Today we are joined by assistant professor of strength and conditioning and the coordinator for athletic performance services at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Dr. Jay Dawes. In the talk we start with a brief run down of his career to date and get into the Masters program and how it’s set up….
Drew’s Review: “The justifications for eating animals and for not eating them are often identical: we are not them.” – J. S. Foer When I first started reading Eating Animals I was warned that it “makes you think”, “could change your attitude towards meat”, and “dude, it’s scary”. All of these statements were true and…
In this episode of The Podcast I discuss the state of the field of strength and conditioning today with Mark Watts. Mark starts out sharing with us with how he’s gotten to where he is and how it’s impacted what he see’s in the coaching field. He then gets into what he see’s as some…
Drew’s Review: “…you want to be Wolverine, not the Hulk” – K. Black Before reading this book I have never thought about training the “tactical athlete”. It has always been a perception of mine that the military utilizes a host of bodyweight exercises and neglects the use of any barbell training. From reading this book,…
In today’s edition of The Podcast, DePaul’s Nic Higgins shares with us how force plates are fitting into their plan he see’s them as a bridge between all aspects of developing athletes. Nic touches upon how they are able to implement the force plates into the development plan for all of his athletes, both in…
Drew’s Review: “The training of endurance athletes is a complex process that is not entirely understood.” – S. Magness The quote I chose above perfectly characterizes this book, because The Science of Running read part text book part memoir for me, which partly made the process of reading it difficult and thoroughly enjoying. Difficult, in…
In today’s episode of The Podcast Boo Schexnayder (http://www.sacspeed.com/wp/) joins us to discuss ACL rehab. We start out discussing how he got started in ACL Rehab, and how the basic principles of speed training fit in the rehab setting. He then discusses high speed of movement and eccentric training, shares with us his progression in…
Drew’s Review: “Purposeful practice has several characteristics that set it apart from what we might call “naïve practice,” which is essentially just doing something repeatedly, and expecting that the repetition alone will improve one’s performance. “ – A. Ericsson After reading Peak, I felt a great desire to look at my own practices and programming…
