This discussion among Coach, “René,” “BOA,” and Michael Boyle, goes to the heart of the debate over safety, efficacy, and efficiency in fitness programming.

8-person squad — run, burpee pull-ups, jumping ring dips, rope climbs, and L-sit.

A five-man-team, “task-specific” workout with double-unders, thrusters, ring dips, squat cleans, and deadlifts

A three-person team, "task-specific" workout with squat cleans and push-ups

A is a four-person team “task-specific” workout with running, deadlifts, and sit-ups

The operation or task is a group workout with running and weightlifting

Physics, physiology, law, culture, sport, history, and engineering all come to play for the tribe of cyclists.

Training with the attention and commitment that we bring to our practice, though fun and immensely rewarding, is also draining, and five appointments per day is about all we could handle without an unacceptable drop in energy, focus, and consequently, professional standards.

Weightlifting is unsurpassed in developing lightning-quick athletic movement and has enormous carryover to all explosive sport