Archive for January 2017
Episode 47: Understanding Interval Training
We’re back with the first Magness & Marcus Podcast on Coaching of 2017. In this episode, we have a long and frank discussion on interval workouts. What are they, what do they do, are there magical interval workouts, and should everyone should get over Tabata sprints? When it comes to interval workouts, we tend to…
Read MoreFootball is Holding Back the Strength and Conditioning Profession- A reaction to the Oregon fiasco:
Yesterday, news broke that several Oregon players had been admitted to the hospital due to an excessively strenuous workout that the new strength and condition coaches implemented. It consisted of an hour of continuous “push ups and up/downs,” among other things. Appalled by such a blatant mistake in my profession, I posted a link with…
Read MoreMy Rules of Coaching and Learning for 2017
Simple and Usable. These two words became the theme of the year. If an idea or concept is not simple enough to be usable, then what good does it do? Complexity may feel as though it has to be right, but let me tell you a secret. Complexity is a way to trick ourselves and…
Read MoreThe Fundamentals of Training Video Series
Since the vast majority of you all never get to hear me speak, I recorded one of my recent presentations so that we can spread the knowledge to more than the few hundred coaches who were there. I’m excited to share the lecture: The Fundamentals of Training. It’s an hour long lecture on the details…
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