Battle of the Rock – take 3 – review

Late last week I went through my strategy and predicted results for my first comp this year: the Battle at the Rock. First, let me say this event keeps getting better and better. The first year I did it the final heats were completely re-seeded and the release of the schedule for the final heat

About 9 months of following OPT/OPEX – improvement?

I started following the Being programming from OPT (now known at OPEX) on April 21st, 2014. Now that it has been a solid 10+ months of following OPT I thought it would be fun (for me) to see if I have gotten better and stronger. On April 21st I found my 1 rep max front

Sometimes you have to tape yourself

This was yesterday’s “auxiliary” work at 24 Hour Fitness. I was doing a 5×5 of pause squats – 5 second pause at the bottom. This is what I learned by watching: I count to “5” a lot faster under load than I should. These weren’t 5 second pause squats, more like 2.5 second pause squats.

300!!

I have had a few goals for a year or two now: 300 back squat, 400 deadlift, 225 clean, 200 snatch. I have power cleaned 225, but I don’t think I have squat cleaned it. I think I would like to add getting 250 overhead to my goals. I can’t forget a free standing handstand

The CrossFit plateau

As I wrote just a few weeks ago: I need a change. I have definitely plateaued. I continue to read more and more that tells me I need specific training rather than “constantly varied” to get stronger and then I read this: It describes me almost perfectly Here are some the excerpts that really hit