Over the following days, I will briefly go over some of the lectures at this year's PSTM conference in Wroclaw. These short articles will not be exhaustive summaries but rather a collection of bullet points on the most important concepts and ideas (in my opinion). Today, I cover Michael McGurn's lecture on the application of … PSTM Conference 2019 – Summary #4 weiterlesen
Kategorie: circuit training
2013: a new beginning
Just finished this year’s first 5/3/1 cycle. As usual, we had two weekly S&C sessions. Unlike our previous cycles, we upped the volume a bit. Instead of limiting ourselves to [Wendler’s original 4 exercises], we did the following 6 as “main lifts”:Deadlift Squat (atg) Bench Press Press Bent over barbell rows Pull-UpsSo, following a functional … 2013: a new beginning weiterlesen
Poland 2012, #3
Another awesome day at the baltic sea. Unfortunately, I had to skip running due to knee issues. Guess it's nothing, I'll be fine again tomorrow. Instead, I went for a bicycle ride with my girl. Nothing out of the ordinary, you see, just taking care of some baseline cardio by riding through the woods for … Poland 2012, #3 weiterlesen
Poland, July 2011: Impressions
I just returned from a two-week trip to Poland with my girl. It was awesome. Our trip took us from Vienna to Warsaw, then way up north to Dabki, which is a surfer's paradise at the baltic sea. After spending a week there, we went to Poznan for another two days. From Poznan it was … Poland, July 2011: Impressions weiterlesen
The hardest 15 minutes: On circuit training
Since I'm currently not holding any regular conditioning classes (due to our summer break), I add 15 minutes of circuit training at the end of each Shinergy class. On thursday, I heard one of my athletes say "those were the hardest 15 minutes of my life". Seems like I'm doing something right.Our circuit follow a … The hardest 15 minutes: On circuit training weiterlesen
All the crazy stuff… (conditioning 2011-04-23)
As promised, here's a summary of our conditioning session on Saturday, April 23th. You see, Chris, Elias (the new guy on the team) and I have decided to make saturday our "crazy stuff" day. Basically, that's when we'll try new drills or do stuff we can't do in the dojo for obvious reasons.Without further ado, … All the crazy stuff… (conditioning 2011-04-23) weiterlesen