This is Tennil’s third week of specific strength work related to the snatch. Following this strength session, Tennil has some skill work with double-unders which will almost certainly be featured in an upcoming CrossFit Open workout.

Have you ever struggled telling your clients your prices or selling your services?  I want to take a look at this piece through the lens of understanding behavior.

The Energy System Being Used – Is your workout a strength piece or is it meant to be something sustainable and aerobic? The characteristics of your workout define the way in which you warm-up. Aerobic pieces don’t require as much warm-up while strength pieces require long warm-ups.

I once taught a group of fitness instructors for 4 hours on spinal stability in functional fitness. It was 2001, a cold Calgary night in the Talisman Centre. All i had in my “show” was a swiss ball, a mat, and a blood pressure cuff. Just 3 years earlier I was spit out of a kinesiology degree knowing everything, or so I thought, about the strength and conditioning game.

Why do summer goals always fail? James Fitzgerald discusses goal setting and how to attain and maintain those summer goals.

While the profession of coaching is an eloquent struggle, you shouldn’t be struggling to survive. If you happen to be a coach who is struggling just to get by in the profession, there may be something wrong with your system.

James FitzGerald explains the story behind an OPEX shirt and the importance of the Airdyne to fitness training

Growing up, your mom probably encouraged you to eat a variety of foods—not just Mac & Cheese and chicken nuggets, or Goldfish crackers and Fruit Roll-ups—but maybe things like broccoli and carrots, chicken and pork, sweet potatoes and strawberries. In other words: Variety.

As many reps as possible in 20 minutes.

Team OPEX and athletes represented at the Granite Games last weekend in St. Cloud, Minnesota, proving that all the work they have been doing in the gym is paying off.

This session is similar to Tuesday’s AM session. Upper gymnastic strict / positional work followed by upper pushing and pull strength and accessory pieces. Nothing intense or overly tough here on the eve of the Crossfit Open workout.

If you’ve ever used the AirBike you’ll know what a versatile, reliable training tool it is. Before incorporating it into your client’s program, there are a few energy system principles you’ll need to learn.

If you are going to the Games, YOU are an athlete no doubt, and it takes some serious hard work and dedication to keep you going. In order to reach an the elite level, also requires more than just training in the gym. Food choices, sleep, recovery methods, mobility, and stress all play a vital role in the supernatural abilities of many athletes.

This past three weeks has been some of the most fulfilling time I’ve ever spent as a coach.  I had a new client sign on who is the most beginner’ish of any client I’ve ever worked with.  At 50 years of age, his training age is 0.  Never even been in a gym.  Ever.

The last thing you want to do is accelerate out of the start and fatigue in your shoulders and calves way to quickly. Pace yourself throughout 18.3. You should consider partitioning reps into sets instead of trying to do everything unbroken.

If you're looking to improve your muscle ups within a competition piece or event, then you need to practice it in a variable of settings. Here James discusses how to work muscle ups into a couplet piece.

Trying to get better in fitness requires tackling a number of different modalities. James Fitzgerald of OPEX talks about bringing up your aerobic capacity.

Proper preparation for an event like 18.5 actually starts way before it even begins. Ideally, an athlete should be accumulating volume in movements likely to appear in the CrossFit Open, like Chest to Bar Pull-ups and thrusters. We know this may sound a bit like an oversimplification. However, you should be tackling these movements in a structured manner to allow you to reach your full potential in the CrossFit Open.

Two more days before Tennil is on the competition floor at the CrossFit Regionals. Today she has some snappy hang power cleans and then some breathing work. Are you looking forward to regionals starting this week?