Finally! Trail season is here!! The sun is out, warmer temps have arrived & the trails are calling!! No matter what your preferred dirt experience (mtn biking, hiking or running), now’s the time to do a bit of preparation to maximize fun & minimize injuries. In this 3-part series we’ll dive into steps that you
Although I love watching sports…well…at least certain sports like cycling, all Olympic events, swimming, motocross…the downside is that you can easily be lulled into thinking that the athletes experience exciting, heroic moments on a regular basis. Truth be told, amazing performances of any kind are like an iceberg: the visible part is extremely small whereas
In sport (as in life) there is a physical side & a mental side…and the two really should connect. In fact, the more we can connect our physical & mental sides…the more we can get them to interact with each other, the faster we can improve (see my blog on “Making Loud, Obnoxious ‘Juicy Mistakes’!“).
When you ask athletes what the #1 thing is that they want to improve, most answer “Speed”. Seriously…what athlete doesn’t want to get faster?! But how many athletes focus on technique first to improve speed? I’d argue…unfortunately…not many. The tricky part then becomes just exactly how to improve speed. There are many ways: Get stronger
One of the most difficult coaching scenarios is when athletes want to learn something, but they challenge the thought process. In other words, they want the End Result…but they push back against the Why. To me, those two things – the End Result & the Why – can’t be separated. You HAVE to believe the
Asking for help. One of the hardest things for humans to do. I’m guilty just like everyone else. I hesitate…I think “I’ll just keep working on it”…I have this magical thought that “It’ll just get better.” And to be fair, it does get better…but it often takes such an inordinate amount of time! It’s such
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If you’re like most athletes one of your primary goals is to improve performance. No matter how you define it – getting faster, getting leaner, getting stronger – athletes focus upward. But improving performance requires that we do things just a bit different than the average. It requires that we adopt small, but powerful, key
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On Sun AM’s I coach 1-hr group technique sessions. I look forward to these sessions every week primarily because we have time to experiment with all sorts of different ways to learn a skill. Last session we worked making loud, obnoxious “juicy mistakes”. What…you don’t know what “juicy mistakes” are? Well, it’s a learning technique