32 And David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand! - … [Read more...]

In my Nationals summary blog post from earlier this week, I mentioned that one of the hardest things for me to grasp are the excuses that follow National meets. Social media gets filled up with Instagram posts and tweets with 9000 reasons they … [Read more...]

This year's nationals was a wildly new experience for me. I want to take a second and summarize some things that happened this year in both my own lifting as well as team Power and Grace. Disclaimer: I absolutely despise excuses. Few things get … [Read more...]

On the eve of the biggest USAW National Championship in the history of the sport, fans of the sport should not be more excited for what’s going to happen in Dallas. While the amount of lifters at this year’s Nationals is wild, the … [Read more...]

As a high school strength and conditioning coach, it's no secret that I believe in the utility of the Olympic lifts for the development of athleticism. There are a lot of reasons why this is true and I'm not going to bore you with the details … [Read more...]

"23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ." - Colossians 3:23-24 With the CrossFit games … [Read more...]

One of the most consistent themes of Scripture is the reality of suffering in the Christian life. I find this ironic in the fitness community because this is a reality for an athlete in day-to-day training. Suffering produces results. We know this to … [Read more...]

Today's blog is a final summary of the Olympic Training Center camp. I wanted to take a couple days and think about all that happened over the week. Below are six major things that I took away from the camp and that coaches and athletes should … [Read more...]

With day 4 in the books, most of the camp athletes are geared up for tomorrow with the assumption that we will be going heavy in the snatch and clean and jerk. Today was a "recovery" day of sorts with some time spent off-campus around … [Read more...]

Day 3 complete and I've only got two oberservations for you. And both are awesome. Below check the workouts for the day and some thoughts on the camp. Workouts: Observations: 1. Holy Grit! Yesterday's workout … [Read more...]

With day 2 complete at the Youth/Junior Developmental camp we saw some really interesting changes from yesterday. Below you can see the two workouts they completed today and 3 quick observations from the day. Workouts: Observations: 1. … [Read more...]

This week I was given the HUGE honor of coaching the Youth/Junior Developmental Camp at the Olympic Training Center. It's a massive honor to be considered among the likes of Tyrone Harvey, Anna Martin, and Dennis Snethen for a spot coaching our … [Read more...]

As we approach the week of the CrossFit games we can all sort of feel the excitement and the anxiousness surrounding the competition. There's so many questions that are unanswered today that will be answered by next weekend. Is Mat Fraser the … [Read more...]

It's been close to six months since I wrote a blog surrounding the emotions of training. This is probably because of time and fatigue but after finishing a five hour session today, I think there's a good point to be made. As far as … [Read more...]