What keeps you going, day after day, year after year?

What keeps you going, day after day, year after year?

There are some questions I sometimes ask myself or others to reflect on what supports one’s longevity in athletic activity, or I could use them to explore what might be standing in the way of doing it more if they haven’t found that consistency yet.  How...
How Are You Tapping Your Two Fuel Tanks?

How Are You Tapping Your Two Fuel Tanks?

Imagine that you, the athlete, have two fuel tanks, filled with resources that each of the performance subsystems (neural, muscular, metabolic, and mental subsystems) requires to function. The first fuel tank is the fitness tank, which has the capacity to support your...
What Is An Extreme Athlete and Can You Be One Of Them?

What Is An Extreme Athlete and Can You Be One Of Them?

While the word ‘extreme’ can refer to doing something greater than most others have done before, it can also simply mean doing something greater than you have personally ever done before. In this way, do you regard yourself as an extreme athlete, or aspire...

Who is a Longevity Athlete?

In my mind there are two meanings to the term, ‘Longevity Athlete’. First, it could be an athlete who highly values longevity – their long-term well-being – and chooses sports activities and trains in such a way as to promote that outcome. This...
The Power Of Three Ps

The Power Of Three Ps

I have a recipe for achieving improvements in my strength and skills that I’ve learned over the decades. It includes the three Ps.  Process  –  Persistence  –  Patience Process is a set of sequential actions to take that are designed to produce a...
Exercise As An Exchange Of Energy

Exercise As An Exchange Of Energy

I view my lifestyle of exercise as spending energy of one kind in order to gain an infusion of another kind.  I may often finish an exercise/training session feeling physically tired in the muscles and metabolism, and possibly mentally tired from concentrating on a...
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