Developing Power & Strength through the use of the Olympic Lifts.
Congratulations for working through the summer of squats! I imagine most of you may be relieved to hear that the days of the doubled up front squat/back squat sessions are, more or less, coming to a close. I hope the last few weeks have been full of … [Read more...]
So many times we make the Christian life about checking boxes, doing church things, "being good", and self-made righteousness. Paul reminds us at the beginning of Colossians that we can't qualify ourselves or make ourselves good enough to relate to … [Read more...]
Twas the night before The Open, when all through the gym not a workout was happening, not even a swim. The barbells were hung in the gun racks with care, in hopes that Dave Castro wouldn’t put corn rows in his hair. The athlete were restless all … [Read more...]
In this week's Weightlifting Wednesday, Spencer takes a look at why we so often receive the bar overhead in a poor position for the jerk. This is especially true AFTER a heavy clean. What causes our body to want to exit out from under the bar and … [Read more...]
I was asked this week by one of my buddies why it is so critical to stay over the bar for SOOOOOO long. Her question stemmed from the fact that she is a relatively tall lifter with long legs making the pull to her hip the hardest part of her lift, … [Read more...]
Power and Grace Radio | Episode 2 In this episode of Power and Grace Radio, we discuss The 2017 CrossFit Open, CrossFit Regional Rankings, 2017 Olympic Weightlifting Events, Olympic Weightlifting in Youth and College Sports, and the Touch-and-Go … [Read more...]
I apologize for the delay of Movement Monday... On a Tuesday. While the new website is amazing we are still ironing out a few kinks here and there. Anyways, back to exercise based gymnastics! As I've been working with a few athletes and as we clean … [Read more...]
It is easy in the Christian life to believe that once we are Christians we must continually work to earn God's affection. This could not be further from the truth and this idea alone destroys our necessity for Jesus. Below I take a couple minutes and … [Read more...]
Hey guys here's our next edition of weightlifting Wednesday. The video cut off halfway through the analysis so both videos are below be sure to watch the second part is I describe what a jerk should look like. Part 2: More Next Week … [Read more...]
Each day of the CrossFit Games we will be publishing a new blog covering the days’ activities.  We will have some analysis and forecasts from me (J.J. – Chief Nerd at Power and Grace and competitive exercise enthusiast) as well as some intel … [Read more...]
Each day of the CrossFit Games we will be publishing a new blog covering the days’ activities. We will have some analysis and forecasts from me (J.J. – Chief Nerd at Power and Grace and competitive exercise enthusiast) as well as some … [Read more...]
Each day of the CrossFit Games we will be publishing a new blog covering the days’ activities.  We will have some analysis and forecasts from me (J.J. – Chief Nerd at Power and Grace and competitive exercise enthusiast) as well as some intel … [Read more...]
There's no question while watching each of these athletes perform at the CrossFit games that God is a creative, empowering, talented God who makes humans to do incredible things. Watching each of these athletes perform, with ease, athletic feats that … [Read more...]
Each day of the CrossFit Games we will be publishing a new blog covering the days’ activities.  We will have some analysis and forecasts from me (J.J. – Chief Nerd at Power and Grace and competitive exercise enthusiast) as well as some intel … [Read more...]
Each day of the CrossFit Games we will be publishing a new blog covering the days' activities. Â Initially this was to be a recap but that's boring and anyone who's reading this probably knows all of the outcomes of the day. Â Instead ,we will have … [Read more...]