11/08/09 Sunday Rest
CFJ: What about nutrition?
Coach Glassman: Meat and vegetable, nuts and
seeds, some fruit, little starch, no sugar. End of subject.
CFJ: What are your favorite exercises?
Coach Glassman: Cleans, push-ups (across 180
degrees – from handstand push-up to dip), squats, jumps,
running, deadlifts, rowing, cycling, pull-ups, muscle-ups,
presses, presses to handstand, wall ball, dumbbell and
kettlebell swings, lunges, snatches, rope-climbing (and
other non-technical climbing), sit-ups (and gymnastic
variations on the sit-up theme).
CFJ: Do you have a program for…?
Coach Glassman: This is another question that I see
CFJ: Why gymnastics, weightlifting, and
sprinting?
Coach Glassman: Gymnasts have no peer in trunk
and hip flexion, upper-body strength in multiple joint
angles, agility, accuracy, balance, coordination. Their
domain is body control.
Weightlifters are masters of power, speed, and hip and
leg strength. Powerful hip extension is the most critical
element of human performance and none have the
capacity of the weightlifters.
Sprinters have enormous physical potential due to their
metabolic competency across anaerobic and aerobic
pathways and because of the speed, power, and total
conditioning that sprinting demands.
Blending workouts from each domain gives us a total
greater than the sum of the parts – a gorgeous hybrid.
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