Saturday, May 30, 2009

A Few Reminders!


  1. As of June 1st, only paying clients will have access to their personalized daily WOD.
  2. If it's your first time at CrossFit Middle Tennesee, then the first week is FREE
  3. Bring in a friend, they sign up, we will deduct $50 from your next month's membership fee

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Service Charge Soon To Come

Attention Athletes:

This website was originally created to service the Muskingum College wrestling team so that they could see what the W.O.D.(Workout Of the Day) was going to be, pics and videos of their workouts and as an online resume of sorts for any potential employers I may encounter.

It has since then taken off into my main vehicle of communication between dozens of athletes and clients that I have had the pleasure of training with (both in person or by providing online programming). I have had such a large increase of requests for personalized strength and conditioning and/or CrossFit programs that this past-time of a hobby has almost become as time consuming as my full time coaching position at CrossFit Middle Tennessee.

This why starting next month (June 1st), I will be charging $30/mo. to create individual programs or team programs for athletes and coaches.

What You Receive As A Paying Client:
  • Personalized programming to adhere to whatever type of training schedule you are on. Regardless of the equipment or space you have available, I will construct an effective, efficient and safe program to increase you fitness and physical capacity.
  • 24/7 Access to myself. Via cell phone and email. You will always be a priority. Whether it's 2 a.m. or Sunday during the big game, I will always tend to your concerns, questions, etc. in a prompt and professional manner.
  • The WOD page will be exclusive. Only paying clients will be able to access this site and each client will have their own section to view their workouts.
  • Digital coaching - Send me a video/photos of your squat, deadlift, whatever it may be and I will make comments and coaching cues to help you execute that movement more efficiently.
  • Nutrition programming - This is going to be a new aspect of this service. You are now a paying client and for that extra money, you will receive nutrition programming and a FitDay.com account to keep track of your meals and macronutrient (Pro, Carb, Fat) breakdown. Personalized meals and recipes will be made available.
  • A copy of the monthly CrossFit Journal. This is a great monthly publication that is written by and for members of the CrossFit community. Topics include nutrition, strength and conditioning, discussion of proper technique on a variety of exercises, speed training , sport specific programs, injury and rehab issues and practical sports application via CrossFit.
I realize that the economy is on the downside and that money is tight right now. However, I started providing this service for free because I love what I do, I love to coach, I love to increase athlete's human performance levels. However, this job has become much larger and popular than I expected and in order to justify the amount of time I have to put into it, I'm forced to charge a small fee.

The online purchase feature (located on the right hand side) will be up and running by Monday, June 1st.

I have enjoyed working with all of you and hope to continue to provide you with quality training programs and sports nutrition regimens.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me!

Thanks,

Coach Stu

Monday, May 25, 2009

CrossFit Football

I've had several request this past week for strength building programs designed with athlete's in mind who need to increase their anaerobic capacity (and as a result, drop excess levels of body fat) while still maintaining/increasing strength levels.



CrossFit Football is the perfect training prescription for football athletes. We use organic functional movements performed at high intensity to simulate the demands placed on an athlete during a football game. Football is a game of seconds and inches. CrossFit Football knows the demands placed on players during the game and the distances they will have to travel. With this in mind, we can replicate the stresses and situations a player will face on the field. By combining high intensity movements with a comprehensive strength and speed program, the result is a training program that is unparalleled in the industry.
How do we know CrossFit Football's programming works? Because it has been designed by NFL players and some of the top coaches in the world. Not only has it been created by top athletes, but it has been used to compete at the highest levels of professional sports. The utility of this program is not theoretical; it has not been designed by someone that thinks it might work, but by athletes and coaches that have dominated at the highest levels of competitive athletics.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Homemade Equipment

LJ, here are some links to demos and tutorials at making your own homemade equipment. CrossFitting without the use of barbells, rings, bumper plates, etc does make it difficult but completely do-able. Remember, mastering your own body weight through movements such as pushups, squats, situps, burpees, handstands, L-sits is one of the hardest types of training you can do.

Homemade Paraleets
Pull Up Bar 1
Pull Up Bar 2
Med Ball - it's a pdf. format file so I will just email this to you
Plyo Boxes - another pdf but you should be able to view it...if not, let me know
Dumbbell Work - I talked to Eby, he said just head down to the house and make him an offer on his DB and their yours