Posts Tagged ‘Physical Preparation’
Body Temperature
Nothing you’re about to read is revolutionary. That said, leveraging body temperature is so fundamental it’s often overlooked at a great opportunity cost. Leveraging body temperature will improve your training and if you’re over 35 years old and/or have chronic injury challenges it’s negligent not to make this a priority. Most of the time you…
Read MoreFlexibility and Sports Performance
Compared to other physical qualities, not much is written about flexibility when it comes to sports performance. Ironic when you consider the ability to express your strength, speed, endurance and sporting skills is mute without a healthy range of motion at each joint. There’s also a performance advantage hiding in plain sight. The catch is…
Read MoreWhat Bets Are You Placing In Your Training
The decisions we make in life can be viewed as bets. We’re betting the decision we make to a choice we have, is superior probability wise to any other decision available to us. As an example, if you decide to get married, you are betting your life will be better being married than not. Then…
Read MoreRecovery
This month I’d planned a brief overview on recovery. However a few days ago a friend signed me up to ‘Open AI’, (open artificial intelligence) so I thought I’d test it out. I asked for a 500 word blog post on the physical training principle of recovery. Here’s what it generated. My additions are within…
Read MoreIntegrating Tension Reduction Into Your Training
The integration of training variables is vital to optimal athletic outcomes. I’ve invested 20+ years working with coaches and athletes in teams, squads and individually guiding them in this process. The aim here is to share simple ideas to apply to your training if you’re not already. Sometimes it’s simple. Other times it’s time consuming.…
Read MoreQuestions and Answers
Q – In some disciplines of weight lifting there is this concept/principle that you need to balance out push movements with pull movements. For shoulder health. My question is – from your experience, from a karate viewpoint – is that so? I am asking this because I have some issues with my shoulders and one…
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