FloTraining Launches Monday
FloTraining Launches Monday
We’re excited to announce that, starting next week, FloElite will offer a Workout of the Day to all FloElite fans! The workouts will be programmed by FloEli
We’re excited to announce that, starting next week, FloElite will offer a Workout of the Day to all FloElite fans!
The workouts will be programmed by FloElite Senior Editor, Armen Amirian, who holds CrossFit L1, L2, Football, and USAW Sports Performance certifications. We'll post daily with workouts and other protocols. Posts will go up at 9PM for the following day.
See below for details!
What is the goal of FloTraining?
FloElite’s daily workouts are designed to improve general physical preparedness. Almost all of our workouts will include some sort of skill or strength work followed by conditioning. From weightlifting to gymnastics, we’ll provide diverse routines designed to challenge and improve your fitness.
Bottom line: these workouts are for anyone looking to improve work capacity across broad time and modal domains (aka, anyone who wants to be fitter!).
What makes FloTraining different?
This program values consistency above all else. Training hard a couple weeks at a time before running yourself into the ground is cool, but you know what’s cooler? Training consistently without being forced to take down time.
If you walked into the gym and killed yourself every day, you’d stop progressing very quickly. With the “100%-all-the-time” mindset, everything becomes competition -- every movement, lift, workout, and session is magnified in importance, because you’re suddenly adding value judgments.
Instead, most of FloTraining’s workouts are designed to put you in a space to push hard while learning how to pace and stay consistent. You can hit these workouts with plenty of intensity, and while none of them are easy, you won’t crush yourself every day. That only results in burnout, plateau, and injury, which will cut into your ability to continue hitting workouts in the long term.
Your goal through each workout is to stay in control and move with purpose. Do not let the wheels fall off just so you can chase a better score or time.
Where does FloTraining come from?
Armen developed this training methodology and philosophy through not only his own experiences, but also by running a CrossFit affiliate and weightlifting team for nearly five years. He realized the most successful athletes -- the ones who made the most progress, stayed the healthiest, and had the most fun -- were the ones who were able to consciously regulate their intensity. These people showed up every day and did the work without trying to run themselves into the ground, but also knew when it was time to turn up and let loose.
Prior to this realization, he’d spent years training himself into pulp with huge volume and heavy weights, yet the fittest he's ever been has been the result of the smallest amount of volume.
The Program
This program is based on 8 to 10-week cycles. Each workout is made up of one or more of the following pieces: strength, power and conditioning.
We train strength by squatting, pulling, and pushing. Power is explosive, and we train it through cleans, snatches, and clean-and-jerks. We view conditioning as more than just being able to breathe through a workout, and these pieces are designed to increase muscle endurance as well as mastery in pacing.
Skill unites all of these elements. Moving skillfully is the key to success, even through the simplest exercises. Remember: stay present and conscious.
Each week, the cycle has an ebb and flow of volume, load, and movements. Control and pacing are key throughout nearly the entire cycle, but near the end of each cycle, we start loosening up the reins. On these days, I will make it very clear: it’s time to turn it on and crush the task at hand. Thanks to the programming, not only will you be chomping at the bit to let it all go, but you’ll be ready and able to do just that.
What do FloTraining workouts look like?
Here are a few examples:
Day 1 -
Day 2 -
Day 3 -
What counts as “light weight” or “moderate weight” or “challenging weight”?
These terms are purposely a little vague. You should treat each day as its own day. Sometimes moderate might be 80% of your max, and sometimes 80% of your max will be a challenging single.
Generally speaking, light weight is anything between 50-65% of your max; moderate weight is 65-85% of your max; and heavy is anything over 85%. But let me say this again: this program is about being present and in control, so you should use these as broad guides. If you’re feeling good, go beyond these percentages, and if you’re feeling crappy, stay below them. It’s better that you have a few average training days in a row rather than crush yourself and take a week off.
Comment below with any questions, or feel free to hit us up on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!
The workouts will be programmed by FloElite Senior Editor, Armen Amirian, who holds CrossFit L1, L2, Football, and USAW Sports Performance certifications. We'll post daily with workouts and other protocols. Posts will go up at 9PM for the following day.
See below for details!
What is the goal of FloTraining?
FloElite’s daily workouts are designed to improve general physical preparedness. Almost all of our workouts will include some sort of skill or strength work followed by conditioning. From weightlifting to gymnastics, we’ll provide diverse routines designed to challenge and improve your fitness.
Bottom line: these workouts are for anyone looking to improve work capacity across broad time and modal domains (aka, anyone who wants to be fitter!).
What makes FloTraining different?
This program values consistency above all else. Training hard a couple weeks at a time before running yourself into the ground is cool, but you know what’s cooler? Training consistently without being forced to take down time.
If you walked into the gym and killed yourself every day, you’d stop progressing very quickly. With the “100%-all-the-time” mindset, everything becomes competition -- every movement, lift, workout, and session is magnified in importance, because you’re suddenly adding value judgments.
Instead, most of FloTraining’s workouts are designed to put you in a space to push hard while learning how to pace and stay consistent. You can hit these workouts with plenty of intensity, and while none of them are easy, you won’t crush yourself every day. That only results in burnout, plateau, and injury, which will cut into your ability to continue hitting workouts in the long term.
Your goal through each workout is to stay in control and move with purpose. Do not let the wheels fall off just so you can chase a better score or time.
Where does FloTraining come from?
Armen developed this training methodology and philosophy through not only his own experiences, but also by running a CrossFit affiliate and weightlifting team for nearly five years. He realized the most successful athletes -- the ones who made the most progress, stayed the healthiest, and had the most fun -- were the ones who were able to consciously regulate their intensity. These people showed up every day and did the work without trying to run themselves into the ground, but also knew when it was time to turn up and let loose.
Prior to this realization, he’d spent years training himself into pulp with huge volume and heavy weights, yet the fittest he's ever been has been the result of the smallest amount of volume.
The Program
This program is based on 8 to 10-week cycles. Each workout is made up of one or more of the following pieces: strength, power and conditioning.
We train strength by squatting, pulling, and pushing. Power is explosive, and we train it through cleans, snatches, and clean-and-jerks. We view conditioning as more than just being able to breathe through a workout, and these pieces are designed to increase muscle endurance as well as mastery in pacing.
Skill unites all of these elements. Moving skillfully is the key to success, even through the simplest exercises. Remember: stay present and conscious.
Each week, the cycle has an ebb and flow of volume, load, and movements. Control and pacing are key throughout nearly the entire cycle, but near the end of each cycle, we start loosening up the reins. On these days, I will make it very clear: it’s time to turn it on and crush the task at hand. Thanks to the programming, not only will you be chomping at the bit to let it all go, but you’ll be ready and able to do just that.
What do FloTraining workouts look like?
Here are a few examples:
Day 1 -
Day 2 -
Day 3 -
What counts as “light weight” or “moderate weight” or “challenging weight”?
These terms are purposely a little vague. You should treat each day as its own day. Sometimes moderate might be 80% of your max, and sometimes 80% of your max will be a challenging single.
Generally speaking, light weight is anything between 50-65% of your max; moderate weight is 65-85% of your max; and heavy is anything over 85%. But let me say this again: this program is about being present and in control, so you should use these as broad guides. If you’re feeling good, go beyond these percentages, and if you’re feeling crappy, stay below them. It’s better that you have a few average training days in a row rather than crush yourself and take a week off.
Comment below with any questions, or feel free to hit us up on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!