by coachjon on July 30, 2009
I recently took a week “off” training as a deload before a basketball tournament (I love training but I had to take my own advice about how to deload for competition!). That means a week of light training and some conditioning work. 5 days from the basketball tournament I tried out a crossfit workout just [...]
by coachjon on May 25, 2009
There is a school of thought that says you should train to maximize difficulty without regard for techinque (let technique deprove as the workout progresses because it’s not as important as making things “hard”). I don’t believe this is optimal. Here is the logical and wise train of thought… The purpose of training in the [...]
by coachjon on May 14, 2009
Why do you exercise? Of course people tell me that they do it to look good, to stay healthy, to feel better, to fit into their clothes again, to show off to their old schoolmates at a reunion, to look good on their wedding day… true. But when it comes down to it, each time [...]
by coachjon on April 14, 2009
One thing that I try to do to the best of my abiltiy is client’s program designs. While it is true that an average program done with great effort is better than a great program done with a slack attitude, all things being equal if you are on the right program for YOU, your results [...]
by coachjon on March 22, 2009
Im my previous post about the crossfit exercise program called “fran” I took 4 mins. But just 4 days later, I tried it again and took only 3 mins 3seconds! Woohoo. Still tough though…
by coachjon on March 22, 2009
Crossfit is a pretty popular training system across the world. It’s not really so much a system in Singapore, but rather its done by individuals in their own training sessions. I tried the crossfit workout named “fran”. This workout is done as fast as possible: 1. 21 thrusters with 95lb weights (I used a 50kg [...]