![Three Secrets for Wall-Ball Success]()
by matt | Sep 5, 2014 | Coaching
There aren’t very many people who ever say “I love wall-balls!” Even tall people, who have a much easier time with the exercise, don’t seem to like it much. (For those of you not in the know, here’s a wall-ball demonstration video.)...
![Yelling at the Coached]()
by matt | Sep 5, 2014 | Article, Coaching
You might have heard it before. I know I have: “Pick up that bar!” “Get back on that bar!” When you are part of an elite fitness regime, you are expected to give every workout your all. Coaches like to push their clients harder. The music,...
![Garden of Life Raw Protein Powder is the Only Protein you Will Ever Need]()
by matt | Sep 5, 2014 | Diet
When I first starting going to CrossFit So ILL, I didn’t really have much protein. I always felt starved after I worked out and would stuff in a lot of food, mostly fruits and vegetables and peanut butter. I could bulge my stomach with this sort of food and...
![Double Under Jump Rope's Double Under Jump Rope Review]()
by matt | Jul 13, 2014 | Equipment
I recently received a Double Under Jumprope from a nice company in the UK named Double Under Jump Rope (doubleunderjumprope.com). At first I was not actually skeptical because both the company and the product were named after the very action for which the product is...
![Pimsleur French: the Maserati of aural/oral language programs, or just the Cadillac?]()
by matt | May 19, 2014 | Article, Unrelated
Why does everyone say that Pimsleur Language programs are the best? Is it true? Do they beat Michel Thomas or Berlitz, with their metaphorical hands tied behind their metaphorical backs? Having recently completed Pimsleur French l, I can attest to its many strengths...
![The North Face Surge II Review: the Backpack I Wish I Always Had]()
by matt | May 18, 2014 | Article, Unrelated
I know that oftentimes it can be difficult to bear the load of listening to the problems of another person’s life. Sometimes a person who you don’t even know will begin to tell you a story about themselves, a person you don’t even care about or want...
![The Kindle Paperwhite is Better than a Real Book]()
by matt | Mar 25, 2014 | Unrelated
Sometimes I like to read books. I don’t know why. There are plenty of people around me that I could talk to and spend time with, but sometimes real people just don’t cut it. Sometimes you can spend an hour with somebody and never really learn something...
![Nayoya are the Best Plastic Gymnastic Rings for Home or "Elite-Fitness"]()
by matt | Jun 28, 2013 | Equipment
I have long been a proponent of gymnastics rings and their efficacy for building strength and muscle. I wrote an unpopular Ode to Rings and wrote previously about some inferior rings that I once believed in. I felt a little like a smoker who told other people that...
![Inov-8 Bare-XF 260 Review: Ropes, not Laces]()
by matt | Mar 26, 2013 | Apparel, Article
Everyone around here likes Inov-8. We’ve never met anybody who works there, and we probably don’t have any stock in their company, but we’ve seen their shoes, either on our own feet or on others at the gym. We’ve seen the peppy little...
![The Strike Mvmnt: My New Favorite "Elite-Fitness" Shoes]()
by matt | Mar 20, 2013 | Apparel, Article
A little company that I had never heard of, called Strike Mvmnt, emailed me one day about sending me a pair of their shoes. I looked at their website and immediately, like a true ideologist, I found the heel-raise for the shoe and saw that it was 3.9mm. I only wear...
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