I am currently sitting in the competition venue for the USAW National Championships watching the 48kg and 53kg lifters do work. I wanted to give major props to USAW for the meet so far. Over the years, USAW has taken a beating for the quality of … [Read more...]

I wanted to give everyone a bit of information on both lifters competing at the Nationals today and the life feed link.Camilla Nolen (58kg) has already competed today and smoked a 62kg Snatch and 74kg CJ. Also, today Tristan Erlenbaugh (58kg) will … [Read more...]

It’s the Thursday before the USAW National Championships and, as with most lifters prepping for the meet, there’s always a bit of nerves. The taper bug is in full swing, most of us are cranky cutting a couple extra kilos, and we’re … [Read more...]

People often ask me why I like to spend 10-12 weeks during every cycle working positions and light to hang out at lighter percentages.  The answer is simple: perfection of movement.  What that means for you as an athlete however is that you need to … [Read more...]

I want to finalize the series I have been doing over the last month of my personal philosophy for strength and conditioning at King's Ridge Christian School. As many of you know this summer I took over that program and have been developing new … [Read more...]

For those of you who are unaware we are fast-approaching the Crossfit Games week of madness.  The Monday after Nationals concludes all athletes report for the Games.  Power and Grace is sending a male athlete (Jeff Germond), a female athlete (Emily … [Read more...]

All the heavy days are over. The work has been put in and the training is complete.Across the country, lifters are swarming to social media and writing in their logbooks the reality that we are 1 week away from the USAW National Championships. … [Read more...]

There were multiple Power and Grace folks getting after it today and the ones I was able to snag footage of deserve a little cred. Multiple athletes were in competition and put up some impressive PR numbers or matched old PR lifts. Take a look: … [Read more...]

Many of you have asked why I like and program the No Hook Grip, No Footwork snatches and cleans throughout the week.  Here's a really good example of the benefit of those drills during the complex from the weightlifting blog today.  Take a look at … [Read more...]

If you have read any of my previous blogs you know that I am a huge supporter of premier training environments. I have always ended up falling into good training environments since I picked up a barbell in eighth grade. Having moved back to Georgia I … [Read more...]

With the amount of videos y'all have been putting up and showing out on across the interwebs we thought it was time to create a place just for those videos. We have created a Power and Grace Instagram that will eventually link to a Power and Grace … [Read more...]

Coming up this February, Faith RX'D is hosting it's first camp of the year. CrossFit TNL has been gracious enough to host us in Tampa Bay, Florida. Those of you who are interested in creating avenues between how integrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ … [Read more...]

I wanted to continue the drawing out of my philosophy for Strength and Conditioning. For those of you who have not read the previous two blogs over the past couple weeks I have expounded upon the philosophy for athletic training that I wrote for my … [Read more...]

Hey guys if you're following the weightlifting or competition workouts, I would love to see how y'all are handling the loading and the different facets of the days work. Do us all a favor and post your results to the comments on the work out. Also if … [Read more...]

This morning I had a pre-workout conversation with Emily Carothers about how her body was feeling and where she was mentally. Let's just sum up the conversation by saying none of her responses were good. I expected this as she is currently on the … [Read more...]