Category Archive for "Programming"
Deadlifts, Squats, most effective for the Core
Having a strong core is important for athletes of all types, and if you show us a 500# deadlifter, we’ll show you someone with a strong core. Show us a guy who can hold a plank for ten minutes and…
Body Position and Loading effects in the Overhead Press
Here at 3Fu3l, we’re not big fans of seated exercise for most athletes. That’s because with few exceptions, most sports are played standing. Not all, admittedly… Although the logic for prefering standing exercise to seated appears sound for most athletes,…
Rest/Pause Training found superior for power
Traditional weight training involves lifting a weight for the prescribed number of repetitions, then racking the bar (or putting it down), resting for a predetermined amount of time, then repeating the process. However, a body of literature exists from old…
Very Little Evidence Supports the Cooldown after training
You’re one of the loyalistst who squeeze in some training miles on their lunchbreak. Or you’re one of the 6am faithful at the the local box. Every part of your abbreviated warmup and frenzied post-training shower is calculated to give…
TabataTimes.com article by Valerie Hunt
If you’ve been keeping up with the online community, you’ve already heard of TabataTimes.com – we think it’s a great site, and not just because one of the owners of 3Fuel has his own show on it… Anyway, Valerie Hunt,…
Kristen Curry finishes 19th in Socal
Kristen Curry finished up the 2013 Crossfit Open with a 19th place finish, earning her a trip to regionals…which is right where she needs to be, according to her coach (and 3Fuel founder) Doug Katona, in this article found…
Susan Wallis dominates in the Masters Open
Currently leading the SouthEast Women in the 60+ category is Susan Wallis – who is both coached by one of 3Fuel’s owners, Doug Katona, and has been using the product since it first came out. She also managed to finish…
Talayna Fortunato – 20 snatches at 155#
For anyone who hasn’t seen it yet, check out this YouTube video – it’s Talayna Fortunato doing 20 snatches at 155#. After a 3rd place at last year’s Crossfit Games, we’re hoping to see this 3Fuel athlete standing in…
Guido Trinidad rolls with 3Fuel
Crossfit Games competitor Guido Trinidad: http://games.crossfit.com/article/mission-guido-trinidad
Kamp Katona
Does 3Fuel formulator Doug Katona actually call it “Kamp Katona” when his athletes visit for a training camp? Hopefully not. But it would be hilarious if he did. Here’s a photo of yesterday’s visiting athletes, currently training with Doug for…
