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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,

IAAF World Championships London 2017 - Part 2: Qualifying Competition Discus

Alex was set to compete in the qualifying round on Friday, August 4th.  One concern we had was how late his qualifying round was starting (8:40PM).  Fortunately, we had planned for this and the previous two nights Alex went to bed after 1:30AM and we continued this trend into Friday morning, going to sleep around 2:00AM Friday morning.

Authored By: 

Blake Lutz, Caitlin Browne, & Dane Miller

 The internet.

The phenomenon responsible for the development of social media, video games, and video streaming. These three sedentary activities are continuously consuming more and more of children’s time. But what effects does this have on children? As sports performance coaches with a decade’s worth of experience coaching kids, we can use our experiences and findings from recent studies to speculate.

Findings:

Tokyo, Japan

Written By: Blake Lutz 

Juliana Riotto stepped up on the world stage and clean and jerked 114kg. The lift solidified her an eighth place finish at the 2017 IWF Junior World Championships, and ended an unforgettable week for our weightlifting club, Garage Strength.

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