by Dan Williams | Sep 25, 2020 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, For Fitness Professionals, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Weight Loss
Airbike vs Bike Erg: Training Effect Comparison While they’re both technically ‘bikes’, the airbike and the bike erg apply a very different stimulus to the body. And with a different stimulus comes a different adaptation, and different training effect for each. Let’s...
by Dan Williams | Sep 11, 2020 | Biomechanics, Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, For Fitness Professionals, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming
Sit-ups May Be Doing Your More Harm Than Good (and what to do instead) For as long as there have been gyms, there have been sit-ups. For good reason. They can be performed with no equipment and they’re relatively easy to complete. But are these really ‘good’ reasons?...
by Dan Williams | Aug 14, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons, Programming, Psychology, Weight Loss
Why your Grandma (and you) should train like a STRONGMAN. Usually reserved for big sweaty dudes with bulging muscles and bushy beards, ‘Strongman’ style training may actually be one of the best things you can do for your health and fitness. ‘Strongman’ training is...
by Dan Williams | Jul 17, 2020 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, For Fitness Professionals, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Why Order of Exercises Matters: A Review To the naked eye, an exercise session can sometimes appear to be a random collection of exercises, thrown together in a random order. But with a little understanding of the science, and the effects that different exercises (and...
by Dan Williams | Jul 3, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons, Programming, Weight Loss
What Your Fitness Today, Can Tell You About Your Health in Old Age There comes a time in most people’s lives (usually around their mid 30s), when their motivations for living a healthy lifestyle change. It’s a time when the pursuit of physical and mental health...
by Dan Williams | Jun 19, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming, Weight Loss
How difficult exercise is, is NOT a measure of its benefit There seems to be a general belief that the HARDER an exercise session is, the more BENEFIT it will give you. That without ending up in a crumpled, sweaty puddle on the floor, the session will be a waste of...
by Dan Williams | May 6, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, CrossFit, Exercise, For Fitness Professionals, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
How to Improve Your Olympic Lifting Without a Barbell One of the big fitness challenges of the COVID-19 enforced lockdown is the absence of bars. There’s little argument that if you want to get strong, there’s no better tool than the barbell. And no where is this more...
by Dan Williams | May 3, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
The Complete Guide to Training Power for Health and Performance Specific training to improve power has far-reaching benefits for a broad spectrum of sub-populations. But first, let’s define the term. In physics terms, power = force x distance / time. We can simplify...
by Dan Williams | Apr 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Two Running Sessions You Have to Try Getting bored with long runs or repetitive interval training? We’ve got two running sessions you really should try. The beauty of these two sessions is that they’re not just a random assortment of running intervals....
by Dan Williams | Apr 20, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
5 Minute At-Home Skill Development Programs Want to use COVID-19 to improve your skills? Want to get your first pull-up? Master double unders? Hold a handstand? Or maybe something more advanced like an iron cross? As we all march towards the ‘acceptance’...
