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5 months

It came up in conversation the other day with @coach_j_lima , so here is my reading list: An incomplete list of the business and general non-business books I have read or am currently reading. Enjoy

Reading List | Call Me Keir

Take a look an incomplete list of the books I have read or am currently reading. I hope it is of use to you.

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5 years

For the "you hate on ladders but offer no solutions" crew... Station from today's lineman agility circuit/combative work. O must shutdown space, D must create separation with footwork and misdirection. Vision-decision-action, competition, intensity, biomechanical relevance ✔️

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Weirdly this would have been the trial where if he was found guilty, all the politicians who took the money would be called on to give it back. But it's apparently not in the public interest to go to trial 😂

Sam Bankman-Fried: Convicted 'Crypto King' will not face second trial

Sam Bankman-Fried is already facing decades behind bars on fraud and money laundering charges.

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It's called "resistance training"

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What are they eating at Bayern 😳

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Cheap and dirty way to condition for any sport, a thread: 1. Look at the high intensity skills/interactions that is most fatiguing, frequent or consequential in the sport. This is the stuff that is making you tired, not the low intensity stuff in between

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1 year

Ladies, look away. Men over 35, this one's for you....

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@MikeFritzArt @jasrifootball @ZackBlatt @DMRussini Never breed.

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2 years

This is what dedication to your craft looks like.

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So rugby league. They're playing rugby league.

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4 years

This tackle football league plays without pads or helmets 😳 (via @thea7fl )

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Can you imagine how agile this lion would be if he did ladders instead of just perceiving and reacting to his environment and having huge relative power??!

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Fam... Imagine running into one of these in the wild... You are DEAD.

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3 years

This'll get swallowed by the algorithm because it's all text, but here's the vertical integration loading I've developed for field sport athletes over the last 12 years. Enjoy.

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2 years

Guess what... It's not the game.

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Probably one of the times I've been most starstruck in my career. When I met him, he bought us breakfast, made time for us and I physically had to shove money in his hand for the t-shirt. Left a big impression on me. RIP.

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3 years

Mental weakness is characterized by the inability to behave under competition conditions as you do in training. But coaches melt down and modify their behavior on game day long before athletes ever do... Who really needs to be mentally tougher?

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3 years

If Alabama win tonight, and they have a guy/s running their physical prep who is quite open about there being little to no conditioning component to football, and focussing on speed & power above all else.... We can put the 4th quarter stuff to bed.

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5 years

Displacement > tap dancing. If you're a ladder guy, do you. But I hope my guys play your guys.

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4 years

Honestly, I just published this as a draft for my friends to go over before I put it out to my list 🤣 But I forgot my medium account is linked to my twitter. So enjoy, S&C community: “Why I turned my back on coaching” by Keir Wenham-Flatt

Why I turned my back on coaching

I was an elite level strength coach. I went all over the world. I worked at the highest level of my sport. I got paid more in a month than…

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"We aren't fit" is often really another problem in disguise. Eliminate all other potential factors before adding more or different conditioning work, especially in-season.

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2 years

Nothing screams recovery like getting college kids up at 6am to bring their ass into the gym for 30 minutes of foam rolling and stretching 😂

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10ish seconds, 3 false statements. What a ratio 😂

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Got my hair cut today by a guy who served 18 years for shooting someone. He learned barbering in prison and worked his way up to a 450 bench and 600 squat by lifting 3hrs a day. He told me the weights kept him sane when he lost his mother. My problems aren't so tough 🤷‍♂️

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German soccer: one month to prepare, full time athletes with no other commitments, huge team sp sci resources, strong economic incentives to keep training throughout. 8 muscle injuries in 6 games. NCAA: all of those factors are worse for 99% of schools. We've been warned.

