Andrew is fairly new to olympic lifting. His first phase is to start from the top down. His coach Brian Foley is working on positional work as well as teaching Andrew how to use his hips as the prime mover in his lifts.

But, because her days had her leaving her house at 5 a.m. to coach and not returning until the evening, getting through the course that she knew would make her a way better coach, always got bumped to the weekends. And often she needed time to recharge on the weekends, so she’d bump the education to the next week.

Athletes and fitness enthusiasts are constantly hunting for the best diet or nutritional program to enhance their fitness and health. After all, the best asset to any health nut is an easy to follow nutritional program that guarantees results. But is there such a thing as the ‘best’ diet?

Developing a younger CrossFit Athlete to a high level first requires the athlete to possess a strong passion for the sport.  Desire and perseverance will play one of the greatest roles taking young talent to Games.   What a CrossFit athlete needs to understand is the “Long Game” in training and development and that there isn’t any short cuts.

In order to be successful in competitive CrossFit, persistence is required. Yes, it’s a cliche. But it’s a cliche because it’s true. CrossFit is no exception to this rule despite what the sport appears to be. Talent will only carry you so far. Unfortunately, this lesson seems to be lost on much of the CrossFit Community. Social media stories would have us believe that training to compete in the Sport of Fitness is a much shorter track than it actually is. As a result, there are tons of athletes out there who are burned out from a process of training they were never actually educated on or bought into, to begin with.

To get a fitness trainer certificate and work as a personal trainer in a studio gym, boutique gym or group fitness gym can take as little as a weekend seminar. To receive a personal trainer certificate through bodies like ISSA, NASM or ACE and work in a globo gym takes on average 3-6 months to study the course materials and pass the test. To study and pass the OPEX Coaching Certificate Program quizzes and case studies takes most fitness coaches 6-12 months. 

It all begins with an idea.

OPEX Coach Matt Springer is back to help coaches and athletes analyze and learn from their performance in CrossFit Open Workout 18.4. One of the things he specifically targets is how to improve your deadlift in a balanced fashion to prepare yourself for a future event like this in the next CrossFit Open season. Take a look below!