Today the fittest woman in America has some upper strength work as well as some strongman training to keep her CNS fresh and ready for CrossFit Open 18.2

Coaches are imbued with unique authority and possess great responsibility in the realm of fitness. Clients and athletes come to coaches seeking guidance on their physical and athletic journeys. These individuals are entrusting you as their coach with their most important belonging, their body. They are bringing it to you so that you can help them improve their health and wellness.

Rice continues to be a staple carbohydrate around the world particularly of those chasing fitness and health goals. Though there are dozens of different varieties of this starch the most popular continues to be white and brown rice. However, brown rice has won universal acclaim as being the ‘healthiest’ option to use by numerous health experts due to its high nutrient content in comparison to white rice. So should we all stop eating white rice and make the switch to brown rice?

Carter is 74 years old and had a hip surgery 2 years ago.  For 2 years he was in pain, unable to golf.  Sought out multiple TPI physical therapists and strength coaches but never was able to golf pain free.  Referred to me from another coach who was unable to evaluate and assess his pain and movement.  He could only deadlift a 53# KB for one rep when I got him, and he felt discomfort in that.  Six months later, he can deadlift 190 pounds for 4 reps, golfs 3+ full rounds per week pain free, drives the ball 30 yards further, improved his swing mechanics, and spends a lot of time on the range now at Desert Mountain.

Absolute speed is a simple concept, it is the ability to access the full potential of speed. Football Coaches and Scouts are testing absolute speed when they are timing athletes’ 40-yard dashes. Absolute Speed may be developed through a combination of absolute strength, skill, technique, alactic, and specific absolute speed training. This narrow window of use limits absolute speed training to a very specific group of sport-specific clients. 

Our mission at OPEX Fitness is to bring honor back to the coaching profession. We recognize the need for professionalism in the industry and deliver coaches the education needed to professionalize their passion.

And there is some great truth in that—particularly when it comes to nutrition, and supporting your training and busy lifestyle with nourishing fuel throughout the week.

Tennil is back to 3 sessions a day after simulation training. Tennil and the rest of the OPEX sponsored athletes are getting ready for the CrossFit Regionals.

We are often asked by our coaching students how we determine our clients limiting factors in regards to fitness, and how we use what’s discovered to influence the design of that individual’s unique program.  The only way to answer that is by understanding how the OPEX Assessment Model works.

When we observe mixed modality athletes compete in sports like CrossFit there’s usually a barbell involved with copious amounts of similar repetitions on that barbell. The key to success in these situations is that the athlete needs to be able to cycle the barbell rapidly without pause or breaks. Another term used to describe this type of activity is ‘touch-and-go’. Being able to ‘touch-and-go’ with a barbell isn’t a matter of mental fortitude(though it certainly plays a role), it’s a skill and technique that needs to be honed and developed through a comprehensive fitness program.

As Summer approaches, many people see an opportunity for rest and relaxation. Especially if you live out here in the Southwest, the summer heat can be draining and force you to take some time off.

Tennil Reed's CrossFit training for the day of March 19th, 2018. Take a look at the programming of a true CrossFit Champion and the Fittest Woman in the United States.

The current fitness landscape has been described as the ‘Wild West’ recently, and on many fronts I agree with this analogy. We are currently in an era where there are huge amounts of great discoveries being researched and developed, while at the same time, this increases the market space for at best misunderstandings to be sold, and at worst, straight up charlatans. Based on the Jim Collin’s research, there are five large areas that stand out to me that current fitness business owners will encounter as they set out to build their business to last. They find themselves in an area where consumers do not necessarily understand the knowledge gaps between coaches, the effects of competition on their products, the changing landscape that is currently taking place, realigning to focus on the things that a company does the best in the world, and building a team to carry this out.

18.2 has finally arrived. Beat your friends and secure your position on the leaderboard by downloading the FREE OPEX Open Prep Guide today. Every Friday we release a massive guide which includes what you should do for a warm-up, what you should eat, as well as proven strategies to guarantee your success. Click the link below to download it now.

Summer is my favorite time of year and we are in the dog days of it right now.  I love to sneak away from the city and out to Kelowna with my kids every year.  We live in Canada and my kids are off school for the months of July and August, but being a basketball family that means we roll with club ball right up to the end of July.

You can use these assets to produce quick income if needed to keep your business running. It’s also an important tool is delivering fitness to your clients and new.

However, unlike Fran, a workout many of us have been conditioned to know what it ‘feels’ like, and consequently, how to ‘game’ it or what number to shoot for, you will begin with a strength-based EMOM, building to a heavy squat clean thruster, followed by a work capacity tester consisting of a descending couplet of thrusters and chin-ups.

Larry is the epitome of someone who is dedicated to their fitness. He’s a guy that doesn’t look for excuses: Wife, kids, full-time firefighter working (AM, AM, PM, PM, OFF, OFF, OFF, OFF) and running a gym on his non-department days. Shift work crushes people. Recovery, CNS, hormones, all affected; so to optimize his training, he and his coach worked on getting him as close to homeostasis as possible within his 8 day week for specific types of work. Fitness for him is required for both of his careers and recreation. He’s pursuing olympic weightlifting as a passion and continues to strive towards bettering himself on a regular basis.

As you teach others, you slowly come to recognize what you don’t know rather than what you do know. While this may discourage some coaching novices from growing, the best teachers use this as an opportunity to expand their knowledge which in turn makes them an even stronger teacher and coach.

Robin Lyons has coached dozens of CrossFit Athletes like Chelsea Nichols and Luis Oscar Mora. To coach Robin Lyons, the most important element in training to become a Regionals Level athlete has been developing the patience and persistence required for the Sport of Fitness.