In his 2011 book “Everything is Obvious, Once You Know the Answer” author and sociologist Duncan Watts takes a close look at the things we consider to be “common sense” and analyzes how we can make better predictions of outcomes. The title reinforces the old adage...
Your attitude, mindset and mental game are an important element to your training. The athletes with the most impressive gifts will fail if their attitude doesn’t rival their athleticism. Conversely there are athletes that lack key physical attributes in their...
UPDATE: Several Things Have changed in the year in a half since I posted this article. Edits have been added in bold text. This is a case study of myself, and I’m not special. Growing up I was over weight. My nickname in elementary school was “The Pillsbury Dough...
Squat depth is controversial. It’s been a hotly debated topic since I started lifting weights in 1998. How deep is deep enough? Is there such a thing as too deep? Is squatting deep bad for your knees? If you don’t squat deep enough does it “count”? There are so many...
There are hundreds, if not thousands of variables you can manipulate in training. Most commonly argued discussed on the internet are sets, reps, weight, etc…One variable that is easy to manipulate but often gets overlooked is tempo. Tempo refers to the speed at...
