Written by: Kevin Cann Powerlifting seems to be in this fad of “evidence based” coaching and tracking every piece of data, to “individualize” the program for each lifter. The internet eats this shit up too. Why wouldn’t they? It is much easier to just pay someone for a fancy program than it is to actually develop the skills … Continue reading High Performance Cannot Be Found in a Spreadsheet
Written by: Kevin Cann For some reason technique in the powerlifting world seems to be quite controversial. I have never participated in a sport that technique was not emphasized. Seems quite a few coaches believe that as long as you can lift by the rules that your technique is fine. I could not disagree with this statement more. … Continue reading Building Technique as an Emergent Property
Written by: Kevin Cann I have posted YouTube videos of the emotions of fear and frustration. Experts are still trying to figure out what emotions actually are and there is quite a bit of disagreement here. Emotions, for the purpose of our discussion, are nothing more than a certain release of neurochemistry. How we act when this neurochemistry … Continue reading Executive Attention Network, Focus, and Triggers
Written by: Kevin Cann A coach I follow had asked this question on his Instagram, “Is it ever warranted to hold back an athlete’s rate of progress?” This is a great question, and one that I have wrestled with over the years. When I started with Sheiko, he literally told me what to put on the … Continue reading Why Slow Incremental Progress is Important: A Neurochemistry Approach
Written by: Kevin Cann The human is a complex system. I think this idea most accept, but most have a hard time understanding what this means. In order to make sense of things we like to reduce the complexity down to a sum of its parts, and perhaps disregard some more complex nuances. How coaches view developing … Continue reading Initial Conditions, Movement Variability, and Skill Acquisition
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