Champ James FitzGerald

Here's some food for thought from 2007 CrossFit Games Champion James FitzGerald on what to look for in order to maximize the next 320 days of training for next year's CrossFit Open.

For more than 99 percent of those who participated in the 2021 CrossFit Open and the quarterfinals, it's the drawing board again: eleven months of training ahead of you in hopes of improving your efforts over the next year.

Have you spent a lot of time thinking about the method you will use to maximize, give or take your performance in 320 days??

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How To Optimize Your Training for Next Year’s CrossFit Open With Former Champ James FitzGerald

Here's some food for thought from 2007 CrossFit game master James FitzGerald on what to look for in order to maximize the next 320 days of training for next year's CrossFit Open.

For more than 99 percent of those who took part in the 2021 CrossFit Open and the quarterfinals, it's the drawing board again: eleven months of training ahead of you in hopes of improving your efforts over the next year.

Have you spent a lot of time thinking about the method you will use to maximize, give or take your performance in 320 days??

Continue reading