by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, Improving Athletic Performance, Q&A ROMcast Transcriptions
“If you have an obvious limiting factor in a workout, is it best to work hard on the other movements to make up for it, or go easy on those movements to stay fresh for you weakness?” This all comes down to protecting against the limiting factor. This is...
by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Q&A ROMcast Transcriptions
“Is it more beneficial to a CrossFit athlete to have a high one rep max, or to be able to do multiple reps close to their max?” All right, I’m going to give you a short answer here and then we’ll delve into the science behind this a little bit...
by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorised
“Why do we do tempo squats? What’s the benefit and science behind them?” Let’s first touch on the breathing. It’s unrealistic for you to be holding your breath for a nine second tempo squat, taking one breath at the top and doing that for...
by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Q&A ROMcast Transcriptions
“Is the prowler a useful tool to improve top-end leg strength, or is it only useful for conditioning?” Really good question. Using the prowler, and to understand our use of the prowler we need to understand a little bit about the mechanics of muscle...
by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Q&A ROMcast Transcriptions
“Should I wear a lifting belt? Is it better to squat heavier with a belt, or lighter with no belt?” All right. So, let me answer this in two ways. The first answer I’m going to give is based on faulty assumptions. I’m going to give this answer...
