Comments on: Hitting your weaknesses.. For real this time! http://www.dutchlowy.com/2009/08/05/hitting-your-weaknesses-for-real-this-time/ Where life is measured in kilos. Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:04:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tristy http://www.dutchlowy.com/2009/08/05/hitting-your-weaknesses-for-real-this-time/#comment-1706 Tristy Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:11:07 +0000 http://www.dutchlowy.com/?p=667#comment-1706 Dutch...love reading your blogs and am really looking forward to your seminar on Saturday at CF Austin!! I love the idea of setting a goal to work on. Wes had us do that, but I didnt' take it as seriously as I should have. Now, I am on it! Kips, here I come!! Dutch…love reading your blogs and am really looking forward to your seminar on Saturday at CF Austin!! I love the idea of setting a goal to work on. Wes had us do that, but I didnt’ take it as seriously as I should have. Now, I am on it! Kips, here I come!!

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]]> By: dave http://www.dutchlowy.com/2009/08/05/hitting-your-weaknesses-for-real-this-time/#comment-1702 dave Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:12:27 +0000 http://www.dutchlowy.com/?p=667#comment-1702 glad to hear i'm not alone on that! i will give the hamstring work a shot. is the adaptation a months long process? i started to feel pretty beat down after about 5 weeks. as for my weakness...i perpetually suck at HSPUs. i started to get ok at them and then gained 20lbs (on purpose) so they're a bitch again. think i will put in my extra work on those this month. glad to hear i’m not alone on that! i will give the hamstring work a shot. is the adaptation a months long process? i started to feel pretty beat down after about 5 weeks.

as for my weakness…i perpetually suck at HSPUs. i started to get ok at them and then gained 20lbs (on purpose) so they’re a bitch again. think i will put in my extra work on those this month.

]]> By: dutch http://www.dutchlowy.com/2009/08/05/hitting-your-weaknesses-for-real-this-time/#comment-1701 dutch Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:49:14 +0000 http://www.dutchlowy.com/?p=667#comment-1701 Thank You David! Thank You David!

]]> By: David Nichols http://www.dutchlowy.com/2009/08/05/hitting-your-weaknesses-for-real-this-time/#comment-1700 David Nichols Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:40:15 +0000 http://www.dutchlowy.com/?p=667#comment-1700 I have dedicated August to pistols and handstand push-ups. After reading this blog, I know think I might need to stick with just pistols. For everyone out there, a small complement to Dutch... Had a 17 year old high school softball player stop by last week to try out a class. She has been doing a local sports conditioning program (Velocity) and said she does cleans all the time and she knew what she was doing. I was very hesitant to believe her, but I said okay and asked her how much weight she uses. She answered, "I don't know. They are like this big." as she gestures in the air. So I grabbed the 35# bar and put it in her hands. It was horrible from the get go. I have some footage of the before-and-after. The before had no hip extension, no shrug, but had a very strong reverse curl. After a quick explanation of what a clean looks like, what you are trying to achieve with a clean and the 3 steps we were going to take to teach her to clean (20 minutes) she was cleaning 85# with ease. Full hip extension, shrug and a quick decent under the bar (pony tail sticking up!). The point of this story isn't centered around me one bit, but around the knowledge I gained at Dutch's O-lifting class @ CF Seven. Not only did I become a better o-lifter, but more importantly I became a better coach. My eye got better, and my understanding of cues got better. I highly recommend his class to everyone out there, no matter how experienced you are. Thanks Dutch for the new arrow in my quiver! David Nichols CrossFit Denton County I have dedicated August to pistols and handstand push-ups. After reading this blog, I know think I might need to stick with just pistols.

For everyone out there, a small complement to Dutch…

Had a 17 year old high school softball player stop by last week to try out a class. She has been doing a local sports conditioning program (Velocity) and said she does cleans all the time and she knew what she was doing. I was very hesitant to believe her, but I said okay and asked her how much weight she uses. She answered, “I don’t know. They are like this big.” as she gestures in the air. So I grabbed the 35# bar and put it in her hands. It was horrible from the get go. I have some footage of the before-and-after. The before had no hip extension, no shrug, but had a very strong reverse curl. After a quick explanation of what a clean looks like, what you are trying to achieve with a clean and the 3 steps we were going to take to teach her to clean (20 minutes) she was cleaning 85# with ease. Full hip extension, shrug and a quick decent under the bar (pony tail sticking up!).

The point of this story isn’t centered around me one bit, but around the knowledge I gained at Dutch’s O-lifting class @ CF Seven. Not only did I become a better o-lifter, but more importantly I became a better coach. My eye got better, and my understanding of cues got better.

I highly recommend his class to everyone out there, no matter how experienced you are.

Thanks Dutch for the new arrow in my quiver!

David Nichols
CrossFit Denton County

]]> By: dutch http://www.dutchlowy.com/2009/08/05/hitting-your-weaknesses-for-real-this-time/#comment-1699 dutch Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:05:58 +0000 http://www.dutchlowy.com/?p=667#comment-1699 Dave, Funny you should ask... It is super painful but apparently there is some adapting that will take place. For me its my shoulders. Knees have been good but i have been there too. Try strengthening your hamstrings (GH raises, good mornings, SLDL...) Dave,
Funny you should ask…
It is super painful but apparently there is some adapting that will take place. For me its my shoulders. Knees have been good but i have been there too. Try strengthening your hamstrings (GH raises, good mornings, SLDL…)

]]> By: dave http://www.dutchlowy.com/2009/08/05/hitting-your-weaknesses-for-real-this-time/#comment-1698 dave Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:57:31 +0000 http://www.dutchlowy.com/?p=667#comment-1698 haha, i didn't even have to ask! congrats on your snatch! do you find that you have to do anything different for your joints when you're going heavy that often? i have the joints of an old man (knees) that always start acting up when i do a "lot" of o-lifting. looking forward to hearing how the strength work goes. haha, i didn’t even have to ask! congrats on your snatch! do you find that you have to do anything different for your joints when you’re going heavy that often? i have the joints of an old man (knees) that always start acting up when i do a “lot” of o-lifting. looking forward to hearing how the strength work goes.

]]> By: dutch http://www.dutchlowy.com/2009/08/05/hitting-your-weaknesses-for-real-this-time/#comment-1697 dutch Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:42:44 +0000 http://www.dutchlowy.com/?p=667#comment-1697 Ben, So long as you aren't over training i think you will be fine. I would, however, recommend picking one to focus on rather than trying to get good at everything at once. Thanks Ryan. Dave, Its bulgarian. I snatch and Clean and jerk everyday. I squat sometimes. Everything is heavy, everyday. Ben,
So long as you aren’t over training i think you will be fine. I would, however, recommend picking one to focus on rather than trying to get good at everything at once.

Thanks Ryan.

Dave,
Its bulgarian. I snatch and Clean and jerk everyday. I squat sometimes.
Everything is heavy, everyday.

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