Gameday! GO DAWGS!nWell here goes the beginning of the series. Enjoy the next 5 days. Again if you have questions I would love to hear them but likely will not get to them until Wednesday.Jake SnatchLaura Jerk … [Read more...]

Next weekend I will be spending some time at the beach and the plan is to run a series on Coach's Eye Analysis.  I want to show how this 4 dollar app has completely changed how I coach and how you can use it as well.  The capability for precision … [Read more...]

In weightlifting 6 for 6 is like the unicorn you never are able to see or catch or verify actually exists. I have literally only ever been 6 for 6 in my life once ever and it was under perfect conditions following myself at a state meet. To go 6 … [Read more...]

Many of you read my "method" for cutting weight in yesterday's blog.  Not surprisingly many of you reacted negatively toward the body type that God has gifted me with and the speed of my metabolism.  Unfortunately, that is a gift I plan to leverage … [Read more...]

The title for this article is a quote from Paul Doherty of Hassle Free Barbell. As I enter the final week of Nationals training this quote holds specific "weight" for me.In weightlifting competitions there is a phrase regarding attempts on the … [Read more...]

Yesterday we ended the first ever Faith Rx’D camp at Crossfit Central. The mission of Faith Rx’D is “To See the world impacted for Jesus Christ by uniting and equipping Christian in the Crossfit community to live and share the … [Read more...]

I got to explain something very simple to the group at Crossfit Unbroken today for the Outlaw Camp.  They all wanted to know what I thought about bar/body contact and how much or how little the bar interacts with the hips in the power position.I … [Read more...]

nDon't have great wifi access here in Finland so you get a couple videos to show you a little bit of what we're doing. One of them is a Coach's Eye video of a complex I did in London. The other two...less educational.Snatch Pull + SnatchHelsinki … [Read more...]

I remember my first weightlifting competition like it was yesterday. It was at a Velocity Sports Training Center in Peachtree City, GA. I remember the weigh-in (61kg even), the waiting, and the warmups. However, I will never forget the feeling I … [Read more...]

"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."~ 1 Corinthians 10:31One of the hardest parts of being Christlike is maintaining any sort of Christ likeness amidst a culture that is constantly attacking your faith. It's … [Read more...]

I have written on the benefit and necessity for recovery previously.  In that article I specifically talk about CryoUSA and their impact on my training.One of the main reasons I have such a good relationship with this business is because the … [Read more...]

"Direction, not intention determines your destination."This quote above is from Andy Stanley.  He is one of the most foundational pastors of my college years. I love this quote because he hits on the reality that having good intentions and even … [Read more...]

One of the greater weaknesses in my Olympic lifting that has plagued me from the very beginning of my weightlifting career is a tight, upright torso when I land in the bottom of the clean. Furthermore, I often will lose focus on a strong upper back … [Read more...]

Last night I put up a video of Lacey missing a heavy clean in the lifting session of Outlaw North training camp.  I asked the question of yall… what did she do wrong.?  I expected most of you to say something about her pull or her leg strength. … [Read more...]

"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and … [Read more...]