There is a free Kid’s Mud Run in Tracy on May 12th!  It’s a 400m muddy obstacle course.  We would LOVE to get a team of kids from CFO to tackle the course.  Thanks to Melinda for letting us know! If your kids (or you) are interested let us know.  We’ll caravan up, find get our kids muddy, # 40mg and listen to their war stories over cocktails.  Dirty Monkeys Workout of the Day “Power Elizabeth” 21-15-9 rep rounds of Power Clean 135/95 Ring DipsRead more

Woman & Double Unders  Not everyone takes me up on my offer of “Go to the bathroom, # 40mg get a drink of water, order we will start in 2 minutes.” Those that do, this appreciate the fact that I am a mother of three. Brian found the article, I live the article. Please don’t tell my mom I am talking about this in a public forum. Thank you. All jokes aside, I am pretty excited to read that squatting will work wonders on this issue. I will say that the better I get at double unders, the longer I can last without having to stop. So don’t ditch the ropes, and take advantage of the bathroom breaks. Keep up the good work ladies! On a lighter note, at 7:30pm this evening the Eat Well Live Better Challengers kicked off their baseline. Everyone has jumped in full force with great...Read more

Why Anatomy Is Important from 70’s Big.  I have to admit, store I was one of the lifters that didn’t care too much about anatomy.  Maybe it’s all part of the learning process, price but developing an understanding of how your body is connected may help lift more efficiently, recover better, and better understand injuries and pre-existing conditions so you know how to attack them. A quick word on the Eat Well, Live Better Challenge.  We always get a lot of questions at the start: Can I eat this? Can I drink that?  If the answer isn’t a whole food, most of the time, the answer is NO.  Please don’t get hung up on what you can’t eat or drink, try to focus on what you can.  If you just bought a new supplement that is not approved, it’s only a 30 day challenge.  You can have it in a...Read more

I recently sustained an injury to my pectoral muscle/shoulder girdle.  Unfortunately, adiposity it’s not one of those things that went away after a couple of days.  I’ve had to scale workouts, doctor and find movements that wouldn’t aggravate my injury, yet allow me to train at a high level.  I’ve been incredibly lucky up to this point in my life, as I’ve been injured very rarely.   BUT…maybe it’s been a blessing in disguise.  Instead of just playing lip service on recovery, I’m a man on a mission.  Nearly all my down time is spent trying to recover my damaged ligaments and muscles.  I’ve learned a bunch of cool stuff: Bowen, Asian massage therapy, standard physical therapy and more.   I have two at home recovery techniques that are both cheap and easy.  Put these in your recovery “tool box”.   Hot/Cold.  I have been talking about contrast showers for...Read more

Tomorrow starts the Eat Well Live Better Challenge! Are you ready? We are. Sundays are a cooking day in our house. Not me, case but Brian. I take the day off. On Sundays, more so in the spring/summer/fall, Brian takes a ton of meat and smokes it. His Tri-tip rocks and the chicken thighs are to die for. We normally have those things in stock in our freezer. He added a London Broil and some sausages to todays cook. We use this meat throughout the week in lunches and dinners. Brian’s lunch usually consists of trip tip, apples and bananas and nuts. If there are leftover veggies from the night before he throws those in there too. He is paleo by association. The weather has been great lately, and will only improve, so the more we can cook outside, the better. Just a note on this particular challenge. I am...Read more