KAATSU is coming!
KAATSU is the Japanese name for an already known principle, that however has escaped the attention of most people. Other names for KAATSU are: – blood flow restricted exercise – ischaemic training – occlusion training …
Take your time ……
Time And yes, I have been taking my time the last 4 weeks, working with Chinese speed skaters, coaching a management team of a major international company in Holland, watching the best track meet in …
A revealing discrepancy.
Having been very busy last three weeks, I finally found some time to work on my blog again, many new ideas popped up, but travelling and working I did not yet find to time to …
Training as a science.
Most of the contributions to the science of training come from the former East-bloc countries, mainly from the Former Soviet-Union. Names like Matvejev, Werchoshanski, Viru and Bondartshuk have become household names in the literature about …
Neuronutrition: feeding the main performance organ…the brain!
For many decades scientists have been studying the heart and the muscle as being the dominant organs in human performance, but I never considered this to be the whole truth, I always thought the brain …
Watching the World Championships in Athletics.
One of the good things of getting older is that you have more to remember and to look back to. No, not that things were better in the past, on the contrary, most things were …
From fast food through happy meals to happiness.
As a coach of elite athletes I was forced to think about nutrition as a factor in performance and from an early stage. I have send hundreds of athletes to a special lab to test …
Stupidity.
Feeling stupid sometimes? Congratulations, we all do at times. Stupidity is one of the few true global characteristics and of all times. Now stupidity can be defined as acting against one’s own and/or social interest, …
A peculiar pet.
As we are away too often to keep a pet, we don’t have one at home. But at least a peculiar living creature is visiting our premises at irregular times. So, in a sense we …
About the price of gold and who is paying the bill.
This week was full of sports activities, testing the best young Chinese speed skaters and testing a young, very talented race car pilot, two TV-activities: an interview and a talk show about sprinters Asafa Powell …