Over the past 2 months I have been integrated into the King's Ridge Athletics system and have been working with a lot of their athletes in both middle and high school. Having no input into the prior training that happened at the school they have … [Read more...]

It was a really busy Saturday for team Power and Grace. We had our first movement camp in Boerne, Texas with Mike and Emily. Thanks Hill Country Crossfit for having us out!Jill Thornton took on the Showdown On The Square in Gainesville, GA and … [Read more...]

7 years ago I stepped into a Crossfit gym in Athens, GA for the first time. The gym owner, Adam Head, allowed me the opportunity to train at the gym for free and coach the Olympic Weightlifting. My very first athlete and competitor that I solely … [Read more...]

The sport that got me first interested in weightlifting was our Nation's greatest game, football. Like most young Georgia boys I grew up watching the University of Georgia Bulldogs every Saturday. The stadium, the players, the entire environment … [Read more...]

I have always said that time and consistency are the key components to success in Olympic Weightlifting. Connor Felstead is the most obvious proof that I have available to me right now. He has been with me from the start (with the aid of Thomas … [Read more...]

This past CrossFit Games was my first year as what I would call a lead coach with the responsibilities of getting a couple athletes through the Games and putting them in a position to excel. I had previously coached athletes underneath Outlaw but had … [Read more...]

I had originally planned on writing a massive summary of every event for every one of our athletes from the weekend. However, I am almost positive none of you want to read all that, most of you are fairly capable of reading a leaderboard, and all of … [Read more...]

I will be giving a full summary tomorrow on lessons learned as well as triumphs over the course of the week here in Carson. However tonight I found myself really happy about four things. First, a huge congrats has to go to Janice Spray for making … [Read more...]

I know this is an extremely late post, actually extremely early post for those of you on the East Coast but man what a day. I'll sum it up with the two videos below. One more to go... Jeff and Emily "chillin" from Power And Grace Performance on … [Read more...]

We are four workouts into the CrossFit Games with one more on the horizon. They just announced the Friday night event and finally we get to do a little bit of CrossFit. 21-15-9 with a barbell movement and a pull-up bar complex. Eight reps on the DL, … [Read more...]

As I sat in the tennis stadium last night watching the overhead squat event. Three things went through my head.1- USAW is improving but man I would love one day for us to compete in a venue like that.2- At least a couple men attempted 400. I give … [Read more...]

By the time this post hits the internet our Games athletes will have completed the first workout at the beach. The OHS max is up next from the rack. You will likely see all kinds of different strategies and ideas for getting the bar overhead from … [Read more...]

Mike and I have been out in Cali with the athletes since yesterday prepping and working through some last minute movements and details as the workouts get announced. We are currently sitting at the athlete hotel waiting on the announcement of the … [Read more...]

What a weekend! I can't believe some of the results and how everything shook out. Power and Grace had three different lifters competing this weekend (outside of myself). Ironically all three were 58kg girls, all three come from a Crossfit background, … [Read more...]

Day 3 of USAW Nationals is here. Woke up at fighting weight so nothing crazy to do for me. Over the past three days our Power and Grace lifters have done extremely well and outperformed PR lifts, their expectations, and mine. I will be giving a … [Read more...]