To be successful with the sport of CrossFit, you need to have good endurance. This idea or formality of endurance spans across all modalities. You need to be able to have muscular endurance as it relates to gymnastics, barbell endurance as it relates to weightlifting, and aerobic capacity as it relates to the various monostructural movements/machines used within the sport. There is no way around it. You can be the strongest person in the sport, and the best gymnast out there, but if you cannot sustain reps over time, you will not make it. So, the question comes down to this: How does one build endurance within the sport of CrossFit?

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…

What is an elite mindset? As told to me by Brian Cain in his Mental Performance Mastery Certification: your mindset is how you see yourself, your situation, and the world - basically your perspective. So, if we break this down even more, a strong mindset comes down to the person having a strong/positive perspective around themselves, their situation, and the world around them…

This is Part 2 of our strength-building principles. If you recall from the first strength-building blog, I discussed the principles of specificity, overload, fatigue management, and individual differences. In this piece, I want to introduce you to three more principles that are needed to build strength within yourself or your athletes…

In this day and age, it is not hard to find various methods around gaining strength. However, a method applied without the proper principles behind it is liking putting heels on a bull; sure, it might look nice at first, but what good does it do for you in the long run? The biggest approach to coaching that I teach revolves around principles…

What is the purpose of competitive CrossFit? Competitive CrossFit is the sport of Crossfit. You may ask, what is the difference? Well the difference is like any other sport out there. Take running for example. You can look to run to improve your health and fitness by running a few miles per day (CrossFit) or, you can train to run a sub-2 hour marathon (sport of CrossFit). I hope that comparison can give you insight into the difference between the two…

This marks the end of stage two of the 2021 CrossFit Open, otherwise known as the Quarterfinals. I cannot begin to explain how proud I am of every Conquer Athlete that made it to this stage in the game. I want to give a special acknowledgement to each person that made it past the Open and onto the Quarterfinals…

This is the follow-up to the previous post I did on the Top 5 Mistakes Athletes Made in the 2021 CrossFit Open. Here are the action steps you need to take to set yourself on the right path for the 2022 CrossFit Open. For the most part, if you are reading this, then something occurred with this season that left a bad taste in your mouth. Possibly an unfavorable outcome, or you just spent time on a fitness journey that was not right for you. The following can act as a roadmap for you to make sure that this upcoming season gives you satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment.

The first phase of the 2021 CrossFit Open season is over. For many athletes, this also marks the end of their official CrossFit season. Sure, a few athletes are moving forward for the Quarterfinals, but the percentage that has a legitimate chance of progressing to the Semifinals gets tighter and tighter. This should also be the time for athletes to reflect on their performance to see what and where they can change or improve to do better next year.

Come hang out with Jason Leydon, the Conquer Athlete coaching staff, & special guest speaker Chris Hinshaw as they discuss how to coach champions. Jason Leydon and the Conquer team have trained over 9 podium finishers at the CrossFit Games between individuals and teams, as well as USA Olympic hopefuls, professional fighters, and high-school/collegiate teams.

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.

CrossFit programming, as it relates to the true essence of enhanced general physical preparedness, is simple in nature. The intention of this program is to drive capacity and competence across various fields of fitness, thus increasing the individual’s health and longevity of life.

Within life, there are things I call the five pillars. These are things the body cannot do without, and when taken away (after some extended time), there will be an adverse effect. There are also prioritization concepts from a health and wellness perspective for longevity and living pain-free when looking at these pillars.