The healing power of the pool was shared earlier in the post aquagenesis, and I decided to elaborate more with some protocols. Water will never replace the land, and the land will never replace the water, so what is an optimal balance of both? What I do know is the pool work that Flow Jo did didn't create a big enough problem to slow her down, regardless how she ran her times. The fear of altered [...]

I am completely comfortable with not being popular among the fraternity of gurus, as my motives are not fueled by greed or glory. Paul Graham shared in his essays that the FBI decades ago had to change their investigation strategy with computer hackers, since a hacker's motives were not the typical drugs, money, sex, revenge. Curiosity was not on the list. I represent the irritating grain of sa [...]

How to Push 5.47I am very sure that their is a better method of pushing a sled but I will share my thoughts on what has worked in the past as history is more important than theory. What I do know is a former Division II level basketball player can push 5.47 without drugs (but a obnoxious regeneration budget similar to Dara Torres does help!) with the help of iMovie, a calculator, ping pong balls, [...]

One aspect with Bobsled that I wished was further explored is rendering a formula to improving push clearance with the start. Oddly their is very little research and proposed theories on the best way to get a sled to it's fastest "escape velocity". Unlike track where countless conferences exchange great kinetic and kinematic data, the sport of bobsleigh doesn't have the economic resources to i [...]

Defining the Field of Athletic Development - Where We Are NowWhy am I writing this? Who am I to tell you how to train or rehab your athletes? How can I have the impudence to question some of the hallowed concepts of training and performance, even question sports science? I have consistently questioned much of what passes as conventional wisdom in regards to training and rehab and I have the audaci [...]