Sports Performance Director at Athletic Performance Inc in Gambrills, M. MS Applied Health Physiology. CSCS.
Passion and Love for fitness, family, and faith
"The starting point for most of our drills is @KenClarkSpeed's 3-bucket position. Imagine a bucket of water on your head, thigh & toe, & it elicits a pretty good starting point posturally."
@grahamsprints on #CrossCoaching & collaborative training plans
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Regularly move your body.
Open heart.
Open mind.
Eat mostly unprocessed foods.
Make the effort to spend time with people you care about.
Go outside.
Sleep when you're tired.
Gets you at least 95 percent of the way there.
People aren’t homeless. They are experiencing homelessness.
People aren’t anxious or depressed. They are experiencing anxiety or depression.
People aren’t failures. They are experiencing failure.
What people ARE is people.
Thinking like this changes everything.
Stuff that works:
Taking walks
Sleep
Humility (listening > waiting to talk)
Reading books
Investing in your local community
Avoiding foods wrapped in plastic
Creating rituals to slow and reflect
For things that matter: phone off, in another room
Asking for help when you need it
Don't worry about being the best, worry about being the best at getting better.
But here's the thing: Being the best at getting better means spending the vast majority of your time where you are, fully engaged with what is in front of you.
Coaching is akin to leading a person through a process of self-discovery. It’s not about making the path easier for them, but rather making sure they’re resilient enough to travel it. #bridgethegap
There is this myth that you can have it all. You can't. And trying to live up to that myth will only leave you frustrated. Going "all-in" on some things by definition means much less energy for other things. That's OK. If you want to be a maximalist you've got to be a minimalist.
Want to be best? Don't focus on being best, focus on being best at getting better.
Want to be happy? Focus on what's in front of you—for better or worse—and try to appreciate it, share it with others.
The practice: DOING the former from a place of BEING rooted in the latter.
I’m taking the guy or gal who is doing the mobility work, light weights with perfect form, etc., every. single. time.
This extends far beyond the gym.
Culture: you can skip the basics, go faster, harder!
Truth: basics are the foundation. Anything without them is flimsy.
“Fatigue management and skill realization are paramount throughout the competitive season. With this, an accurate identification of KPIs is necessary.” - @jhettler24
Toughness isn't walking around with your chest puffed out trying to intimidate. It's making the right decision under uncertainty and distress.
Strength isn't yelling and shouting. It's having the inner resources to navigate storms. https://t.co/rdGM4xIPlT
Observation: the strongest men I know—guys who deadlift over 500 pounds, run 4-minutes for the mile, throw hundreds of feet, etc.—are all caring, considerate, vulnerable, and calm dudes. The guys who want to be strong and tough but aren’t are loud, defensive, and way too proud.