The High Performance Pulse

The High Performance Pulse is a weekly newsletter for coaches, sports medicine professionals, and athletes. We cover important topics in human performance and provide insights and practical solutions for the toughest challenges coaches face.

Every few months, I pose the question on Twitter, “what’s your biggest challenge in prescribing conditioning work?” If I get 20 responses, without fail, at least 18 of them are some variation of “I don’t have time.” So I thought I’d take the entire session design module from my new Coaches’ Condi...

Dec 30, 2024

An early Christmas gift for smart coaches

Hey guys!Just wanted to share some news with you. I'm super excited to share that I just finished recording all the content for my new course, The Coaches' Conditioning Course. All that's left now are finishing touches and it will be ready to launch on January 1, 2025! If you're itching to get a ...

Dec 19, 2024

Developing an effective return to running program

When developing a return to play program at any level, it's imperative to take the sport's total running volume as well as time spent at various intensities into account. Here's how I go about this process to ensure successful return to performance for an injured athlete. The 3 primary...

Dec 14, 2024

The issue with microdosing and tech-driven coaching at the developmental levels...

There's this weird paradox happening with young athletes where we don't want training to produce fatigue but we also want them to develop resilience. I don't know about you, but I'm fairly certain resilience isn't developed without periods of significant imposed stressors that occasionally induce...

Dec 07, 2024

Your athletes deserve better...

There's so much "anti-conditioning" rhetoric being thrown around these days, and I, for one, am not here for it. Conditioning is fundamental to your athletes' development, but you already know this or you would've unsubscribed a long time ago so I'll shut up and get to the important stuff. You di...

Dec 02, 2024

The one black friday email you NEED to open...(FIXED LINK)

Not sure if you got my email yesterday or how many of you have tried to read Supertraining in the last 24 hours, but this email is one you don't want to skip! My new course launches next month and I'm confident that it's going to be the most practical resource on energy system development yet. So...

Nov 29, 2024

The one black friday email you NEED to open...

Nov 29, 2024

No one has actually read "Supertraining..."

Now that I have your attention, I have a special announcement...Keep an eye to your inbox tomorrow morning for a super special Black Friday pre-sale offer on my upcoming course! What's included in the course? Glad you asked. Deep dives on physiological principles Comprehensive overviews on adapt...

Nov 28, 2024

Special offer!

Worried about your team's conditioning going into the spring season (or even in-season for winter sports)? Then you need my totally done-for-you 6 week program! And today only, it's only $29 (40% off!)! No more guessing, no more one-off workouts, no more 3 hour practices to "get in shape." Just ...

Nov 22, 2024

Is your process even worth trusting?

Trust the process Nick Saban loved to use the phrase “trust the process” as a way to get his players to take their eyes off of the goal of a national championship on a Monday night in January so that they could focus on the task at hand on a Tuesday morning in August with a high level of intent. ...

Nov 19, 2024

Webinar this Thursday!

Just wanted to pop in and let you know that I'll be delivering a free webinar this Thursday, November 14 at 7pm CST US courtesy of the software company, FYTT. FYTT has generously invited me to share some insights on conditioning and I'd love it if you could make it! RSVP here. I hope to see you ...

Nov 12, 2024

Eventually a lack of conditioning catches up to you...

Navigating the murky darkness that is conditioning programming can be scary... And I think this is why conditioning is broadly overlooked or at the very least poorly applied in the physical preparation space. However, I also think more coaches than not are actively looking for solutions to make ...

Oct 31, 2024

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