Following your own path in training

I have always liked venturing into new, or relatively unexplored, territory in training That has been a habit of mine for decades. For example when I was heavily involved in  martial arts, our dojo was doing full-contact fighting years before it became popular, and televised, of course. Did we have all the answers? Certainly not!Continue reading “Following your own path in training”

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Non-gym training with my Adex club

Don’t limit yourself

Simple mace warm up http://cavestrong.net from Frank DiMeo on Vimeo. There are many ways to get stronger and more fit. One of my favorite mentors, Zach Even-Esh, said, “I won’t discriminate against anything that can make me stronger.” I agree 100%!

Sleds, Adex clubs, & deadlifts

Looking back over the last months I was blessed to hit a new PR on my deadlift which was 10 1/2lb over my previous one. I had been plateaued for quite a while; then  I went to Ed Coan’s Powerlifting Seminar and with his coaching on the mental aspect of lifting, I broke through. AtContinue reading “Sleds, Adex clubs, & deadlifts”

Does nature punish the specialist?

One of the statements that caught my attention when I first found CrossFit in 2004 was that nature punishes the specialist. Over the years I have learned from numerous coaches and athletes who are very accomplished in their respective sports, whether it is Powerlifting, Strongman, Underground, Olympic Weightlifting, CrossFit and more. In the overall schemeContinue reading “Does nature punish the specialist?”

Try, fail, try, fail, try again, success eventually