The GRENADE CrossFit Socks and Explosive Training

An "Explosive" Performance Sock

Why do I love these socks so much? I don't know why, I just do. The simplicity of the grenade symbolizes so much. To me, mostly strength. 

It's strong. It's Explosive. It's demanding. It's everything I want for a symbol of an athlete: Strength, Agility, Aggression, and Determination.

I did coach swimming for two years at Claremont McKenna College. It's a small private school in sunny Claremont, California and also my home town. While learning as much as I could as an Assistant Coach, I wanted to be more creative and more innovative with the sets I created. As a distance swimmer miler, (I swam the event that requires lap counters and hours of time for all the heats), I was bored. Seriously, what is more boring and challenging than starting practice, and spinning your arms and kicking your legs for two hours STRAIGHT?


The hard question I had to ask myself was, how do I make this interesting? How do I challenge myself to create an innovative practice?


The answer came to me one day: Explosive Training.

What Swimming and CrossFit have in common

Explosive training is very similar to a WOD. I set an interval for twenty minutes, usually, allowing for quick movements, unexpected calisthenics, and most importantly FAST, SPEED Training. I would have my athletes swim free for all in an open area of water, and do flips, pushups, squats, pull outs, and any quick movement for twenty minutes. 

I generally saw positive attitudes to this, but also some WTF stares. Some people don't understand WOD style training, and some do. I would say, whatever works for you. 

So that's probably why I love these Grenade Explosive socks so much. It reminds me of a great time. 

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Thanks for reading,

Andrew Deters

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