Elijah "EZ" Muhammad | From Collegiate Basketball to the CrossFit Games: Lessons in Unlocking Athletic Potential

In this episode, Elijah "EZ" Muhammad, joins us to share his insights into merging traditional strength and conditioning methods with CrossFit principles through his journey as a collegiate basketball player, collegiate strength coach, CrossFit Games athlete, and CrossFit coach.Elijah describes how he integrates functional movements, intensity, and time domains to improve muscle mass, power, and agility, and how he adapted CrossFit principles for basketball players. He also shares how he navigated the stigma surrounding CrossFit in the traditional strength and conditioning community and communicated the training plans to his athletes.Elijah dives into his coaching philosophy and the importance of investing in athlete technique and teaching correct movement patterns to prevent injuries and maximize potential. Learn how EZ teaches weightlifting movements, as well as his most effective teaching strategies. Lastly, learn about EZ's nonprofit, Project Onyx, and how it is bringing health, fitness, and opportunity to underserved youth.Time Stamps:[2:27] Incorporating CrossFit into collegiate strength & conditioning[6:48] What traditional strength & conditioning can learn from the CrossFit culture[9:19] How EZ adapted CrossFit programming for the team setting[26:00] EZ's keys for teaching weightlifting movements to basketball players[36:45] High-impact strategies for efficiently teaching movements[44:36] EZ's weightlifting seminars and programs[47:20] How EZ's nonprofit, Project Onyx, brings health and fitness to underserved youthTo learn more about EZ's Lift Heavy Often weightlifting programs and seminars, visit his website and follow him on Instagram. To learn more about Project Onyx and support them, go to the PJO website and follow them on Instagram. To stay up to date on episodes and guests, follow The Performance Connection Podcast on Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.