The Whoop Band is a remarkable piece of equipment. If you have read some of my posts recently, you’ve seen me mention it. I’m fascinated by all the data it collects. The simplest way to explain what it does is that it takes the data it collects to determine how much strain your body has [...]
Last year around this time, I wrote about some amazing technology that could advance your training. It was called the Oura Ring. The premise is that with today’s technology you can more accurately pinpoint the optimal time to train and maximize that window. I did not pursue the Oura Ring because I just am not [...]
I completely understand trying to avoid unnecessary injury, but if you were that paranoid about injuries, you wouldn’t play any sports. Once again, I heard someone complaining about a pain and the first thing the coach says is, “Stop lifting weights and doing those plyos during the heart of our season.” Yes, of course, it [...]
The quadriceps tendon. If you are like me, you probably didn’t realize there was a quad tendon. My guess is you have probably heard of the patella tendon, but not the quad tendon unless you have injured it somehow. Like I did. I ruptured not just one, but two (you only have two – one [...]
One of the biggest problems I see with today’s young athletes is lack of sleep, or sleep deprivation. Today’s young athletes need to get 8 – 9 hours of sleep a night. Closer to 9 would be fantastic. How many hours is your athlete getting? Probably closer to 7 and that might be generous. Sleep [...]
I continue to preach having kids to be multi-sport athletes, but ultimately I believe most kids will end up picking just one sport to play. At what age that happens will vary. Also, multi-sports nowadays means playing two different travel sports in the same season. Not quite what I was hoping for. Anyways, what happens [...]
Back in the day, the biggest thing that stressed us out was whether that sabretooth tiger was going to sneak up on you or not. Whether you’d be able to find food or whether someone was going to steal your food. We don’t necessarily have those worries, but stress is all over us like flies [...]
If you are married, there wasn’t really a book that you read on how to have a great marriage. I’m sure there are actually plenty of books on that subject, but most people don’t read them. Thus, you find out a lot about what married life is like by experiencing it. With that in mind, [...]
Halfway through our track season, I am more convinced than ever that whatever success you will have in your season is almost always related to what type of work you are doing in the off-season. Yes, you have to have practice and learn plays, etc. But, however well you personally are performing in my opinion [...]
Having watched track athletes all these years, I see this all the time. It never fails to occur the first time in the season you have warm weather and a nice sunny day. At least it never fails in Columbus, Ohio where I reside. Maybe if we lived in Florida year round I wouldn’t see [...]