A common question that coaches are asked is whether or not they should seek out Remote Coaching or In-Person Coaching. In truth, there are very compelling reasons why either could be more serviceable so it’s not a matter of if one is better than the other, per say. What needs to be determined is which is the best option for the athlete at any given point in time.

Dec 11th, 2022 marked the conclusion of the famous CrossFit Legends Championship. For those that do not follow the Competitive CrossFit space, this is a Master’s only competition held at CrossFit Mayhem in Tennessee. The Conquer Team had amazing athletes there that we want to highlight!

CrossFit, as a sport, is based around the idea that through “constantly varied training” we will be “prepared for the unknown.” This means that athletes in the sport must be able to perform movements from Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Endurance Training, Strongman, and more without any idea of how they will end up being tested. With so many different skills and exercises to learn and only so much time to train, the question then becomes how do we include the right amount of variety without sacrificing structure within our programming?

Program design is an art, there’s so many variables when it comes to building a program. Fatigue principles, intensity prescriptions, internal and external stress, time, athlete experience, injuries, the list goes on and on. If you’re serious about reaching your highest potential, which I’m sure you are if you’re reading this, I’m here to tell you that your piecemail program is killing that potential.

Program design is an art, there’s so many variables when it comes to building a program. Fatigue principles, intensity prescriptions, internal and external stress, time, athlete experience, injuries, the list goes on and on. If you’re serious about reaching your highest potential, which I’m sure you are if you’re reading this, I’m here to tell you that your piecemail program is killing that potential.

Everyone has, at some point in their training, experienced a plateau regardless of how fit they are. It can be very frustrating and leave you feeling disinterested and unmotivated with your training. This feed-forward cycle can wreak havoc on long-term success which is why I want to discuss some ways coaches and athletes can break through plateaus before they become problematic.

Master CrossFit Athlete Coach Jason Leydon lists a 10-step approach to programming for a CrossFit Masters Athlete. Read more.

Over the years, we have seen a total influx of on line coaches and fitness “experts” appear out of thin air. With this, comes each person's “expert” view on how to train, look good, move good etc. However, many people are missing the key ingredient to any coaching experience, and that is the part of BEING A COACH. Read more.

Everyone has their own methods and progressions for competitions, but I have a system that I believe leads to success when programming workouts. My rule is simple, start with the highest neurologically demanding workout/test and work your way down the systems to the most aerobic.

The problem that many people have around following a program always comes down to results and expectations. I often hear about people program-hopping due to a lack of progress from their current track. Now, I am not going to get into program-hopping because that in itself can generate another short essay. What I am going to talk about today are a few reasons why you are not seeing results with your current online CrossFit programming track.

Masters athletes require a personal coach who understands them, their goals, their needs, and their abilities even more than other athletes in order to make sure they are being guided along the right path to drive the right adaptation.

Conquer Athlete has developed a MMA Fitness Program that will build combat sports athletes up, increase their strength, power and conditioning, and allow them to show their skills in the cage or ring.

Many people ask if remote CrossFit coaching is right for them. So I made a list of questions that if you answer “yes” to one or more than one of the following, then yes, remote CrossFit coaching (with a good company and coaches who have had extensive experience and success with remote Individual Design Coaching) is right for you.

A key aspect to writing a good program is to have a sound understanding of the principles around strength and conditioning - so that you can always provide what is needed for that person to make the right progress.

Here are the five principles that you can apply to any athlete, in any field, and if you follow them, you can set your client up for success over time.

With the ever-changing landscape of the fitness industry, we have noticed a big push in online CrossFit programming. One can definitely say that with the changing environment around COVID, the pursuit to develop an online CrossFit program exploded within the community. Whether this was caused by a greater need to deliver a means for people to maintain fitness, or another revenue stream for coaches in a broader market with a more diverse population, it is there, and it will stay there…

There is a saying that goes like this, “There is no such thing as overtraining, only under-recovering.” Now, I am not sure I fully agree with that, because I feel that if I wanted to, I could put anybody in a training hole. However, recovery in itself is an artform.

I want to get out a strong set of principles that I feel every beginner, and for that matter, even experienced, CrossFitter should focus on. These principles will create the foundation that will ensure a strong ability for longevity and injury prevention. When it is all said and done, the ability to maintain training/movement and health is what it all comes down to.

In this day and age, getting information is not the issue, rather it’s how you apply that information to best serve your mission that is getting harder and harder. With regards to training, we are flooded with information everyday from what online “professionals” view as the “most important” training you can do, without ever knowing a thing about you. Oftentimes this leads people down a rabbit hole of training and various methods that others are doing without ever taking into account their own directional needs. Hence why we wanted to share with you the important factors that you should pay attention to when looking for an online CrossFit training program.

Over the span of the past year, we have seen a big switch to online coaching in the fitness industry. Within this space, there are two main forms of online coaching. The first type of online CrossFit coaching is with a group template.