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Football, Weightlifting, Throws, Family, and Travel

The Inaugural Power Festival took place on August 18-19th, 2017. The shot put event took place under the lights and included two flights of 15-20 athletes. Top male and female athlete each took home $5oo from event sponsors. The weightlifting event included

GAINESVILLE — University of Florida researchers studying football injuries at more than a dozen high schools have a message for coaches who want to keep players in the game: Hit the weight room.

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Travel Preparation for Elite Athletes

Often times athletes may be very well prepared for international competitions.  They leave for their trips feeling like a freight train, ready to crush PR’s on the platform, in the circle or on the wrestling mat but many things can come into play as they depart for their competition.  The first 1-2 days on site in the foreign country may still have the athlete feeling strong and explosive and ready to dominate their competition.  It is at this point that many elite athletes fail to continue their side of the peak for optimal performance.  

Worlds Part 3: Shot Put Qualifying

Saturday August 5th was the date of the men’s shot put qualifying round.  The start time was 10AM, that meant an early morning for Tim Nedow and I as we prepared for him to make his first world final qualification.  I needed to be at Tim’s hotel by 7:15AM.  After the long night of discus qualification, I was pretty exhausted.  Bed time was 2:00AM because of a late trip back to the hotel,