Love Your Hips

Restricted positions?  Crappy overhead squat?  Your joints may be holding you back.  Don’t get me wrong, your muscles may have short stretch reflexes or your fascia may be bound up like plastic wrap on itself as well, but  the majority of the problems I’ve seen this week are restricted joint capsules.  Unfortunately, freeing up your joint capsules does not feel very pleasant, but then again when is any of the mobility work we do in... Read More

Now That’s a Good Looking Snatch

You may notice a recurring theme in this weeks warm ups, we’re putting snatch practice on the end of every movement prep this week.  That can only mean one thing……. Olympic Lifting Cycle!  Three weeks of snatch, clean, and jerk practice!  I hope you guys are as excited as I am. There is no better indicator of athletic prowess than the snatch, a beautiful thing to see when done properly.  Power, coordination, speed, balance, and... Read More

Being Cool Is Easy, But Awesome Takes Practice

I stole the title of this post from a cheesy after school special made in the 90′s.  It is true h0wever, that the journey from being cool to being awesome is laden with practice.  But, enough about me.  I wanted to bring to your attention a fun event coming up. It is called the Dirty Dash and it will be held in Seattle on July 9th.  In return for helping to promote the event we are allowed a few teams of five for free.  I will be putting... Read More

The Whole 15

Today is day 15 for me on the “Whole 30″ program.  If your math skills are limited, that means I’m halfway there.  No grains, no dairy, no legumes, no alcohol and no sugar.  Now that I’m at the halfway point I feel like I’m getting a second wind and I’m ready to finish this thing without incident. Here’s what I’ve noticed so far.  Living without dairy is not as hard as I expected.  I’m addicted... Read More