In today’s episode of The Lifetime Athlete Podcast, we answer listener questions about the grouse season opener, sprinting mechanics, and my results in The Summer 2023 Fitness Challenge. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching and Training Services. Our focus is helping you to achieve peak athletic performance in any sport or fitness pursuit…fine tune your…
Now here’s an interesting thought! There are definitely some parallels between sprinting and surfing. Allow me to explain. Surfers do three main things in their process. So do sprinters. Get out. Get up. Get on. A surfer will get out, or paddle in accelerating fashion to catch the forming wave. Sprinters drive out hard from the blocks or a 3-point…
The World Championships in Track and Field are beginning in Budapest Hungary! This bonus episode features a discussion of some of the elements of speed and sprinting that you can use to watch the meet as well as to incorporate into your own training. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching and Training Services. Our focus…
A lot of people run as their primary form of aerobic exercise. Many athletes, in all sorts of sports and not just running, need to be able to access their speed and go fast. At least if they want to be competitive or even win. Interestingly, the game of life also benefits greatly from sprinting. But you have to warm…
This episode of the Speed Week series discusses a serving suggestion of a track warmup for any Lifetime Athlete. There is a companion video with demonstrations of all the exercises we discussed. This podcast was brought to you by The Lifetime Athlete Coaching and Training Services. Our focus is helping you to achieve peak athletic performance in any sport or…
It’s Speed Week! This week the featured topic at The Lifetime Athlete is SPEED. I’ll be doing a daily podcast (on all the major podcast platforms) July 24-28 with some bonus video and article content. Today’s post will set the stage and highlight the week’s schedule. Speed is one of the 5 Capacities of Athleticism. Along with strength, power, agility,…
Or…to add to the title, today’s topic is not only to look younger than the number on your driver’s license — but to feel and perform that way as well. Our goal is (or should be) to make our physiological age a lower number than our chronological age. It all comes down to one key point. Youthful vitality is exemplified…
Physiologic age versus chronologic age…what a concept! The thought that you could look, feel, and perform younger than what’s on your driver’s license is powerful. And it’s true. The fountain of youth is the maintenance of ELASTICITY, and this is athleticism defined in a vibrant, youthful manner. Sprinting and jumping are the key. Adding acceleration, max velocity, change of direction,…
