Need teambuilding? Use your nasal spray.
I won’t go as far as the people who say that psychology is biology not understood yet, but I came to this subject because an acquaintance of mine recently asked me ‘what is the main …
Strawberry fields forever
Maybe you are familiar with this classic Buddhist story, often used as an example of mindfulness. “Once there was a Buddhist monk who practiced his meditation by walking in the forest each morning. One clear …
Diet – don’t buy it! Part 2
Here are three common wrong assumptions in nutrition: 1. Everybody has the same nutritional needs. Obviously not true, even apart from gender, age, weight, physical activity, every human body is different from the outside, but …
Diet – don’t buy it! Part 1
Ever since I started as a coach I have asked myself: how important is diet (or nutrition and supplementation) for the performance of the athlete. After 40 years of hard work I just don’t get …
From quantified-self to qualified-self. Or: from senseless numbers to useful Knowledge.
This weekend there was an article in the newspaper about the different brands of smart watches, i.e. the combination of watch, heart rate monitor, stride counter and GPS systems. The movement that started this idea …
Autonomic nervous system (ANS) and training
The ANS is an relatively important component of our nervous systems and very important for all aspects of performance. First of all it branches out to almost all organ systems in our body, controlling many …
Seminar Methodology of Training 2.0
Pff, yes, the timing wasn’t great and the preparation time was short, but I think we pulled of a great seminar. We wanted to keep it small 20-25 persons, but in the end almost 60 …
A canal tour
The city of Amsterdam is like Venice famous for it’s canals, but like most of the time one barely visits the treasures in one’s own hometown, while millions of foreign tourist do. Last week I …
Meeting new friends and visiting old ones.
It’s a small planet after all. On Facebook one “meets” people, one has never heard of before, leave alone, met before. In this way I “met” Craig Liebenson from the US and never realized that …
Are you controversial enough?
Some time ago I gave a presentation about the differences in coaching male or female athletes and in that presentation I used the book of Helmut Nyborg: “Hormones, Sex and Society”. Now somebody pointed out, …