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More "my problems are nothing" fodder: today we watched one of our boys meet the guy who's life he saved with a bone marrow donation. Incredible how fragile life can be, but also how generous and brave random strangers can be. #imnotcryingyourecrying 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

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Coaches "I don't care if hands on knees helps them recover quicker. It shows mental weakness to our opponents" Short memories. Two weeks ago we were talking about how mentally tough and untouchable this guy was. I guess he was soft after all 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Yep, my problems are still nothing

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Nothing more entertaining than getting college athletes out of bed at 6am for "recovery" work. "WAKE UP AND GET YOUR ASS INTO THE FACILITY SO YOU CAN RELAX!!!" I'm sure they went to bed early and didn't stay up all night playing ps5 with their friends 🙄

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4 years

Went down a deep YouTube hole today. Check out the first five steps of the fastest 100m run of all time. Count how many "errors" you see. Isn't it weird that he was able to break the WR by a tenth making all these mistakes. Is he wrong or is the model wrong? 🤔

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Things that have nothing to do with winning: 1. Waking up early 2. Hands in pockets 3. Tucking in shirts 4. Doing things in lines on the whistle 5. Outlawing walking between stations

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Resisted curve run drill we utilise for linemen. Until you can execute sprint mechanics under real world conditions- processing information, making decisions, managing unpredictable forces- you won't be able to fully realise speed adaptation on the field. Bridge the gap.

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Probably one of the most intelligent NFL player workouts you're gonna see. Work backwards from your job on the field. For him: be 💨💨💨

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Hollywood Brown’s uphill workouts… 😳 (via @Primetime_jet , h/t @thecheckdown )

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"Mother throws herself in front of car to save child" "Teacher rushed active shooter to save students" It always struck me how people like this never had to do any mental toughness training to display immeasurable bravery. If it matters enough to you, you'll be tough.

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5 years

When your guys cramp and you blame it on hydration instead of lack of preparation to meet the demands of the game...

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4 years

Parents: take (probably half) the money you spend on your child's trainer and spend it on: 1. Gymnastics club 2. Wrestling/BJJ/MMA 3. Track/throws club 4. Some kind of catching and throwing sport Your child's career and college coach thanks you!

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3 years

I get a ton of DMs about the Tribe Test, so here's a 60s primer with all the big details. Visit for the full hour long presentation. If you're running 300s/half gasser/110yd tests for football, watch this and come to to Jesus I beg you 😂

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Imagine the mental gymnastics you need to go through to not wear a shirt to indicate that you don't feel the cold, but keep on your beanie and ski mask, presumably because you feel the cold 😂

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It’s below 10 degrees…

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NFL lockout in 2007 resulted in a 240% increase in incidence Achilles ruptures. I'm guessing other soft tissue injuries responsed similarly. Hmmmm... A period of several months of relying on athletes to train themselves, followed by resumption of normal training? 🤔

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I became an intern 10 years ago today. Since then: 6 countries 8 teams 1 world cup 3 sports 50ish international players 10ish seminars 2 online businesses 1 baby 1 meeting with Maradona 2 resignations Lost count of the flights & hotels ... and I STILL feel like an imposter 😂

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3 years

When people who don't lift design equipment.

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Better understanding of motor learning than you'd get from a lot of sport coaches 🤌

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5 Inter-related Task Goals • Several Task & Equipment Variations to Promote Search • Learn to Adapt Back Summersault in 1 Day

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Fixed it Wanna get faster? SPRINT Wanna jump higher? JUMP Wanna get more flexible? STRETCH Wanna reduce injury? MANAGE LOAD Wanna improve your athletic ability? MASTER EFFICIENT MOVEMENT AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING Wanna get in shape? BE TACTICALLY AND TECHNICALLY PERFECT

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Wanna get stronger? Lift weights Wanna get faster? Lift weight Wanna jump higher? Lift weights Wanna get more flexible? Lift weights Wanna prevent injury? Lift weights Wanna improve your athletic ability? Lift weights Wanna get in shape? Lift weights #TuesdayThoughts

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The mind boggles at what ladder or footwork drills he had to train to pull this off.

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We have a new contender for greatest try....

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THREAD: Friend of mine got let go from his dream job this week. Heres what I told him. Some of it I told myself when my dream job turned out to be a disaster. Others I learned with perspective....

