{"id":1843,"date":"2019-11-29T20:50:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T19:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpingthebesttogetbetter.com\/?p=1843"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:11:55","slug":"retirement-or-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpingthebesttogetbetter.com\/?p=1843","title":{"rendered":"Retirement or Olympics?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Finally, a\nfew hours of uninterrupted thinking, reading and writing. So time for an\nupdate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years\nago I was looking forward to quiet old days, retirement, fishing,  little bit of gardening reading the\nnewspaper, etc. Nothing is further from current reality, I am busier than ever\nbefore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I\ngot a visit from an Olympic champion in triple jump, Olga Rypakova from\nKazakhstan, for check-up and setting up her program for the preparation of the\nTokyo Olympics. Not often does one get an opportunity to work with an Olympic\nchampion and one can only be happy with a nice athlete like Olga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last\nweekend was our 4th<\/sup> Helping the best to get better Seminar which\ngrew in proportions from 20-25 attendants to 60 this time. But more important\nthan the quantity of attendants is the quality of the presentations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill Laich\nstarted off, with the topic of mental preparation of high level competitions\nand then especially about the psychological and psychiatric aspects of elite\nathletes. It\u2019s always such a pleasure to hear Bill lecture, because one cannot\nmiss his tremendous broad scope and depth of his knowledge. The best combination\nof science and practice I have heard so far. Solid as rock with always new\nperspectives on any topic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bill Laich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon Jerome Simian, S&C coach of amongst many others, worldrecordholder decathlon Kevin Mayer,  gave his view on physical preparation from a completely different perspective than most S&C coaches. A real eye-opener which many of use food for thought about the goal of S&C, other role of periodization, about specificity and transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slide from the presentation of Jerome Simian <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hakan Andersson, a dear friends and great colleague, presented the history of sprint training and showed us his influence and topics we as sprint coaches all think about:  muscle fibers, training methods, strength training, testing and measuring, truly valuable insights for anyone who works in explosive sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jerome Simian and Hakan Andersson 2nd and 4th from left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Myself, I gave a presentation about the same topic like Bill: Mental preparation for major competitions, showing what we did to measure arousal and the role of warming-up and the coach in controlling arousal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week I\ntravelled to Ust-Kamenogorsk, deep in Kazakhstan, close to Russia, Mongolia and\nChina,  to work with Olga. The indoor\ntraining facilities are next to none, perfect for training in the winter, when\nit can become down to -40 degrees Celcius. No need for cryotherapy here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With Olga Rypakova in Ust-Kamenogorsk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the meanwhile I have my own clients for my company, working out with my athlete and I am working on new ideas like virtual reality training, synthetic adaptogens, or photobiomodulation for performance enhancement. Also I have had some time to think, and to write a series of posts on my Facebookpage \u201cvortxhealth\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, my retirement will have to wait a couple of years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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