Throughout the history of sports, different training techniques have been used to apply certain lessons for athletes. I remember in the 1990’s it was comical to learn about wide receivers and linemen in football taking ballet classes to be more nimble on their feet. Culturally we have watched epic movies of athletes doing strange things like Rocky punching frozen meat in a butcher shop to sharpen boxing skills. Recently I spoke to a hockey coach who has his players box jump from a seated position to improve their skate strengths. This enables them to jump over fallen players on the ice and to develop explosive legs to overpower others to get to a loose hockey puck that results in break-aways. But what do you do for a fitness competition where the movements performed on the GRID are the very same movements you “practice” every day when you train?
Let’s take a look at the GRID race as a whole. Races are often won by fractions of a second. All of the men are expected to snatch 300 pounds and clean and jerk 365+. Even the bodyweight guys need to be strong as hell. So, what makes one team better than any other team? We often talk about strong females, which is true, but Boston, while they have strong females, don’t put up the kind of numbers than the New York women can put up historically… but yet again… they did this past weekend and then some on the ladder. But why?Continue Reading …