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Got a haircut this morning and it made me think: barbers already figured out thousands of years ago what we as coaches have still to accept. TV, magazines, music, free drinks, nice chairs and decorations, candy for your kids, hot towels, shampoo, head rubs- none of them are

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Hey everyone Putting a ball in your training does not make your training any better I actually like most of these exercises, but it’s an absolutely joke that they’re including a football Does NOTHING

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If you feel "tired" during camp, trying to solve the "problem" with extra conditioning is akin to trying save a drowning man by pouring water on his face. Work smarter & recover better > work more, work harder.

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Too much food... Puke, bad thing. Too much alcohol... Puke, bad thing. Too much training... Puke, "better get this up on the gram to show how hard we're working" I'm not immune, I've had athletes vomit, but aiming for it and glorifying it ain't the one IMO 🤔

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4 years

If you think this has anything to do with ladder drills or tippy tappy solo stuff, you would NAAAAAAAT be right.

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Davante Adams’ release game is unfair 😤 @tae15adams @packers

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In before teams blame their cramping today on dehydration/electrolytes/not warming up properly/athletes not taking care of their bodies. You cramp because you spent all summer preparing guys to do stuff that doesn't look like or touch the intensity or density of the game.

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For sure double bodyweight squat

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I ran the numbers on 1x20: Start with an empty bar on day 1 of highschool... Add 5lbs per week.... Train 48 weeks a year... Start each year at 65% of last year's peak You're at 580lbs when you graduate. For the coach who asks "When are they going to start lifting heavy?"

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Judging a lineman by his ability to run 300s, 110s and gassers is like judging a fish on its ability to climb a tree. America, I love you, but how is this a thing?!

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When I was 20 I worked at a cocktail bar and restaurant. The executive chef cooked award winning food but he once told me after hours of cooking food for other people, he went home and ate mayonnaise sandwiches That's how i feel writing my own plans 😂

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NFL, One round: 1 ACL 1 Achilles 8 hamstrings of varying grades 4 quads of varying grades More money than college, more resources than college, better athletes than college, less distractions than college. We have been warned (AGAIN).

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First day back in a gym today. Apparently during lockdown some protestor broke into the weight room and turned the gravity up 😳😳😳😳

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Watched a great video on design today. One note I took was "if everything is in bold, nothing is in bold" Same goes for your voice as a coach. If all you do is shout every rep every session, what do you have left when you want them to pay attention? Everyday voice > drill sgt

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Guessing Tim Tebow was not one of the kids in college football who slept in their car or skipped meals. Amateurism is great, but tell a kid whose whole family are banking on him to get out of poverty that they need to be patient for 3-4 years whilst schools get rich off his image

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I know nothing of the inner workings, but my bias would have me bet the new strength staff at Alabama have not pushed this guy to gain weight for the sake of it, or even chase 1rm strength this year, rather have it as a pleasant side effect.

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You know ⁦ @DeVontaSmith_6 ⁩ with 98 receptions 1500 yards is fast but how about this vertical bounce off of one leg. Slim Reaper is SPECIAL. ⁦ @AlabamaFTBL ⁩ ⁦ @rosebowlgame ⁩

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2 years

Good evening 😘

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4 years

A dollar to anyone who finds me a video of a ladder drill or tippy tappy footwork drill where athletes are adopting these positions or producing these kind of forces...

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3 years

When they tell you there's no money, they mean there's just no money for you.

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Ten coaching heuristics or rules of thumb I come back to again and again. Quick, dirty and in the ball park answers now > perfect answers much later or never. 🧵...

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Call me cynical but if it was a bunch of black people who just rushed congress I don't think this would be going down quiiiiiiiiiite as it is now...

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Conditioning means used to hit 21mph in full pads in the fourth quarter of a game at 290lbs+ bw: sport practice, extensive tempo, aerobic hill sprints, alactic sprints, that's it. #deathto300s

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2 years

Happy Thursday

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4 years

If you're getting overload from a rubber band in a sport where 100kg+ men run at you at full speed, perhaps pick a different sport.

