“Ya know, there were a lot of us who were the dumb guys who did that and thought we were untouchable and unbreakable and that we could grind 5 days like that. Ya know, and pull those legitimate 80-90 hour weeks without stopping. We’ve all done it, it’s cool, especially when you’re young and there’s
“Desire to create resistance to lactate in training is a dead end in training” In 2014 we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Viktor Seluyanov to The Seminar. Dr. Seluyanov had been a man that many of the top coaches in the country had been referencing due to the development of his theoretical training principles.
“Stress demands rest, and rest supports stress.” – Stulberg and Magness Peak Performance was one of the easiest books I have ever read. While there are plenty of research and literature references Stulberg and Magness fall back on, this book reads like a memoir. This aspect is what I liked most about this book; the
“Everything we do is completely individualized.” Most strength & conditioning coaches, myself included, have probably spoken some variation of this line at some point in their career in an attempt to better sell and increase the value of their program. Over my few years in the field, I’ve struggled to determine what “individualizing” a program
“It all comes back to stimulus adaptation, and it’s just finding that point with who ever you’re working with where you can make a difference. What’s the level that they’re competing at, understanding that as deeply as you can, andn then just knowing what tools you have to make that a little bit harder a
“Do you have these secondary and tertiary plans set if you’re not in a specific situation where it can be successful, it can be safe, it’s what the game demands for that student athlete at that present moment. Are those measures being taken care of prior so that you’re not scrambling and losing your mind,
In 2013 Land Evans joined us to give coaches a brief lesion in Microsoft Excel. Landon’s talk covers many of the functions that he uses in his daily life as a coach including: 1) Holding Cells 2) Mround 3) Name ranges 4) Data Validation 5) Posting Cells on Multiple Sheets 6) Vlookup 7) Indirect functions
I had the distinct fortune to sit down and interview 2013 Presenter Henk Kraaijenhof for a second time. During our discussion Henk dives into working with the “middle” versus the extremes in a team setting, specialized strength and specialized exercises, the “90% rule”, technique work, and monitoring the training effects of athletes. Thank you to
