I am intrigued by Crossfit and impressed by certain aspects, most notably the efforts to bring Olympic lifting and compound movements into the mainstream but I have always thought that it is more of an addition to your regular structured training methods than a program you can follow day in and day out. My discomfort [...]

<– Plyocide depth charge alternate, step up then step into tuck jump. Bootcamp this week was poorly attended but nevertheless it was a tough one using 35lb plates in addition to the 8lb med balls. This was only the second time the participants had been able to move heavy weight around and I think it [...]

Bootcamp was a fun time last night, another piece of hard work but some stuff we haven’t done in a while specifically some hip raises forhamstrings which left my hammies screaming. The big news though was one of my girls sprained her ankle on bars, luckily it should be fine but there were tears that’s [...]

The workout was followed by some degree of disappointment by a couple of my kids. They claimed it was not hard enough regardless of the fact that last week they felt the same but it took them 4 days to get their legs to work properly following our leg workout. I guess we will see [...]

The bootcamp cardio this week was a bear. I often forget that I am going to have to participate and half way through the class this week I was regretting it. Not only that, we went so quickly that I almost ran out of the workout on the sheet! I had modified a couple of [...]

I had a chance to use the equipment at the gymnastics club today which included a rowing machine so I devised a little torture for myself: 10-10-10 Burpees Chin Ups Thrusters Hang Cleans Wall Ball Row 500m I like how it says smarter, friendlier, quieter but says nothing about harder, more dangerous or may cause [...]

I guess I should expect it given where I came from… I get asked with great regularity about my exercise, diet and motivation. I consider it a privilege to share my knowledge and in that spirit I have put together a basic list of the things that have influenced how I think. Some are my [...]

After my bout with a sick stomach and my Firstbeat Athlete telling me I am a slacker I am proud to report that after today I will have participated in 10 of the last 11 days. I have a busy weekend coming that will mean some heavy Kettlebell work which should put me in a [...]

Good news! Starting Monday I will be leading bootcamp 2 days a week, Monday and Wednesday at 6pm at Evolution in Aurora. It’s a boatload more work for me, but it’s a great exercise in seeing if I can apply what I do for myself to other people. With the new gym it should be [...]

Bootcamp 12 – Last Day. We increased the weights where possible and went for lower reps with perfect form. This is the list: Week 12 – Whole body Max 80/20 split squats full sit toe touch push up or alt ball pushup or bosu curls press super skaters V Snaps military or bosu military hammer [...]