by Dan Williams | Jul 7, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
There is no denying the value of the bench press as a powerful method of strength development. Similarly, there is no denying the potential for musculo-skeletal damage that can result from poor mechanics. Here, we explore the mechanics of this movement, particularly...
by Dan Williams | Jul 2, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Range of Motion athletes completed a comprehensive self assessment following the 2013 Primal Throwdown. Here, we examine some of their responses. There follow some of the key statements made by Range of Motion athletes following a complete review of their performances...
by Dan Williams | Jun 21, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance
Anyone who has trained with a prowler would have no doubt of the benefit of this mode of training, on empirical observation alone. Examining the literature however reveals more to the observer than the contents of the victim’s stomach. Prowler pushes are highly...
by Dan Williams | Jun 13, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
I’ve had a lot of people ask me about my preparation for the 2013 Australian CrossFit Regionals. I thought I’d answer their questions with a blog on the training process I went through to qualify. The aim was always to qualify for Regionals. I never for a...
by Dan Williams | Jun 7, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
I’ve spent a lot of time considering the most productive and beneficial ways to scale workouts for individual athletes. I talk about the danger of ‘over scaling’ in The Perils of Scaling. At first glance, scaling for an individual would seem the...
by Dan Williams | Jun 6, 2013 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
As a coach, treading the fine line between athletes experiencing positive and negative responses to exercise is challenging. Exercise is a form of stress – it’s actually termed ‘Eustress’. Eustress is positive stress, stress causing some...
by Dan Williams | Mar 31, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
In my forth year Coaching Psychology unit, I wrote in an assignment… “Mental rehearsal is a poly-sensory experience which involves the creation or recreation of external events, objects, people, skills or experiences. Imagery uses the principles of mental...
by Dan Williams | Mar 12, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming
You can find a full resource for exercising with an injury here: Exercising with an Injury. We like our programming to be bulletproof – unstoppable. We like to have a plan. When we program we work backwards. We determine where we want to be at some point in the...
by Dan Williams | Mar 12, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition
You know that post-workout exhaustive ‘glow’? Where your body’s screaming at you for something, but you’re not quite sure what? Here’s the answer. Within 10 minutes of finishing high intensity exercise, your body has a narrow window...
by Dan Williams | Feb 27, 2013 | Blogs, CrossFit, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Exercise is an exact science. A training program is objectively scrutinised by the scientific method. We test baseline proficiency across components of fitness. We hypothesise that you will get better at them and construct a program with the aim of making this so. We...
