Why Sonny Bill Williams handed the medal to the child – All Black Culture
Originally posted on Elite Performance Sport Psychology:In what is considered to be one of the greatest acts of sporting humility, Sonny Bill Williams gave his winners medal to a young child after he...
View ArticleEmbracing The Individual
Originally posted on Elite Performance Sport Psychology:Too often, team sports managements disenfranchise young players or potentially good players by treating them like pieces of meat. For too many...
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“Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is essentially your own.” -Bruce Lee
View ArticleThe Overlooked Mystery of Movement, Unlocked: My experience with the Pose...
Movement isn’t generated by muscles. This is the central theoretical point made by Dr. Nicholas Romanov, founder of The Pose Method, when teaching movement. He points out that the similarities between...
View ArticleTranforming Thought into Action with the Pose Method
Originally posted on bodyweightmovementsystems:No recent scientific advance in the world of running has generated more discussion about how we run, and move, than The Pose Method of Running. In fact,...
View ArticleDefining the “long run” for better endurance training.
The long run is touted by many to be the centerpiece of training for marathoners and other endurance runners. Most people think of the long run as a protracted effort that causes their body to produce...
View ArticleStability and Strength Training a la Maffetone
This post continues a little saga I have going on about the aerobic system and fat-burning in relation to other aspects of training, mostly due to my continuing work with Phil Maffetone and MAF...
View ArticleMore often than not…
WARNING: Rant Ahead. Be advised: lack of objectivity. Proceed with caution. More often than not, You don’t become resistant to fatigue by training in a fatigued state. You don’t create more strength...
View ArticleNo good reasons to prioritize anaerobic training. At least 9 great reasons to...
A friend of mine recently asked for my thoughts on an article titled Nine reasons to prioritize anaerobic training over cardio. Leaving aside the issue that “cardio” is ill defined and often contains...
View ArticleThe Running Gait, Part 1: Contralaterality
All gait is a contralateral movement. Although It seems like the most obvious statement (perhaps to the point of being boring), it often astonishes me just how unexamined it remains. Discussing both...
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