What I Am Reading – Transformer
What I would say about any of Nick Lane’s books is that they make a very complex subject easy to understand. The depth in understanding cellular biology and biochemistry is impressive, combining that actually explaining in a helpful way makes it an extremely beneficial resource. I have been personally on this quest to understand chemistry […]
What I’m Reading – The Business of Movement
If you have been following Functional Movement Systems for a while, you have been waiting for this kind of book. The biggest thing is taking a large group of assessments and making a comprehensive manual covering all that you need to know about the system. Personally I am a huge advocate of the Functional Movement […]
What I’m Reading (Classic) – Strongest Shall Survive
Bill Starr’s First Book If you are unfamiliar with this book, it is a shame it had a huge concentric circle through all of S&C. This was a proverbial leap from niche based aspects of training such as weightlifting, powerlifting, or bodybuilding and crossed over into direct performance training. If you are unfamiliar with […]
What I’m Reading – Future Perfect
When you give people more control over the flow of information and decision making in their communities, their social health improves — incrementally, in fits and starts, but also inexorably. Steven Johnson Peer to Peer is the central theme of the internet, but has broad scope impacts in other domains like businesses or team settings. […]
What I’m Reading – Work Rules
In a previous blog I reviewed the book Working Backwards on how Amazon creates a framework for hiring, managing, and retaining employees. Work Rules is a very similar concept, except from Google. I am attracted to these books because I am a business owner. However, there are universal aspects of running a business that apply […]
What I’m Reading – Movements that Heal
This book was referenced on the CVASPS podcast, which caught my attention on application of spatial and visual skill development for motor learning. Back story of this book is definitely centered on the concept that neurological issues with kids such as ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism, or general social problems. The premise is that symptoms can […]
What I’m Reading – Strength training and coordination: an integrative approach
I recently spoke on a Panel for the Dodgers Sport Symposium and got access to the lectures. The Dodgers staff discussed the usage of water bags with their athletes and developing more robust motor patterns. The premise was to give feedback to the athletes on some specific movement patterns used during competition. I wanted to […]
What I’m Reading: MVP Machine
I was recommended this book by Brandon McDaniel of the Los Angeles Dodgers. I was personally blown away by how far baseball S&C has evolved in the last decade when I attended the Dodgers Symposium in December. He cited some really good resources as to how he and the Dodgers have created a very holistic […]
What I’m Reading – Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
The big take home is that humans create noise because we have bias. That bias leads to statistical variance which is called ‘Noise.’ This is important because what we do still has a lot of human decision-making, which can lead to increased noise. On the front end of knowing, we are influenced by our own […]
What I’m Reading: Stop Being Reasonable
We work in the influence business. We have to change people’s behaviors from negative to positive. An important concept that I pulled from Smith was that perspective is overwhelmingly the biggest factor. One of the areas that Smith discussed was males ‘catcalling’ females walking by. What Smith was trying to understand is why men thought […]