Sometimes our personal experiences really shape our professional direction. The injuries I suffered in the 1980s gave me a massive kick-start towards solving injuries in athletes, not the least rupturing my ACL when tackled by a motor vehicle at about 20 years of age, before even the advent of arthroscopic surgery for knees in my […]
Carrie Sheinberg was a technical skier who competed at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics in slalom. She was named to the US Ski Team when she was 17-years-old and stayed on the team for eight years. Sheinberg won US titles in combined in 1995 and in slalom and giant slalom in 1997. She later attended […]
When pain becomes your teacher with physical preparation coach Keith Minikus Keith is a physical preparation coach based in Texas USA with a long history of strength sports training – football, powerlifting and Olympic lifting. Over time Keith developed some series injuries that were threatening this ability to continue what he loved to do, train. […]
At a time of year when giving is on the mind, I want to share that in my opinion the best gift a physical preparation coach can give is the gift of quality of life. And whilst the cardio-vascular benefits have decades of support, and the muscle density has now been raised to the same […]
Paul Briggs is a fighter whose career took into to the top in two disciplines – Muay Thai kickboxing (2 time World Champion) and boxing (fought twice for a World Title). His combined Fight record of 109F (97W 2D 10L and 56 KO’s) makes him one f the most successful fighters to come out of […]
In the late 1990s, Jason was first exposed to Ian King’s writing. Then in 2000, at the annual SWIS Convention, Jason was live in Ian’s presentation and enjoyed some in-person exchanges during that event. Jason then went off on a journey of self-discovery, moving through experiences in the physical preparation industry and allied professions. […]
Psychological transfer from training to sports performance – how, when and why with dual champion combat athlete, Paul Briggs Paul Briggs is a former 2 times Muay Thai World Champion and fought twice for the WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship crown. Now retired from fighting Paul is focused on sharing his experiences with other fighters […]
I was receiving requests from some of my coaches to write about the barbell hip thrust. They knew I didn’t buy into it, yet I had remained silent. They were tiring of the market pressure for them to conform, and wanted me to make a statement. So I began to prepare, to research. Didn’t take […]
Prior to the publishing of the Lines of Movement concept in the late 1990s no-one gave a ‘rats-arse’ (an Australian colloquialism) about the glutes. At least no one outside of a therapy clinic. Twenty years later the glutes have been given the same prime time rating as the Swis ball got in the late 1990s. […]
The Golden State Warriors were 1-3 down to the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 NBA Finals Playoffs when Kevin Durant made a return to the court after about a month layoff with a calf injury. His presence made a difference and the Golden State won the game, taking the playoffs to 2-3. Kevin paid the […]