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Core Stability Training: A Glance Back

Posted in Fitness, tagged , , , , , , , on September 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

A SEO, Core Stability Training mash up.

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That Limbic State

Posted in Fitness, Life, tagged , , , on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m in it
Is over.
I just found out  a little while ago that I passed the NSCA CSCS exam!
Whew. That’s good to know.
So here’s what I can say about my prep for the exam as a person without a prior exercise science background:
I purchased:

The NSCA’s Essentials of Strength and Conditioning text
The multimedia symposium CD’s
Three Practice tests [...]

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CrossFit Level 1 Certification Recap

Posted in Crossfit, Fitness, MMA, UFC, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Wow – what a great weekend.
I learned:

a ton about CrossFit
what fitness is and how it’s defined
the importance of technique
the super-importance of proper nutrition
how to progressively teach all important functional movements

spot and correct errors in those movements
and of course, how to correctly perform them.
There’s nothing like getting your technique picked apart all day [...]

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My Take on Core Stability Training

Posted in Fitness, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I just finished reading an article in the NSCA’s December 2007 Strength and Conditioning Journal entitled “Core Stability Training for Healthy Athletes: A different Paradigm for Fitness Professionals”.
It struck a chord with me because not so much because of the material that was new to me, but because it confirmed things I knew or suspected [...]

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Super Tuesday Catchup

Posted in Crossfit, Life, tagged , , , , , , , on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s Super Tuesday!
To mark the occasion, I’ve decided to vote and then bury my head in the sand and work on my CSCS test outline followed up by perusing some CrossFit Journal Level I Cert pre-reading material. Then at some point around 4 pm I’ll see what the hell is going on.
Not that anyone will [...]

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CSCS Practice Exam Results

Posted in Life, tagged , , , on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, I took my first NSCA CSCS practice exam and passed. It wasn’t a perfect score, for sure, but now I know what I don’t know. This is a good thing for further prep.
Based on what I got wrong, I know what test domains to focus on more. One nice thing about the test is [...]

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The Catchup: Happy New Year!

Posted in Crossfit, The Catchup, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There’s a lot of catching up to do, no?
Well, for one I just have not felt like writing. Not that I’m depressed or anything like that. Far from it. Just have not felt like writing for the most part. And…add to that the craziness of the holidays and blammo. No updates. Anyhoo, lets get somewhat [...]

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