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Recommendations

as a coach i'm often asked:

"what do you think of vibrams?"

"why dont you have vibrams?"

"what do you take pre/post wod?"

well here are a few of my recommendations, based on my experiences.

Progenex "Recovery" and "Growth"

i've been taking these two products for about a month now and HIGHLY recommend them. since taking "Recovery" my muscle's have been less fatigued, i recover much faster, and feel like a can double wod all week (which i don't.) with "Growth" i've been seeing gains in strength, and lean muscle mass. although i've been working on all my lifts, i've been able to PR a lot of my lifts (snatch 175, deadlift 400, jerk 230.) it's been helping me out since i still consider myself a "little" guy. before i'd walk around weighing 155#ish, and now i'm about 165#.

progenexusa.com

(approx. 100$ for both products)

Skins compression gear

i purchased my skins compression top early spring, and since implementing the use of it in my wod's i've also felt a difference in recovery time, and prevention of lactic acid build up. i usually feel fresh after a wearing it during a wod. is it hot? nope, has moisture wicking technology which keeps you dry during your wod, plus UPF 50+. looking forward to snagging me some bottoms some time soon.

skinsusa.com

(100$ for top, 115$ for bottoms)

Oly shoes

these benefit anyone in a huge way, during your deadlift, snatch, overhead squat, just to name a few. forced weight bearing heel calls for more stabilization throughout the ankles, knees, and core. love these things!

roguefitness.com

(115$ for rogue ones, 185$ for the pictured nike's)

Nike Free

plan on getting some of these for long distance running, they help promote forefoot running which is a must for POSE and crossfit running. and vibrams still weird me out. :\

haha.

nike.com

(85$)

and how could i forget...

Converse Chucks

these things are versatile, and make sense being anatomically close to our foot pattern. whether you decide to get some special ordered ones ;) or plain, grab a pair, they'll only set you back 40 bucks.

converse.com

Eva

oh how i hate kettlebell swings...

today's wod:

"Short Eva"

3 RFT of:

800 meter run

30 kettlebell swings, 2 pood

30 pull ups

For time - 25:38

really used my POSE running today, wasnt the fastest at the running but i felt good. my ROM was great too, all overhead showing ear which gets hard around rep 15+.

so for the following three weeks, my training regimen will go as follows.

monday - snatch

wednesday - bent over rows

friday - gymnastics skill work/upper body heavy lift.

excited to see results!

great job to everyone who did today's wod, you guys rocked it!

Family

from left to right: Myself, my beautiful girlfriend & training partner pamela, mikee, art, maritza, katherine, charlie, fabi and mike.

this weekend i was able to spend time with a few members of my crossfit family, i'm so fortunate to be able to coach such amazing, inspiring, talented and all around great people.

we went to ft. davis to celebrate maritza's 30th birthday, and we had a blast! cool thing was besides the beer, and a few other things we ate pretty paleo and i felt good returning. well, besides sleeping on rocks, my back was pretty tight this morning while working on my snatch. last week i hit 175, and today i could only do 155, eh. next time. good news is i felt that i really brought it on my wod:

5 RFT

200 meter row

4 muscle ups (palms out at bottom)

10 power cleans, 135#

For time - 15:47

Congratulations

to all the competitors who participated in the 2010 crossfit games.

2010 CrossFit Games Winners - 1st Place: Graham Holmberg, 2nd Place: Rich Froning Jr., 3rd Place: Chris Spealler for the mens competition, 1st Place: Kristan Clever, 2nd Place: Annie Thorisdottir, 3rd Place: Valerie MacKenzie Voboril for the women's competition, 1st Place: CrossFit Fort Vancuver affiliate competition, 1st Place: Brian Curley masters mens competition, 1st Place: Laurie Carver masters womens competition.

The Beginning

The views, comments, and words are all from me, and only me.

So, what's this blog about? Well, this blog is designed to catch me in my most real form. A more in depth look of my training, and my athletes training. My trials and tribulations as both an athlete and as a coach, to document my successes and failures, hits as well as misses. This blog is for people who inspire, and seek to be inspired, people who want to lead, but will also follow.

Expect the truth, reps, nutrition, loads, and times....

Expect change...

Expect greatness...

I needed to do this for myself.

Thanks for joining me in my journey, not sure where i'm going, but i know for sure it wont end where i started.