Grizzly Way 130518 (Just Disappointed)

Posted by Dan on May 18, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Mobility, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Rant, Recovery

You know when parents tell their kids “I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.” I had...

Grizzly Way 130517 (Having Fun)

Posted by Dan on May 18, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Olympic Lifts, Strength Training, WOD

I’ve gotten into a couple of conversations lately about having fun. Don’t ask me why but it just...

Grizzly Way 130515 (Heating Up)

Posted by Dan on May 15, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Olympic Lifts, Strength Training, WOD

It’s that time of year again, Saint Louis has this annoying habit of just skipping from one season to...

Grizzly Way 130514 (Eat Up Boogie Down)

Posted by Dan on May 14, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music, Music and Rants, Paleo Lifestyle, Strength Training, WOD

Yesterday I made the disastrous mistake of eating dinner before posting and rambling about this, that, and...

Grizzly Way 130513 (A Bit Rocky)

Posted by Dan on May 13, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Rant, Recovery, Strength Training, WOD

I switched things up a bit today. Instead of writing this post first and then my Mashup Monday post. I got...

Grizzly Way 130511 (Sulking)

Posted by Dan on May 12, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

Yesterday was a bit rough, and instead of getting home and posting some self indulgent rant and passing out...

Grizzly Way 130510 (This is Why I Started Crossfit)

Posted by Dan on May 10, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Rant, Recovery

This is not going to be a very interesting post. If I had thought ahead I would’ve read something or...

Grizzly Way 130508 (Skins On – Lights Out)

Posted by Dan on May 8, 2013 in Uncategorized

Wednesday is a great day, mostly because its Barbell Shrugged day, which means 90 minutes of pure...

Grizzly Way 130507 (Double Down)

Posted by Dan on May 7, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, WOD

No not that KFC mess! No I mentioned last night that Mike is trying a different approach this next two...

Grizzly Way 130506 (Life Above 95%)

Posted by Dan on May 6, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

I hate doing this, but I’m going to start this post off with an apology. I’m feeling pretty...

Grizzly Way 130504 (Unloaded and Ready to Rest)

Posted by Dan on May 4, 2013 in Uncategorized

My co-writers this afternoon are both passed out, I feel the need to join them coming very soon but I wanted...

Grizzly Way 130503 (Sugar High)

Posted by Dan on May 4, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Olympic Lifts, Strength Training, WOD

The stakes were pretty high yesterday. After a laughable cheat/backload and four days of unloading under my...

Cheating the Grizzly Way

Posted by Dan on May 3, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant

I’m going to warn you all once that I’m on a soapbox this morning and I’m gonna use it....

Grizzly Way 130501 (The Thing About Backloading)

Posted by Dan on May 1, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Mobility, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

I have really taken a shining to carb backloading – I adore the science but more than anything I...

Grizzly Way 130430 (Big Summer)

Posted by Dan on Apr 30, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Mobility, Music, Music and Rants, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

Things are shaping up to be quite interesting this spring/summer, basically the next 12 weeks. The first and...

Grizzly Way 130429 (The Thing About Squats)

Posted by Dan on Apr 29, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Mobility, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

Squats have been interesting this cycle, my front squat has gone up huge, my overhead squat is higher than I...

Grizzly Way 130427 (Hitting My Stride)

Posted by Dan on Apr 27, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

I talk a lot about research, and I do a lot of research and experimentation with myself and my training, but...

Grizzly Way 130426 (Peak in the Window)

Posted by Dan on Apr 26, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

Let’s talk a bit about this crazy wild ride that I’ve decided to embark on. You’ll have to...

Grizzly Way 130424 (Christmas in April!)

Posted by Dan on Apr 24, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Mobility, Music and Rants, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

On July 16th, before I even had a membership to a Crossfit box, I ordered KStar’s book “Becoming...

Grizzly Way 130423 (The Mobility Bubble)

Posted by Dan on Apr 23, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Mobility, Music and Rants, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

Tonight’s post is going to be a quick one. For one – I’m just tired and don’t have a...

#AskGrizzly | Episode 1

Posted by Dan on Apr 23, 2013 in #AskGrizzly, Master, Music and Rants, Rant

I started the #AskGrizzly hash tag awhile back kind of as a joke but also semi seriously to see what the...

Grizzly Way 130422 (Bad Hair Day)

Posted by Dan on Apr 22, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Mobility, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Strength Training, WOD

Okay so I don’t really do the whole good hair day, bad hair day thing, in general I keep mine cut...

Grizzly Way 130420 (Monday Starts Sunday)

Posted by Dan on Apr 21, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

It’s been a truly great weekend, in the only sense of great weekend anyone could ever mean –...

Grizzly Way 130419 (Turn Up The Volume)

Posted by Dan on Apr 19, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

After weeks, literally weeks, of trying – I’ve finally broken the 215 barrier and without an...

Grizzly Way 130417 (Gotta Have Faith)

Posted by Dan on Apr 17, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Recovery, Strength Training, WOD

Not my normal listening fare but it serves a purpose today. I hinted at this a bit over the course of my...

Grizzly Way 130416 (Self Check)

Posted by Dan on Apr 16, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

I know I said I would stop posting pictures of breakfast – but look how good that looks! Runny yolk,...

Grizzly Way 130415 (Get Out of Your Way)

Posted by Dan on Apr 15, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Recipe, Strength Training, WOD

The tagline to this post should be pretty self explanatory. But just in case I’ll boil down my point....

Grizzly Way 130413 (Habits)

Posted by Dan on Apr 14, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Recovery, Strength Training, WOD

I’m an incredibly habitual person. This trait has some select advantages in the world of health and...

Grizzly Way 130412 (Breakfast!)

Posted by Dan on Apr 12, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

I’ve been intermittent fasting for the better part of 2 years now. I can’t really explain why,...

Product Rant: Progenex Cocoon

Posted by Dan on Apr 12, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Product Reviews, Rant, Recovery

Buckle in. This one is not going to be pretty. My feathers have been ruffled. Now if you know me –...

Grizzly Way 130410 (No Words)

Posted by Dan on Apr 10, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Mobility, Music and Rants, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Recovery, Strength Training, WOD

Normally I fill these posts with so many thoughts that they can barely be contained, or for that matter read...

Grizzly Way 130409 (Means to an End)

Posted by Dan on Apr 9, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

I found a note I wrote to myself today, likely it was meant to remind me of some larger though, but like...

Grizzly Way 130408 (Better Than It Looks)

Posted by Dan on Apr 8, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Mobility, Music and Rants, Olympic Lifts, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

Saint Louis is ridiculously good at skipping seasons. This fall it went from about 70 one day to 34 the...

Grizzly Way 130406 (Unloading)

Posted by Dan on Apr 7, 2013 in Crossfit, Food Porn, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Paleo Lifestyle, Rant, Recovery, Strength Training, WOD

This week was another unloading week, as the fourth week of every cycle has been since I started with Mike....

13.5 & The Crossfit Open

Posted by Dan on Apr 7, 2013 in Crossfit, Lifting and Crossfit, Master, Music and Rants, Rant, Strength Training, WOD

Here we go. I guess the simplest place to start here is with 13.5. For starters, talk about unsurprising...