Train Like a Thrower
Throwers (shot put, discus, hammer, javelin) are undoubtedly some of the most powerful athletes on the planet. The feats I have seen with my own eyes and heard anecdotally from coaches during my decade...
View ArticleBuilding The Championship Strength Athlete
There are some things that all strength athletes need to do well. All those looking to succeed at the highest level must have maximal strength, explosive strength, special strength and work capacity....
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Training for Throwers-Part 1
Many athletes will look back at their training and wonder, “what could have been?” or “what could I have done better?” and I am no different in thinking that. If given the opportunity to go back in...
View ArticleTraining for Throwers-Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I detailed the flaws in my own training as a shot putter and discussed an overview of the training model that I would now follow if I was still competing and that I would...
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Learning to Fish
Got out today and took some throws. I am always stoked to spend a Sunday doing some throwing and training with some buddies. Lucais MacKay came into town with one of his athletes Dennis Aliotta....
View Article5 Questions with Coach John Frazier
John Frazier serves as the Head Throws Coach at UCLA, where he also competed in the 1980s with PRs of 65’2.75” in the shot put and 208’6” in the hammer. Coach Frazier has 24 years of experience in the...
View ArticleReal Range Throwing
A popular question I keep getting is how to apply range throwing to other sports. Range throwing was popularized by an article Olympic hammer thrower Jud Logan wrote for Hammerthrow.org. Based upon his...
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Interview with 2004 Olympic Shot Put Gold Medalist Adam Nelson
Adam Nelson is a certified legend in the sport of Track & Field. The 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist in the Shot Put, Nelson also has the 2000 Olympic Silver, 2005 World Championship Gold, 2001, 2003...
View ArticlePanora XXX: CrossFit Bench WOD
I was trying to figure out what the hell to write about in this blog? I decided that I would do a part 2 to my CrossFit programming and discuss the bench WOD. I’m not an overly interesting guy, my life...
View ArticleBuilding the Complete Strength Athlete
All great strength athletes have four vitally important things in common: 1. Maximal Strength 2. Explosive Strength 3. Special Strength 4. Work Capacity Learn about it from Chad Smith here: If you...
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3 All-Time Badasses You Need To Know About
In the age of YouTube, Instagram and the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately world of internet fitness, it is easy to forget about many of the trailblazing athletes who helped push the envelope and...
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Consolidation of Stressors, Part 2: The Medium Term
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed what the concept of consolidation of stressors is and how it is applied to programming in the short term, a single training cycle. The foundation of...
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3 More All-Time Badasses
In the age of YouTube, Instagram, and the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately world of Internet fitness, it is easy to forget about many of the trailblazing athletes who helped push the envelope and...
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3 All-Time Badasses, Part 3
In the age of YouTube, Instagram, and the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately world of Internet fitness, it is easy to forget about many of the trailblazing athletes who helped push the envelope and...
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