What I Am Reading – The Thought Leaders Practice, Matt Church and Peter Cook
I will start with this: you are probably running a Practice disguised as a Business, and that distinction is significant. There is a shift within S&C that a lot of coaches are wanting to break away and do their own thing. Part of this is the fear of uncertainty with your current job. The other […]
What I Am Reading – Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton
I’ll just kick this off with this, I am a huge Eastern Medicine advocate but at the same time, I hate the notion that the absence of proof proves something. I know that might come off as contradicting, but hear me out on this. Lipton discusses the need to evolve science from spiritual explanations to […]
What I Am Reading – Noxx, Evan Peikon
If you are not familiar with Near Infrared Spectrometry (NIRS), it allows you to see real-time muscle oxygenation (SmO2) and hemoglobin index (tHb). What this means is that we can see the rate of oxygen delivery and removal from a muscle group or area real time. Hemoglobin and myoglobin are capable of releasing oxygen at […]
What I Am Reading – Designing Strength Training Programs and Facilities, Mike Boyle
This was a petty classic Mike book. Good practical information, very open with his system and the thought process behind it, and well thought out explanations of changes made since the last book. If you are familiar with Coach Boyle, you will like the updates a lot. If you are not familiar with Coach Boyle, […]
What I’m Reading – Movement over Maxes, Zach Dechant
First off this is probably the best practical approach to long term athletic development I have seen. There are some details I would disagree with or focus on less, but is that not the point of reading books you stretching your point of view? Having a system that is capable of taking athletes regardless of […]
What I’m Reading – High Output Management, Andrew Grove
This is a monster book.You can see the chronicles of someone that has worked in the trade of management for some time. Part of the book’s appeal was that it felt like a memoir with tons of key takeaways for someone that is working as a manager. Being a manager is a huge part of […]
What I’m Reading – Outlive, Peter Attia
This is a really good book. I’ve said this before, but it’s worth mentioning again: We are approaching a renaissance of what strength coaches have known for decades – taking command of your own health is your best option to long term success. These are not novel concepts to strength coaches, but they are getting […]
What I’m Reading – The Demon Haunted World, Carl Sagan
The question is not whether we like the conclusion that emerges out of a train of reasoning, but whether the conclusion follows from the premise, or starting point, and whether that premise is true. Among the tools: Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the facts Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable […]
What I’m Reading – Agile Periodization Vol 1&2, Mladen Jovanovic
This is a monster book filled to the brim with information. As S&C books go, this one was dense and all encompassing. Jovanovic did a fantastic job of depicting the current methods touted by S&C coaches around the world. What is refreshing is the first hand application of these methods within his own practice. The […]
What I’m Reading – Thinking in Bets, Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All The Facts. Annie Duke
This book is applicable to any coach out there. The central idea is that we are playing poker with decisions while managing the unknowns along with the knowns. It is the play on complex decision making we talk about within so much of our Coaching Curriculum. We do not know what will happen, and we […]