"They were better conditioned because they ran, sprinted, and quickly moved from one skill to another and still were able to perform the skill. This erases the line between conditioning and training sport skill.
It incorporates into training the many breaks that are automatically part of competition - breaks to be used to actively rest, focus and recover. It teaches time management: Take a breath when you can; relax whenever possible. In the words of John Wooden, 'Be quick but don't hurry.'"
Gray Cook, Athletic Body In Balance.
It incorporates into training the many breaks that are automatically part of competition - breaks to be used to actively rest, focus and recover. It teaches time management: Take a breath when you can; relax whenever possible. In the words of John Wooden, 'Be quick but don't hurry.'"
Gray Cook, Athletic Body In Balance.
Quote of the Month - May 2017
"The worst advice an older person ever gets is,
'Take it easy."
Easy makes you soft, and soft makes you dead."
Jonathon Sullivan, The Barbell Prescription: Strength Training for Life After 40.
Quote of the Month - June 2017
"Working out with kettlebells also burns an astonishing ... 14 calories a minute - the equivalent to running a 6-minute mile."
Stacy T. Sims, ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life.
Quote of the Month -July 2017
"People are always trying to sell you a magic pill to get you leaner, faster, stronger. But as far as training is concerned, a long-term vision is far better."
Dan John, 2017, Training Economics,
http://www.otpbooks.com/dan-john-training-economics/
August 2017
"Performance is when they call your name, you step in and you do your thing. That’s it.
Practice is NOT performance. Showing off is not performance."
Dan John
http://sumo.ly/DzKx via @otpbooks
September 2017
"If you exercise for 30 minutes EVERY day of your life, you'll spend 97.9% of your life NOT exercising.
Next excuse?"
Craig Harper
November 2017
Should.
Could.
Must.
Where do you stand?
Dan John
December 2017
"You're a political prisoner with just two 30 minute activity sessions a week.
What are you going to do?
A long warmup, treadmill watching the TV and a warmdown?
Or are you really going to make that time work for you? "
January 2018
"I think there are two keys to success
[with health & fitness]:
1. Show up;
2. Keep going."
Dan John, A Lifelong Approach to Fitness
May 2018
August 2018
“Aboriginal people have been telling us for decades to listen to country. At a time when we are addicted to screens, we filter our own faces in selfies, dump plastic filth in oceans, when we work out on machines and talk to robots, when we wonder why there is so much anxiety and depression can there be any more potent call than to slow, forget ourselves, sit under trees and stars and listen to country and to those who own it?”
Julia Baird, “One of the most profound experiences of my life.” The Age, 11/8/2018
Julia Baird, “One of the most profound experiences of my life.” The Age, 11/8/2018