I followed a recent thread over at Performance Menu about the idea of using strongman training as a type of GPP instead of Crossfit brand of GPP. The contention of the poster, quoting a Marine, was that some strongman training might be more suitable to what soldiers do regularly in the field.

I posed this question to pro strongman competitor, Scott Brengel who responded in this guest post.

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I came across a great audio interview with the sandbag guy, Josh Henkin interviewing Olympic lifting coach, Greg Everett, who also publishes Performance Menu and runs Catalyst Athletics. They cover a lot of great topics including some pros and cons of the Crossfit protocol, training clients, the advantages and limitations of kettlebell training and a lot of great information on Olympic lift training. If you find any of these topics interesting, then you will want to listen to this interview.

By the way, I have both this book and the video and they are absolutely first rate!

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With the Olympics coming up soon and those of us who will follow weightlifting, keep in mind, all weights will be metric and measured in kilograms. Some of us in the States are metric-challenged and for them we have a Weight Conversion Calculator.

Another useful calculator can be found at performancemenu.com. It is a Work and Power Output Calculator.

With this calculator, you can now approximate the work and power output of any workout. The measurement results are in joules, horsepower, foot-pounds and foot-pounds/sec. A more detailed explanation can be found in issue #14 of the Performance Menu.

Admittedly, the Work/Power Output calc is a bit on geeky side, but if you are a stat guy, you’ll probably enjoy it.