Category Archives: unconventional workouts

Cave Strong-quarterly strength & work capacity test #9

General warm up (10 minutes) bear crawls x 100 feet jumping jacks x 50 reps tin mans x 100 feet kettlebell high pulls x 10/10 reps Adex arc 2 hand front cleans x 10 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) Burgener drills squat cleans set up and light practice squat cleans test     **Note: Continue reading “Cave Strong-quarterly strength & work capacity test #9”

How to keep overhead from killing your small gym

I used to run very large martial arts classes, up to about 100 people at once. Over they years, I found it was much better to work with smaller groups better coach to client ratio means more quality instruction safety is improved results are better less overhead When I transitioned to the strength and fitnessContinue reading “How to keep overhead from killing your small gym”

Cave Strong-quarterly strength & work capacity tests #7 & #8

General warm up (10 minutes) Americanas x 50 reps 1 hand halos x 15/15 reps Adex club  mills x 20  rep Sanddune plyo push ups x 10 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) push press test rest as needed specific warm up (5 minutes) Adex mace test **Note:  no conditioning/accessory work during tests**

Change: a love/hate relationship in fitness

Many people want changes made, but most refuse to change themselves. Why is that? Simple, change requires a few things that people often are resistant to: a realistic grasp of what the current problem areas are a solid plan to make those changes happen more self-discipline more hard work more patience People often sabotage themselvesContinue reading “Change: a love/hate relationship in fitness”

Next week our quarterly strength & work capacity tests begin, but…

our macefit.com classes will still be held at the regular times These classes are too important to put on hold for two weeks while we run the other tests!

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) Adex club long cycle swipes x 25 reps Sanddune split squats x 10/10 reps resistance band pause face pulls x 20 reps dislocates x 10 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) back squats set up and light practice strength (20 minutes) back squats x 10 reps, followed by 4 restContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”

Simple non-gym exercises

Just brought a Grinder Kord (suspension device)and my Adex mace today

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) Sanddune push ups x 20 reps Sanddune squats x 20 reps resistance band pull a parts x 100 reps windshield wipers x 20 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) deadlifts set up and light practice strength (20 minutes ) deadlifts x 10 reps, followed by 4 rest pause sets** **note–oneContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”

Who trains at the Cave?

People who want results and want to make their time at the gym count, that’s who. Busy professionals and  business owners train here because they know they will not be wasting their time or money. They don’t come here to socialize, they come here to work!