Weekend – November 22-23, 2008
Athlete Profile: Ted K. Ted’s positive attitude and work ethic are inspiring, and his consistency shows across the board. Since May of 2008, when he began training, he has gone from zero to seven pull-ups, and has increased his strength, power, speed, and coordination markedly. Even with a demanding work schedule and a full family […]
Weekend – November 15-16, 2008
Jeff W., flanked by “The Pretty One” and Borja G. “Most of life is really much simpler than modern medicine and science would like to have you believe. You can have a tremendous impact on how your genes express themselves, simply by providing your cells the right environments. All you need is a basic understanding […]
Weekend – November 8-9, 2008
We would like to recognize the three most frequent users of this website: Ted K., David O. and Mike “iheartpullups” S. How do we know this? Because they post their workout results. These three gentlemen also follow our nutrition recommendations closely, consistently rank among our top performers, and have experienced some of the most significant physiological changes […]
Weekend – November 1-2, 2008
On Monday, October 27, Russ K. hit a full-depth, 225-pound front squat for one rep (after grabbing 215-pounds for three reps a few minutes earlier). On Saturday, October 18, Mike S.—at a body weight of 153 pounds—nailed a 185-pound clean from the floor. And, since our nutrition course on October 16, John S. has tightened […]
Weekend – October 25-26, 2008
Jenn J.’s pushup, Amy D.’s L-sit and John S.—who grabbed a 3:34 1000m row time to start his session this week. With the rest of the workout waiting for him, that was either reckless or brilliant—we think the latter. I-N-T-E-N-S-I-T-Y. Say it with us. — Find out how to improve your rowing here. — And […]
Weekend – October 21-22, 2008
Some of the most important nutrition seminar take-aways: Jelly Bellies equal burpees, and the importance of fire safety on cheat days. Here is an abstract from a recent study that explores the link between diabetes (impaired insulin response) and Alzheimer’s: Therapeutic Rescue of Neurodegeneration in Experimental Type 3 Diabetes: Relevance to Alzheimer’s Disease. de la […]
Weekend – October 11-12, 2008
We hope that you are as excited as we are for our nutrition seminar this Thursday, October 16. A reminder will be sent later this weekend to those who confirmed after the last email was distributed. If you plan to attend, please post any pressing questions that you would like answered to comments.
Weekend – October 4-5, 2008
David O., putting things away. Group training on Wednesday morning. Read “Realigning Our 21st Century Lifestyle with Our Hunter-gatherer Genetic Identity”, Directions in Psychiatry, Abuissa, O’Keefe, Cordain. Post thoughts to comments.
Weekend – September 27-28, 2008
Action shots from last Saturday’s group training class: Neil and Mike, 5x 125-lb. push press. The “hallway of death”…
Weekend – September 19-20, 2008
On the benefits of foam-rolling: read this. Post thoughts to comments.
