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It has been some time since my last post, this is not due to lack of information, more to the lack of time. I have been lecturing a lot, preparing the lectures, and have also …

Back in 2002 I was invited to give a presentation for the national Olympic coaches at our Olympic Coaches Platform. The title: Periodization: a fossil from the 21 century?     It was a critical …

In relation to my last blogpost: I received a lot of requests for hamstring exercises. Well, here is the bad news: it will take such a long time for me to describe these exercises and …

This is an article I recently wrote answering questions about hamstrings. For what it is worth: a story I like to share with you. As a coach in track and field, mainly in the sprints …

There is no doubt: the brain is the dominant performance organ of the athlete. Of course the brain consists of many different levels and parts. In sports a lot of tests have been developed for …

During my recent presentations I got the same question a couple of times: “Why wait until the athlete supercompensates? When the athletes are ready (all systems recharged or back to at least baseline level, you …

Giving presentations for different audiences three times a week I encountered a lot of common misconceptions about sports training. The most common ones I will present to you. As a metaphor we can use the …

I have been working rather hard: -finishing at least one of my books before summer starts, -organizing an Omegawave workshop on May 26, -scanning the library of the articles I wrote in the last 35 …

It has been a long time since I gave my first presentation about sports nutrition, as a matter of fact is is 31 years ago: Orthomolecular nutrition in sport. I even remember the exact date, …

Yes, I realize I have neglected my readers for a few days, since I have been writing so much for different projects that my fingers turned blue, almost. And to make up for the few …