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2 years

Simultaneously an insult to football, boxing and the profession of strength and conditioning. Triple threat 🤣

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Florida's strength coach brought the energy 😂 🥊

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Ok so he might have done this once or twice before. 14 dead for 110 hurdles. Not a big weight trainer at all though. But give me this in a skilly any day over a kid that squats the house but runs like Phoebe from Friends. @pntrack @grahamsprints @korfist

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4 years

Just had a conversation with a coach where talked about sport coaches punishing athletes with running because they messed up. It's like being angry at your wife, then keying her car to get back at her, but forgetting you share the same car 😂

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Scary fact: The pile of abandoned FMS kits in the Pacific ocean that were purchased in the 2000s and didn't prevent a single injury is now so big it can be seen from space. Forget plastic straws. This is the real scourge of the marine ecosystem.

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Christian McCaffrey has also been plagued with hamstring injuries his entire career. Post ergo propter hoc is a mother fucker.

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Christian McCaffery trains like a Sprinter. There’s a reason you should run Track.

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Fuck HR, watts, lactate, all of it. Here's the aerobic training zone guide you need: Zone 1: you're on time for the bus, no appointments later in the day. Zone 2: you have an appointment and you're not late, but no lollygagging Zone 3: you're running late, but it's for a mid

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Load management for dummies: Count/measure the hard shit (pitches/kicks/sprints/cuts/hits) in your worst case scenarios. Start 50% max of that in week 1. Progress it no more than 10-15% per week. Don't do hard shit every day. Keep the hard days hard and the low days low.

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Nope.

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Speed requires power. Power requires strength. Strength requires mass…. Play it in reverse and you get? - bigger➡️stronger➡️faster 🤔 If you got a coach encouraging you to gain weight, it’s for a good reason. Have a great weekend!!!! #TAKEthePAC #ItTakesWhatItTakes

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For perspective- those guys tackling him were "the man" at literally every level they played at until the NFL. And the guy man handling him is one year removed from college. That's how good he is.

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I'll just leave this here... @SimpliFaster @spikesonly

How to Fix Modern Strength & Conditioning - SimpliFaster

We need wholesale change in college strength and conditioning programs to fix everything from weight room efficiency to time allotted for coaches’ ongoing development. Coach Keir Wenham-Flatt...

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If we beat you, just be aware we were dancing to Cyndi Lauper while you were "grinding". Plant the flag.

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The biggest driver of aerobic adaptation is VOLUME, specifically Z2. The body doesn't care that Tabatas fit your schedule better 🤷🏼‍♂️ Dealing with the grind of LSD work and exerting self control to not push all the time is arguably harder IMO.

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4pm, and the Kenyan shuffle is back as the lads set off for an easy 10K

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Coaches who don't let their athletes sit down between sets in case they get mentally weak are the same dudes (it's definitely men) who try and crush peoples hand when they shake hands. Almost certainly all drive pick up trucks too.

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According to income: Michael Jordan is a shoe salesman Magic Johnson is a real estate developer Joe Rogan is a broadcaster Ashton Kutcher is an angel investor The thing you love or get exposure from won't necessarily be the thing that gets you $$$. Food for thought, S&C coaches

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Agility ladder drills be looking like.... No perception, no decision making, no agility 🤷🏼‍♂️

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I was literally living above a pub, taking the bus every day to work full time for free, and getting my card declined at the supermarket when I wrote this to myself 10 years ago. Within 5 years I was walking out behind my guys at wembley. If you're interning now- KEEP AT IT.

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5 years

Hilarious intern question of the day: "do you guys get paid overtime?" Me: I'd be a millionaire if I did. That question is hilarious, I'm putting it on twitter.

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4 years

If you want to know scrutiny, completely rest your athletes for 4-5 minutes between sprints whilst a sport coach is watching 😂

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You know your S&C program is taking hold when your football coaches don't have veins popping out of their heads when you take a 4 minute rest between reps during sprint training.

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The hand supported safety bar squat: God's gift to strength coaches who want to smash super heavy weights with low stability demands but not walk back their statement that "machines are bullshit".

