Crystal McCullough

I guess yesterday was Valentine’s Day. I’m not a cynic in any manner of the word, yet I don’t like to make a big deal out of this day. Why? Because I want my husband to tell me on a Tuesday he loves me or randomly get me flowers (that aren’t 4x the cost) because […]

Week 7!! 8 weeks out from my next meet (Battle on the Border – Fort Mill, SC) Legs felt great considering I trained over the weekend, including Sunday. I was a little concerned if I would start the week out sore. High Bar Back Squats Step 1 – (60% straight weight + 25% band tension)

What a week! Morgan has been sick most of the week and it finally hit me on Thursday night!! Friday was not pleasant at all!! If you know me at all, I will train through just about anything; I didn’t train on Friday!! So, on Saturday, I did my main movements from Day 5 (Squat

What a day yesterday was! I’ve been fighting something all week and we’ve pretty much determined Morgan has the flu, so, needless to say, this week has been interesting. I love my Day 4, which usually falls on Thursdays. I get a great chest/tricep pump due to the close grip bench press and some sort

*First off, please say a prayer for or send happy thoughts to Coach Travis as he is having surgery this morning to repair his torn tricep tendon. Now, on to my training log…. There was a time when I didn’t have to question whether my hips got below parallel or whether my chest stayed up. Then, in

Yesterday was fun!! With this new block of programming comes some new stimuli, and in this case, the slingshot! and longer pauses on front squats. Front squats have been an RPE7 for me for the last 2 training cycles, so no true one rep maxes and always with a pause. Front Squat 1rm w/7 second