Helping The Best To Get Better!

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 …

This component is very important and still ignored at the same time 😉 There are different ways of looking at the time-factor. First of all there is the personal timing. I have written about this …

Here in Holland spring is in the air. One of the first messengers is the snowdrop, a small spring flower that appears when the last snow is gone (Latin name Galanthus nivalis). Oh, well you …

For many years coaches, athletes and students have asked me what I consider to be the most important general factors in sprinting performance. Ever since 1988 I like to call these factors simply T-factors (1). …

Because our work life is boring enough, with a few friends we do a small project on a regular basis. If it was only to get to know people who are at least as passionate, …