“Frankenstein Training” is a term attributed to Pavel Tsatsouline (Kettlebell and Conditioning legend) to describe the all-too common trend of training the body as if you were Dr Frankenstein assembling his monster, limb-by-limb and muscle-by-muscle. This means following workouts that treat the body as a collection of independent parts and muscles rather than recognising that in reality it is a complete organism, a “system of systems” (Kelly Starrett) that interact when we mo

What is a “MetCon” workout? It’s a term that’s used a lot in the fitness industry these days, but what does it actually mean, and why would you want to do them? MetCon is short for a “Metabolic Conditioning”. Metabolic Conditioning training involves developing your body’s ability to effectively and efficiently perform a range of physical activities by recruiting from different energy systems. MetCon workouts are the CrossFit-inspired method of training multiple energy systems

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