Training Theory

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CrossFit Invictus recently put out an article titled What is the Psoas and Why it is so Important. They then wrote a follow-up article on how to activate it. It read like a Wikipedia page and got all kinds of social media love.

It’s been 4 years since I started monitoring athletes using HRV.

1. Leaky gut in scientific research is called intestinal permeability. There are 123 entries for leaky gut and 11,000 entries for intestinal permeabillty on pubmed, but it doesn't matter what we call it partially digested food particles leaking through your intestinal lining into your bloodstream is not a good thing.

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.

Your Psoas and QL are not juvenile delinquents that need to beat with a club and receive 1999 Motorola Razors for Christmas. Muscles just do the job you give them. They take when they have leverage and they get long when they are wrenched out of position. Your tendons hop along for the ride, yet, many think you need to beat them into submission because they are not allowing you to look cool in front of your friends. These therapists search and they destroy. Not exactly who I want touching my body, let alone my psoas. Eeeek.

* 2003 National Championship Team (Derek York, Cele Rodriguez, Mohamed Aden, Enrique Guerrero, Josh Merrick, Matt Levassiur, Jesus Solis)

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.

*Photo Courtesy of Dan Morice Photography

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