Helping The Best To Get Better!

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 …

Once and awhile you look at your body you touch it or feel it, but we are seldom amazed by the functioning of this extremely complex and beautifully designed “machine”. For sure, it is hard …