Archive for December 2013
Why Crossfit works…but really doesn’t. The randomness of adaptation, and why beginners just need change.
Adaptation, regardless of whether it’s to a workout or to a drug, follows a familiar pattern. We react high to an initial new stimulus before tapering off and slowly adapting less and less to the same stimulus. The same workout loses its effects, just as certain drugs might lose their effectiveness over time. Obviously, the…
Read MoreInterview on Training, Zone training, altitude, and other sacred cow myths of training
I don’t normally post links to interviews I do on this blog, as I like to reserve it for original content. However, Mladen Jovanovic interviewed me for his site complementary training and Mladen did a great job asking some really hard, thought provoking questions. We didn’t go over your standard running/training questions, but instead Mladen…
Read MoreWhat changes from High School to College?
A couple posts ago, I asked for help on a survey about transitioning from High School to College running. It’s an attempt to answer the question of why kids success or struggle with transitioning to college. Admittedly, this question is something that strikes close to home, on two fronts. First, I’m a college coach at…
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