Pat: The following is a guest contribution from Molly Galbraith, of Girls Gone Strong. She wants to talk to you on how to use the Minimum Effective Dose, so you can get the best results with no wasted effort. I’m a minimalist, so I love this stuff. Also Molly has a wonderful new program out, now, […]
Archives for April 2014
Use This Drill to Fix Your Kettlebell Swing
Just two things for you today: 1. The Goat-Bag Swing (I THINK this is what it’s called) It seems to me that the teaching of the swing has gotten infinitely overcomplicated as of late, and that most of drills used to teach the swing today are terribly ineffective […]
Crossfit and Goose Poop
I’ve a collection of correspondence, again, that you might find helpful. Mostly these come from my chin-wagging adventures with Inner Circle members, and out of my desperation to be eloquent. One is from Facebook. Q. Pat I’m doing CrossFit about 5x a week and still not getting the […]
Getting Your First Pull Up
Getting Your First Pull Up Q. Pat, How Do I Get My First Pull Up? (Alex, Female, 36) A. Examine Anna, one of my clients. Coming to me, she couldn’t do one, as is the typical case. But as well, she recently gave birth, too, which accommodates a little more difficulty. It took about three […]
The "Cardio" Workout That Builds Muscle
Clutter is the disease of fitness. We are strangled in unnecessary supplements, superfluous workouts, pompous hyperbole. Who, really, can understand what is being said anymore, or what to believe? There is, on one end, the affected, bombastic advertisement writer, and, on the other, the garrulous academic; one is arrogant, […]