AI is on the forefront of people’s minds, and the impact of this technology is being felt. Its impact is far reaching, combination of making our lives easier but at the same time forcing change including on employment and the economy. There is a growing realization that just like the railways did some 150 years […]
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Introduction What I learnt in the 1980s from physical therapy was there was an opportunity to ensure the small muscle groups critical in controlling joint function were given adequate focus in training. The physical therapists were championing this focus in a clinical setting and for the most part reactively – after injuries had occurred. I […]
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How do you solve an unresolved challenge e.g. injury, when one is applying the same information the caused the problem? Go back two generations ago and you struggled to find answers to training questions. Information was difficult to obtain. But it was usually good information when you did find it. There was in that generation […]
When I stayed at Mammoth Mountain in California for the first time in the 1990s with a Canadian national team for a training camp three things stood out to me about the venue. First that it was warm enough almost for t-shirt but yet there was snow. Secondly, that you could ski and surf in […]
In this new millennium, at the start of this 21 Century AD, the physical quality of flexibility and the training method to achieve it is without doubt the most vilified physical quality, potentially on the verge of extinction. The aim of this article series is to explore how we arrived at this point. Part 1 […]
In the 1970s, at least in the Western world, there was very little title variation. In sport in America there was the title strength coach, but there were so few of them employed that the title was relatively unknown. In you were to get work physically training people it would be in the fitness industry […]
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AI, physical training, and YOU
/by Ian KingAI is on the forefront of people’s minds, and the impact of this technology is being felt. Its impact is far reaching, combination of making our lives easier but at the same time forcing change including on employment and the economy. There is a growing realization that just like the railways did some 150 years […]
7 Obstacles that stand in the way of optimizing Control Drills
/by Ian KingIntroduction What I learnt in the 1980s from physical therapy was there was an opportunity to ensure the small muscle groups critical in controlling joint function were given adequate focus in training. The physical therapists were championing this focus in a clinical setting and for the most part reactively – after injuries had occurred. I […]
The information-solution quandary
/by Ian KingHow do you solve an unresolved challenge e.g. injury, when one is applying the same information the caused the problem? Go back two generations ago and you struggled to find answers to training questions. Information was difficult to obtain. But it was usually good information when you did find it. There was in that generation […]
Meet stretching – before it becomes extinct
/by Ian KingWhen I stayed at Mammoth Mountain in California for the first time in the 1990s with a Canadian national team for a training camp three things stood out to me about the venue. First that it was warm enough almost for t-shirt but yet there was snow. Secondly, that you could ski and surf in […]
The stretching journey – Pt 1: My journey
/by Ian KingIn this new millennium, at the start of this 21 Century AD, the physical quality of flexibility and the training method to achieve it is without doubt the most vilified physical quality, potentially on the verge of extinction. The aim of this article series is to explore how we arrived at this point. Part 1 […]
What’s in a name? Pt 3 – Will a name change save you?
/by Ian KingIn the 1970s, at least in the Western world, there was very little title variation. In sport in America there was the title strength coach, but there were so few of them employed that the title was relatively unknown. In you were to get work physically training people it would be in the fitness industry […]