Having the 2020 Games postponed by a year and not really being sure whether it was even going to happen was tough. How hard was it to time a peak in the unknown? There were the 12 Victorian (AUS) swimmers denied the opportunity to compete in the Olympic trials due to COVID regulations around travel. […]
Its July 2021 and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad originally scheduled for Tokyo 2020 are now happening! Up until a few months ago no-one was sure they would. Many Games become ‘known’ for something. Especially since 1968…. Mexico City 1968 was known for two African American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raised […]
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 […]