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Coach & Advisor to few | Ultraman Hawaii World Champion 🏊♂️ 🚴 🏃♂️ I write about proven concepts, systems, and habits for a sustainable & enjoyable life in family, sport & business 🫡
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The Readiness Score Is Bullshit, The Data Isn't. (opens the original)
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Yesterday I spoke with a high level coach from FC Barcelona about the team’s readiness scores. He wanted to hear my take on them: what I’ve seen work, and what matters most to individual athletes, teams, and coaches across the different sports I’ve worked in, not just endurance sports.In my experience, the raw signals behind readiness scores are real. The issue is the readiness number built from them. The validation can feel like smoke and mirrors. Everyone is selling their own formula, and at b
The Race Is Yours: Strategy, Ownership & the Long Game (opens the original)
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There is a common question I've asked myself and my coaches in different sports over the last 30 years, and it's become a recurring one: How do I race this race?I noticed moslty 2 kind of athletes, and sometimes they evolve from one to the other, or they simply remain as one kind; none of them is better; they are just different: those who:Prefer to execute the strategy given to them by the coach or team staffPrefer to be part of the strategy, execute, and iterate, alone or with a coach/teamThere
Your Body Adapts to What You Repeat (opens the original)
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I first learned about Dr. Eric Goodman in 2012 through the now-famous video he created for the LIVESTRONG Foundation, at a time when Lance Armstrong was returning to triathlon and hoping to compete at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.Ever since, I have shared this video with people who spend too much time sitting, whether on a bike or in an office, and are willing to take an extra step toward improving their health and preventing posterior-chain discomfort, particularly lower-back and ne
Touch the Limit, But Do Not Live There (opens the original)
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I am tired of listening to psychologists, coaches, athletes, entrepreneurs, and organizations telling people there are no limits.We all have limits!I have spent 70% of my life coaching, and I believe in ambition. I believe in competition, in testing ourselves, and in going further than we thought was possible.But for me one of the most interesting parts of coaching is not telling people to ignore their limits, it is understanding what kind of limit we are facing, whether it can be stretched, wha
A Decade of Training: An Athletic Life (opens the original)
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After a great conversation with Alan Couzens, which we’ll be releasing soon, and reading his latest article, Your 50-Year Training Plan, I felt inspired to share what a decade of training really looks like: the good, the ugly, and the unfiltered reality of all while being a husband, father, entrepreneur, and advisor-coach to individuals and organizations.Find your own way, don’t copy mine, or anyone el
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