Posts tagged CrossFit Programming
Episode 54: Evan Peikon on Advancing Concurrent Training with Limiting Systems
Episode 54: Evan Peikon on Advancing Concurrent Training with Limiting Systems

Common knowledge has it, you shouldn’t train for ultra marathons at the same time that you train the snatch and the clean and jerk. Common knowledge has it, if you try to build strength, you shouldn’t also try to build your endurance. But Evan Peikon of Training Think Tank has it, common knowledge is wrong. 

This isn’t the first time in history that common knowledge has been off base.People used to think the body was made up of four “humors”, for example. And that lead to medical bloodletting: a wasteful, ghastly, and, by today’s measures, horrifically misguided procedure.

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Kyle Clechenkoconcurrent training, CrossFit Programming, CrossFit Athletes, CrossFit, Training Phases, Training Think Tank, Limiting Systems
Episode 43: Dr. Andy Galpin on the Evolution of Strength & Conditioning, Fiber Type Changes, and Concurrent Training
Episode 43: Dr. Andy Galpin on the Evolution of Strength & Conditioning, Fiber Type Changes, and Concurrent Training

We’re joined by Dr. Andy Galpin in Episode 43 of the Strength Ratio Podcast. Andy, who holds a PhD in human bioenergetics, is the founder and director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Laboratory at California State University, Fullerton. He is also the author of “Unplugged”, which educates readers how to “evolve from technology to upgrade your fitness, performance, & consciousness”.

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Zachary GreenwaldExercise and Sports Research, Hypertrophy Research, Biology, Muscle Fibers, Concurrent Training, CrossFit Programming, Sports Performance
Episode 42: Alex Harrison on Concurrent Training (Part 2) and HIIT "High Intensity Interval Training"
Episode 42: Alex Harrison on Concurrent Training (Part 2) and HIIT "High Intensity Interval Training"

Alex Harrison, Science Consultant of Renaissance Periodization, joins us again to discuss Concurrent Training. Alex references the graph below, from the symposium review “Concurrent exercise training: do opposites distract?” by Coffey and Hawley, to explain the interference effect for both trained, and untrained populations.

Our topic then turns to HIIT “High Intensity Interval Training” for both endurance athletes and for CrossFit athletes.

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Zachary GreenwaldConcurrent Training, Exercise and Sports Research, Performance Science, Endurance Athletes, CrossFit Athletes, Endurance Programming, CrossFit Programming