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Originally Posted by ArsenalGunners2
you should talk to your gym about doing more strength in the classes or letting you come in and doing more strength when you want to( most will be accommodating if youre not brand new at lifting) which your not.
To meet your goals, doing alot more strength will get you there alot faster. Met cons will make the strength goals take alot longer ( i agree tho that they are fun and I still do them way too often based on my goals which are similar to yours). In my experience, once you get strong(er), you can get your cardio good in a couple months (if/when you want to) while somewhat maintaining strength.
you've been doing crossfit for awhile so you've probably already done this but if not, you should stop kipping and stop doing sumo dead lift high pull imo.
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I have been speaking with some of the coaches about incorporating more strength work. I hope it doesn't fall on deaf ears. I don't think I can go in and do my own thing because the gym is usually jam packed and I'm not sure how they'd feel about me setting up to do my own thing. There is sometimes an empty platform in the back though. Maybe I'll ask. They actually have another location across town where they have open gym from 6:30 am - 8:00 pm. It's just very inconvenient to trek all the way across town in Miami traffic to have access to a good gym, especially with the hours I already work.
One of the coaches actually posted this article today:
http://www.tabatatimes.com/rick-scar...t-then-cardio/. I hope they practice what they preach and incorporate more strength/oly work. Something tells me it's unlikely though because they have more of an incentive to get people through the door and most of their clientele could care less about strength.
I never ever kip. All my pull ups are strict. I love my shoulders too much. Even when I do toes 2 bar or knees to elbow, I do them strict. It slows things down significantly and is much harder, but I'm more interested in maintaining shoulder health than getting a sweet Fran time. I don't do SDHP either. It is such a stupid movement. It has no place in any program. I really do not understand why it's programmed at all, especially in metcons where people are just going to be essentially upright rowing heavy loads in fatigued states.
I'll check out Mat Lalonde, thanks.