Stop Thinking So Much …
I’ve had many powerful conversations over the years with my athletes, especially about the game of life. We talk about what it takes to get to the next level in their respective sports and how to become the best version [...]
Is Passion Bull$hit?
Everyone is always talking passion this and passion that when it comes to success. "You need to find your passion"... blah blah blah... how many times have you heard that one? And it feels like everyone and their dog are [...]
Try These 3 High Return Exercises
In the spirit of training "Smart", today I am going to share 3 of my favourite high-return exercises that I use with almost everyone I work with. The reason why I like these exercises is because they require full body [...]
4 Pizza Slices vs. 4 Apples …
Have you ever eaten 4 apples in a row? I will bet that you haven't! However, I can almost guarantee that you've eaten 4 pizza slices in a row... I know I have (to be honest I've eaten a lot [...]
CrossFit Open 17.2
CROSSFIT OPEN – 17.2: DONE – AGAIN, AND THEN AGAIN Week 2 of the CrossFit Open is in the books! If you haven’t been following, this last challenge was a 12-minute AMRAP of: 50-foot weighted walking lunges 16 toes-to-bars 8 [...]
Leaning Into Discomfort
One down and four to go! For the first time ever the dumbbell made an appearance in the CrossFit Open. The community was made aware of this a couple weeks ago and we were all left guessing at what HQ [...]
The Key to Muscle Growth
Ok it's time to reveal our secret to muscle growth... You ready for it? Well actually it's pretty simple, the secret to muscle growth is following a professionally designed training program that's been developed specifically to help you build more [...]
6 Proven Supplements for Muscle
This month we’ve been focused on the keys to more muscle growth and today we’ve arrived at the final piece of the puzzle: supplements. While there are a ton of hyper-marketed products on store shelves these days, at Strong Athlete [...]
Strength: Not Enough To Be Strong
Road to the CrossFit Games Pt. 4 Lately I feel like my life is a never-ending version of the movie Groundhog Day. Wake-up, eat, work, eat, train, eat, work, train, eat, recover, eat, sleep, and then repeat. Where some people [...]
DO NOT Ignore this Law!
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been focused on the Laws of Muscle Growth. In week 1 we covered the importance of calories, week 2 was all about protein and in week 3 we learned about HARD vs SMART training. [...]