In Exercises, Kettlebells, Sports Applications
April 01, 2005
The most strident objectors to the kipping pull-up advocated by CrossFit have been the kettlebell swingers. They despise our "sloppy" pullups. Other communities have been confused by kipping but are ultimately receptive to it after an explanation of our reasons. The reaction of the Kettlebell community has been to call us a cult.
I know how much they love swinging kettlebells, so here is my attempt to show that their flavor of… Continue Reading
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In Classic, Sports Applications
March 01, 2005
The world’s best swimmers move through the water with grace, economy, and flow, while novices are awkward, clumsy, and inefficient. But the rest of us can learn to swim well if we take the time to master swimming as an art before tackling it as a sport.
How many land-based athletes have concluded that swimming requires some exotic or elusive kind of fitness after an experience like this: Joe, who can breeze… Continue Reading
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January 01, 2005
How did you first become exposed to recovery and regeneration techniques?
My first focus on the recovery process was from my high school swim coach Peter Foley. He explained to us, the team, how to be a total athlete for 24 hours a day, not just 2. A total athlete was a person that organized their lifestyle to get a full night's sleep and not eat junk food. He understood the reality of the… Continue Reading
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November 01, 2004
Slacklining (slacking) is borrowed from the climbing population, where it’s often prescribed as active recovery after a hard day of mountaineering. A slackline is a lead of nylon webbing strung between two fixed objects. Upon looking at a slackline setup most people think “tightrope walking”. Actually it is quite the opposite. While a tightrope does not sway or move, a slackline does. Known to recoil, sway madly and bounce with every… Continue Reading
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February 01, 2004
Paleoanthropologists tell us that our ancestors left the trees for the ground millions of years ago. Competing hypotheses attribute this shift from a predominantly arboreal to terrestrial locomotion on postural-feeding, social- behavioral, or thermoregulatory pressures. In any case there is a strong consensus among scientists that our heritage is deeply rooted in both climbing and bipedalism, i.e., both swinging from the trees and functioning on two feet.While… Continue Reading
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In Classic, Sports Applications
February 01, 2003
Coach,
Just thought I would let you know about a little PT session we had. We played Hoover Ball with a 12lb TKO medicine ball, 5 players per side, 6 games to 10 points. It took 55 minutes and everyone was wiped out.
Sincerely,
SSgt Frank Ollis
U.S. Marines
We found Hoover Ball when we were on the Internet looking for something more competitive and sporting for the medicine ball. It… Continue Reading
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