Jul 7th, 2010
The coolest thing you’ve never used
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Power Wheel. It's similar in nature to an ab wheel, designed to work core strength and stability. The difference is that you you strap the contraption on your feet instead of holding on to it with your hands. Which, in a scientific study recently conducted in Bellingham, WA, increases your suffering by 72.4%. [...]
Jul 5th, 2010
The Suitcase Deadlift
Take away the barbell, and these should look exactly like your normal deadlift. Same set-up position, same lumbar curve, same shoulder/scapular retraction. Because these are unilateral, however, they add a new dimension to the pull. [...]
Jun 18th, 2010
Meet The Prowler
We spent the first 30 minutes working gymnastics skill movements – handstand holds, ring dips, and pull-ups. When it came time for the met-con, gym owner Greg Adams started dragging stuff out into their huge parking lot and Dallas kept avoiding my eye contact. At that point, I knew I was in trouble. Whole9 readers, meet The Prowler. [...]
Jun 3rd, 2010
A Texas roadside met-con
On our way out of Texas, we stopped at a road-side picnic area just west of Fort Stockton, ready to get our sweat on. With only a few truckers to keep us company, we set up our rings, mapped a sprint course and set our KBs up for action. [...]
May 14th, 2010
Train like a Pirate
When you're on the road, you take every opportunity you can get to eat, sleep and train as well as possible, which often means making the best of a less than ideal situation. Yesterday, we woke up feeling the need to pick up something heavy. Since there aren't any CrossFit gyms in the Keys (seriously!) and all we have with us in terms of weighs are a couple ofkettlebells, we headed up to the local "box" - Pirate Wellness Center. [...]
May 12th, 2010
Keys style! An oceanside met-con
We woke up in the Keys to winds blowing too hard to go fishing, so we decided to hit a quick and dirty met-con down by the water. While those “kitchen sink” WODs can be fun to program, including 17 different movements and complicated rep schemes isn’t necessary for an effective, high intensity workout. [...]
May 5th, 2010
Whole9 US Tour: Montclair, NJ
We started our road trip on Sunday afternoon, driving down to NJ for the night, and then hitting Guerrilla Fitness in Montclair, NJ for a few hours of training on Monday morning. Keeping our training schedule on track is one of our highest priorities during the trip, so we’re traveling with the basics for a roadside met-con: [...]
Apr 28th, 2010
Jump and GO! (Our visit with Coach B)
While in San Diego two weeks ago, Dallas and I were lucky enough to visit "Coach B" (Mike Burgener, the famous Olympic lifting coach) at his home in southern California. We headed up in the afternoon to get a tour of his place, work with him on some Olympic lifting and then go eat some giant steaks. [...]
Apr 19th, 2010
Unplug, then plug it back in
Often in our own health and fitness pursuits, we forget that practicing "the basics" are what got us this far. Our air squat drills earned us an overhead squat PR, our dead hang pull-up strength bought us our muscle-up, and eating a clean diet full of foods that make us healthy gave us the energy, body composition and performance gains we've been so happy with. [...]
Mar 31st, 2010
Collaboration, cooperation and courtesy
We hope at this point, our Whole9 readers know how much we enjoy sharing good stuff with the community. (We like it so much, in fact, that we've recently made it our full-time jobs!) We've offered up everything from custom workouts to nutrition advice to injury rehabilitation tips, freely distributing all of this information to anyone and everyone interested in learning, sharing and participating in our little community. [...]
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