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Spinal Engine from the foot up?[read more]

Again I am very conservative for doctrine so here goes about locomotion. Instead of puking Shirley Sahrmann into the bird beaks I will comment on what I agree with instead of just rehashing a book that anyone can read from Amazon I will get into gait again as my Guy Drut video created more confusion than answers. First the Psoas needs to be reviewed from an engineering, embryology, evolutionary, [...]

Dark Energy[read more]

Understanding dark energy and determining the universe's ultimate fate will require further observations. Hubble and future space telescopes capable of looking more than halfway across the universe will be needed to achieve the necessary precision. The determination of the properties of dark energy has become the key goal of astronomy and physics today.Central Nervous System (CNS) Fatigue is simi [...]

Go with your gut[read more]

In a prior blog, I talked about tapering for conference and I figured I would follow up with some insight. I saw a lot of good things happen and of course there were a few rough times. Yet, in my prior years of coaching, I have never had a meet where so many athletes competed up to their capabilities. Whether it was the taper, the environment, my athletes or something else, they competed well. As [...]

Transforming Smoot Carter: Day 6[read more]

Baton Rouge, LA- Today was Smoot's last split session. The main objectives today were to continue technical development of acceleration skills, determine Smoot's acceleration curve, and work on power clean technique. Here's what I had Smoot do for the first session: Short Warmup ADynamic Flexibility: MerrillSprint Development: Pai Mei (2 x 30m)Hurdle Mobility: Skill (1 x 8H)Biomechanical Analys [...]

Transforming Smoot Carter: Day 3[read more]

Baton Rouge, LA- After two gruelling sessions yesterday, Smoot came back today for his restoration day. Most of the time, athlete's have a hard time believing what they do on restoration days could actually be considered restoration. This is because these days tend to be a little more difficult in the traditional sense of the word. That is, these are the days when the work gets tough and athlete's really need to push themselves. [...]

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