Blogs

The first part of a series of blog posts about books that have nothing - but also everything to do with coaching.

“If you identify with a mental position, then if you are wrong, your mind-based sense of self is seriously threatened with annihilation. So you as the ego cannot afford to be wrong. To be wrong is to die. Wars have been fought over this, and countless relationships have broken down.” -Eckhart Tolle

Is there anything worse than being wrong?

A few weeks ago I posted an article titled The Five Things You Need To Know About Leaky Gut. Now it would be unfair to post such an article and not give you the tools to do something about it.

A great read by our colleague Steve Cuddy MPT, PRC - originally published in Austin Fit Magazine.

Part I: Things to Remember

The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) controls and fine tunes many important physiological functions like heart rate, breathing patterns, and the regulation of stress hormones and metabolites—which are essential when preparing an athlete for activity.

Caffeine is a central nervous stimulant in the methylxanthine family, and human beings go GAGA for it, to the tune of 170mg per person per day. Most people I have met adore a frothy cup of joe and/or a gnarly pre-workout. The first time I took NO Xplode I was 15 and thought it was a gift from Zeus and subsequently pounded some variation of the stuff every day for a decade. Definitely not my best idea.

Why?

I watch “trainers” nut punch their clients from the top rope again and again, yet if they had just an ounce of data, for example: a way to track volume over time or a $50 heart rate monitor, it would make them think - dear tiny infant Jesus in a CrossFit Onesie what am I doing to this person. This ineptitude or failure to care or grow is the biggest reason I find it hard to train or work in most "S&C" facilities. Don’t get me wrong I think this is part of the evolution of quality coaches.

High Intensity Training might be a cliche choice of words. It’d be more appropriate to reference it as ‘intensity within sport specific conditioning’.

A growing trend emerges the more we consult with athletes and coaches: finding balance between volume and intensity (with intensity being the missing piece).

"One of the most essential things a person can do for the health and performance is work toward keeping blood sugar balanced."
-Datis Kharrazian DHSc, DC, MNeuroSci

This title is just not true, but I had to get you here because you probably think athlete monitoring is super cool, but have no idea how it will help you if you don’t have a PhD in Metabolomics and Human Physiology.