Written by: Kevin Cann This is a question I have been asking myself a bit lately. This article is just going to be some thoughts, an inside to my thinking process if you will. My guess is that this started around the 1970s when there was this obsession about the Russian’s training secrets. … Continue reading Why Do Reps Even Matter?
Written by Kevin Cann I had stumbled upon Per Bak’s book “How Nature Works.” Bak is a physicist that developed a theory of complexity known as self-organization criticality (SOC). Basically, he theorizes that all complex events reach a critical state. Once this critical state is reached there will be what is known as … Continue reading Predicting Earthquakes and Powerlifting
Written by Kevin Cann A big part of my job is handling the emotions of the lifters. We do not just follow a simple program. The lifters are responsible for a large amount of their training. They are required to pick the weights for their top sets each day. These weights should be at … Continue reading Training Needs to Have Consequences
Written by Kevin Cann When I have explained a Dynamic Systems Theory (DST), I have mentioned the term attractors. An attractor in a dynamic system is actually a mathematical model where the system always seems to end up at this numerical point regardless of the initial conditions. When we look at skill acquisition … Continue reading Attractors, Distractors, and Cognitive Penetrability
Written by: Kevin Cann I was talking with Zak Gabor in the gym yesterday and we were discussing Thomas Kuhn’s “Structure of Scientific Revolutions.” In one part of the book, Kuhn shows a picture. What do you see, a rabbit or a duck? Let us say that when you look at it, … Continue reading Do You See a Rabbit or a Duck?
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