I’ve been trying to write a post that addresses nutrition for two weeks. Obviously, no dice. The problem is I’m not an expert and I don’t have any advice. I do not know how to properly restore depleted glycogen after heavy metcon training, I have no clue how high GI food interact with blood chemistry, [...]

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I’m not sure why but I’ve always felt that the ability to do many consecutive pull-ups was a true indicator of strength and fitness.
The pull-up: the act of hanging with your elbows completely extended and pulling yourself up until your chin reaches the bar.
The better pull-up: the act of hanging with your elbows completely extended [...]

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I’m feeling posty lately so I’m going to give it another go:
Yesterday I insisted that specialization was the bane of fitness. Fitness was the choice of working as many of those 10 recognized physical skills as possible, preferably possessing a minimum level of competency in all of them, and maintaining a balance with random functional [...]

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I’ve been reading a lot lately about the definition of fitness. You’d think there’d be some consensus on this one. Let me tell you if you don’t already know: there is more discord on this subject than anything else.
Dan John, whom I respect immensely, defines fitness roughly as the ability to complete a task. [...]

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We put together a sled. I know, I know we have a tire, right? A monster truck tire at that. Why do we need a sled?
Well, ask everyone who’s been using it. Another tool in the tool shed. We’ve been toying around with some workouts that look like this:
3 rounds of-
50m 70lb sled drags while [...]

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