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2 years

Somebody order some FREEDOM?!

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Finding 6 bald eagles on your front porch deserves endless retweets

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Coaches using HR monitors to demand everyone stays above 90% MHR the whole practice is the definition of busyness < effectiveness. 1) you're there to master the sport, not run around like a lunatic 2) even the best endurance athletes on earth spend <10% above LT. Double fail!

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How fucked is college athletics? Well, here's an "summer conditioning" workout for female volleyball athletes. Total distance: ~3900m Average distance covered in a D1 game: ~400m. This was written by a CSCS, and overseen by a CSCCa master coach.

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1 year

It's good they have a ball under their arm otherwise it wouldn't be specific

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The RB Sunday School 🏫 @Primetime3___ @KuykendallJb @Caleb_1_23 @CalebBlocker @Shaadjohnson34 @sh0wtime4_ @Thattmanleek @ChadGasper22 @Derrian2008 #RBGang

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If your punishment for athletes is exercise, the punishment only lasts as long as the exercise. Remove them from the group and limit their status, the punishment lasts until you give it back. Ask any athlete what they miss most when they retire- the group.

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2 years

"I used to sleep in my car" is the "I used to walk 5 miles to school" for coaches. It just means you have shitty colleagues who'd let you do that. Stop romanticizing this BS.

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Call me Keir

@RUGBY_STR_COACH

7 months

Ok here is the long post: Pretty much 3 years ago to the day I left full time coaching to focus fully on business and being around for my son. Here's the link to when I made that announcement: This past week, I was delighted to close the sale of

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

1 year

If countries were college football teams: Japan- Nebraska. Storied history, dropped the F off. Saudi- USC. Using disgusting quantities of money to be relevant. USA- UT. Americas team! England- Yale. OGs, nobody gives a fuck now. Iraq- Miami. Fuckin wild in the early 2000s 😂

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

4 years

It's corny, but love is the strongest emotion of all. Hype, fake tough guy 💩 and motivational speeches are the energy drinks of behaviour. A short boost that should not be relied upon in any way. The highest levels of commitment are displayed by those who LOVE the group.

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Call me Keir

@RUGBY_STR_COACH

4 years

All these track and field athletes coming back after months of no or minimal weights, running PRs, setting record jumps. Could it be that this whole time, maximal strength training was just supplementary for non-novice training age speed and power athletes?!

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

5 years

Freshmen conversations: FR: "Should we do just the lift or the tempo as well?" Me: "What is on the sheet?" FR: "Tempo as well" Me: "Why do you think it is on the sheet?" FR: "....because we should do it?"

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

3 years

99.9% of decelerations in sport never result in a "stick" or dead stop. The other 0.01% is because somebody hit you so hard you had no choice. Yet we emphasise it to death in training 🤔 Discuss.

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

4 years

Probably not a popular opinion, but in my experience a team full of highly talented and driven individuals who might dislike one another but can work together beats a team of nice guys along for the ride.

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

2 years

"how much weird shit could we get this guy to do for a contract?!"

Kevin Sjuts

@kevinsjuts

2 years

Forget the 40-yard dash and bench press... this is what everyone wanted to see at Nebraska's Pro Day - Cam Jurgens doing frog jumps!!!

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

10 months

I have it on good authority they spent in the 5 figures on just the lights for this. That's a solid year of force plate technology. Criminally dumb allocation of resources.

Wisconsin Football

@BadgerFootball

10 months

The training is nothing. The will is everything.

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

4 years

Nordic holds for time just before the point you can't hold your weight > regular Nordic curls. More TUT, better posture. Don't @ me.

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

4 years

Using a Murph crossfit workout on your first week back with young athletes is perhaps the most misplaced, negligent enthusiasm I've ever seen. 2 hours of callisthenics with kids who've done nothing for 3 months to develop a kind of mental toughness that never existed anyway.

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@RUGBY_STR_COACH

4 years

@zoeharcombe This guy should be dead then. If you drop 10% O2 just sitting there, running an elite 10km as an asthmatic doesn't sound too healthy.

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