Obviously I believe coaching matters. I saw two prime examples this past weekend in soccer. First my good friend Juan Osorio is now coach of New York Red Bulls. I watched their game against Dallas last Saturday. With the lineup New York was able to put on the field they should not have been on the same field with Dallas, but because of their technical, tactical and fitness preparation they won the [...]

Reading through the comments on my posts on experience have stimulated to me think that along with the experience comes a certain wisdom that just is not there in the early years of ones career. I can’t help but think of Bill Bowerman, the great Oregon coach, when I first heard him speak in 1968. He was at that point in his career. What he was sharing with us was more than knowledge and expe [...]

The key to recovery and proper adaptation is good planning. Plan the recovery days. It goes back to Bill Bowerman’s Hard/Easy principle, an easy session following a hard session to allow recovery. Good planning will take of a high percentage of the problems. Plan fouteen day microcycles instead of seven to allow for better distribution of work and recovery. The ability to recover from the [...]

Eastside, Westside all about the town. Does it really matter if you are Westside guys, unless you are in a gang. I despise labels! I guess that does not leave too much wiggle room does it. A couple of people said the Westside Barbell guys were upset with my post on recovery. I am sure many people were because I had the audacity to question conventional wisdom. Frankly to be good at what you do, yo [...]

Track & Field is my passion! I owe so much of what I know about training to this sport. Most of my best friends come from some association with Track & Field, but this is a sport in big trouble. I watched the Prefontaine meet on Sunday. What a joke. The two fastest men in the world running in separate races! Come guys the essence of the sport is competition, not records! It was great to see NIKE p [...]

This post may not appeal to many of you that are not involved with Track & Field. This represents a close to 40 year obsession with the 400 meter event. this is an approach that I have used throughout the years with real good results. It certainly is not a traditional approach.The thinking behind this is to take a fresh look at race distribution in order to take full advantage of the athlete&rsquo [...]

I am currently reading an interesting book on martial arts philosophy called Moving Toward Stillness by Dave Lowry. The chapter I was reading last night certainly struck a cord with me. The following quote is a response to a question that was posed to him regarding his accomplishments as a martial artist. “Where I came from is who I am.” One of his points was do you know who your teach [...]