Get Thrashed - Get Better
My buddy Jason took me surfing yesterday at Playa Hermosa. He gave me the necessary fundamentals and threw me to the wolves. The result - I got absolutely thrashed by the ocean. I am stubborn as shit so I stayed out there until my arms couldn’t move anymore and in that time I pretty much only caught three waves. But when I paddled my little face off and felt the wave crash behind me I felt the possibilities. I could feel what it was like to harness that power and in that instant I got crushed.
Deep Sea Fishing and Athlete Monitoring
My father takes fishing seriously, he has always had a close-to -insane amount of lures, depth finders, even fish scents, and other fishing gizmos. He catches a lot of fish and is rarely unsuccessful, even in the toughest of conditions. He's been in a boat since before he could walk so there is also alot of intuition there, but when he carves through a river or lake he has never been on his face changes to a serene focus and the tools and tactics come out. Fishing isn't about putting more bait on the hook. It's about watching, listening, and constantly adapting to your surroundings.
The Power of Tradition
* 2003 National Championship Team (Derek York, Cele Rodriguez, Mohamed Aden, Enrique Guerrero, Josh Merrick, Matt Levassiur, Jesus Solis)
How Do You Know When to Stop Working Out?
Everyone would agree that unless you dread seeing your family this is an extremely ineffective use of your time and resources.
Lifting Without Lifting - The BreakThrough
To become the fast and vicious Olympic Lifter you want to be, you have to lift without lifting. This is not a zen-like approach of using your mind to Snatch all the weight, it is learning to pull or push yourself under the bar instead of trying to lift it up to you. It is the giving up on the idea that you have had since the first time you picked up a barbell – that you must lift it – all the time.
Starfish Feet – OverPuller – doesn’t like to lose any tension on the barbell.
PDS CrossFit: Overview and Adaptation
*Photo Courtesy of Dan Morice Photography
Goals / Philosophy
The Young and Resilient?
He lacked the wisdom, and the only way for him to get it was to buy it with his youth; and when wisdom was his, youth would have been spent buying it.
Showing Up Isn't Enough
The number one rule of fitness is show up - maybe that's because it makes fitness professionals and the gym industry money and sometimes lots of it. Or maybe not in Gold's and 24's case. They just want to get you on autodraft.