February is Press Month

I really enjoyed the back squat challenge we had last month, and thanks to Yanis I’ve decided to continue the theme.  If you missed it, all of January was the starting strength back squat challenge at Fawcett.  The rules were you had to work on back squats 3 days a week for the entire month of January.  Pretty simple concept but the people who followed through had awesome results.  Not just on the squat either, I’ve seen PRs on everything... Read More

Ring Training

I love ring training, best shoulder strength training their is, without question.  Have you seen male gymnasts?  They look like they should be walking on their hands, looks like it would be easier for them.  They’re a simple, no BS tool to get you strong as hell. Having rings on my mind lately, I coincidentally came across an advertisement for TRX bands, pisses me off to see those things.  Take a good idea, make it easier, safer, more colorful,... Read More

Learning Opportunities

Fall is coming, I could feel it when I got out of bed this morning.  Sad that my outdoor playtime will be less frequent, a bit of a relief though since this past month has been crazy busy.  We’ve been hosting lots of extra classes, workshops, attending competitions, plus a whole lot of playin around.  If you’ve missed some of these awesome events and classes we’ve held, never fear, we’ve already got some more in the schedule. ... Read More

Strong Enough?

A question I was asked today led me to the topic for this post.  The question of how strong can we really expect to be or how strong do we really need to be?  It’s a valid question and the answer will vary depending on who you are and what you hope to accomplish.  The question can be extended to all sorts of physical abilities or attributes.  How fast, how agile, how flexible, how lean, how muscular, how ridiculously awesome can I possibly... Read More

On the Horizon

Good evening fellow strength and conditioning, CrossFitting, clean eating and generally awesome people.  I would like to use my post this week to make a couple of announcements and give everyone another round of kudos for all the hard work and dedication I’ve witnessed.  I don’t know if you realize this, but as a coach and owner I am inspired on a daily basis by all of you.  Reading your comments in the clean eating challenge discussion... Read More