by Dan Williams | Aug 5, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Psychology
Ever get a dry mouth before a big event? Maybe it’s a job interview. Maybe it’s the CrossFit Open. Maybe you’re about to ask someone out on a date. Why do we get a dry mouth? And what can we learn from this experience to improve our performance?...
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 20, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Q&A ROMcast Transcriptions
“A lot of games athletes say that they train for the games, not the open or regionals, so my question is how? How are they still so fit and not peaking for the regionals? Is there such a thing a peaking? Do you peak your athletes for competitions, and if so, how...
by Dan Williams | Jul 20, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming, Psychology
We talk a lot about the benefits of injury. The advantages we can find if we choose to perceive injury as an opportunity, not an invitation to stop training. In our eBook series, ‘Exercising with an Injury’ we talk more about injury as an opportunity:...
by Dan Williams | Jul 13, 2018 | Biomechanics, Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
The use of a lifting belt divides coaches and athletes. The easiest response is often given. ‘Wear it sometimes but not always’. And although this may be technically correct, it doesn’t really help us. So to explore this issue further, we review the research, and then...
by Dan Williams | Jul 3, 2018 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Psychology, Weight Loss
Habits drive our behaviours. 45% of everything you do in life is a habit. These are behaviours that require no conscious thought. No decision making. No choice. These are the behaviours that operate on autopilot. Habits save energy for the brain by removing the need...
by Dan Williams | Jun 21, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Programming, Psychology
Short-term lazy is when you look for the easy way to do things in the present, today. If faced with an immediate decision of whether to take the easy option or the hard option, the ‘short-term lazy’ person takes the easy option every time. And, in the...
by Dan Williams | Jun 8, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
There are nine steps to programming for known Regionals events. These steps can be applied to any athlete, for any event. You can learn about them in 9 Steps to Programming for Known Regionals Events. For the 2018 CrossFit Regionals, Range of Motion Individualised...
by Dan Williams | Jun 7, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Programming, Psychology
EVENT 1: ROW, DU, RUN. In my mind, this was Helen’s best event of the weekend. Note I’m not defining ‘best’ as ‘highest finish. I’m defining ‘best’ as her ability to execute on the plan and exceed our expectations. In this case, the event was her lowest finish on the...
by Dan Williams | May 11, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
With CrossFit now no longer in its’ infancy, we’ve learnt a lot about have taught us a lot about ‘known event’ preparation. Here, we break down the step-by-step approach to this vital phase of training and practice. For the majority of the...
