I want to give Chris Poirier a thumbs up for the effort he made this weekend at the Perform Better Summit. While I was only able to attend part of Sunday, some of the best discussions were brought up in, of course, the hallways today. I was able to attend Tom Myers and Aaron Brooks and found some of the information to be very interesting and thought provoking. Some great people were there in the a [...]

I read this yesterday. After the initial couple of chapters pointed at the jolly jogger I found it quite interesting. I think the authors do an outstanding job of taking current scientific research and making it understandable. Really enjoyed the parts on muscle soreness and recovery, hydration, lactate, central governor theory and the immune system. The authors are way out of their element when [...]

I have really enjoyed watching the World Championships this year. The first time in many years I have actually watched the majority of the coverage. The shots of the action have been super, unfortunately we have to listen to the endless drivel from Dwight Stones and Ato Bolden. Bolden would be OK if he would cut the verbiage down by about 75% and just let us enjoy the action. Dwight Stones is anot [...]

Just finished a terrific book – The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. by Daniel Coyle. Tons of very good, thought provoking information. Well written, scientifically accurate without being overbearing. I am obviously interested in developing talent, I think this book really nails it. Reinforced some ideas and challenged others in what has to be done to develop talent. [...]

David Weck, the inventor of the BOSU Balance trainer sent me a DVD of a new concept he has been working on. It is called rolling ropes, what a great idea. Innovation is doing new things with old ideas and tools, which is what David has done. The jump rope a simple tool that I have let fall to the bottom of tool box used in an entirely different way. Go to the BOSU Fitness web site and you will see [...]

I had the opportunity to go through a day of training in the latest Dartfish software. I was blown away with the changes they have made. I was an early adopter of Dartfish in the winter of 2001. I actually used quite extensively over the next four years and then got away from using it. When I returned this last spring I found that I had become out of touch with it and needed to be retrained. This [...]

Just before the Tour de France started I read John Wilcockson’s biography of Lance Armstrong entitled Lance – The making of the World’s Greatest Champion. I have been fascinated by Lance Armstrong since he came on the scene ion world cycling in the early 90’s. His story is in so many ways is the classic American rags to riches success story that makes you feel good. All the details of his [...]

A couple days ago I received a couple new stretching and rehab product that I intend to use in my soon-to-be-opened training facility. It's not any kind of heavy hitter strength and power development tool but it is something that will likely come in handy for some of the athletes I train. I work with quite a few multi-eventers as well as the occasional javelin thrower, pole vaulter and baseball p [...]

Since my blog titles annoys my biggest fan I will continue to post more grandiose phrases to entertain myself. Roughly twenty years ago Milli Vanilli took the world by storm with their style and flash and sold millions of albums worldwide. Shortly after it was found out that the two singers were not the actual artists singing and it shattered their careers, resulting in one to overdose in a hotel [...]

Two classic books that are must for every coaches, trainers and therapists library. They are both out of print, but if you search I know Total Body Training is available, the KiphutTTl Body book How To Be Fit is hard to find but still out there. The information and ideas on training may come as a surprise to some of the millennial generation that thinks training began in 1998. Total Body Training [...]