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The Habit Of Exercise – Part 2

by Coach Mat | 27 Mar, 2018

What has kept me exercising regularly for 30 years, and what will keep me going for another 30 and more? This post is part 2 of 4 in the series The Habit Of Exercise. and continues the discussion of what builds and strengthens our habit of exercise to contribute to...

The Habit Of Exercise – Part 1

by Coach Mat | 19 Mar, 2018

There may be a season of your life when it becomes important to you to get ready for a big athletic accomplishment, like a triathlon or a masters swim meet, or a swim holiday that has you training more than you have been used to. That event on a fast approaching date...

What Gets You Out The Door?

by Coach Mat | 26 Dec, 2017

Let me explain what motivates me to keep training, day after day, month after month, year after year – and perhaps this will resonate with you as well. When Fitness Must Be Earned It was somewhere around 1987. I was a freshman in high school, and it was...

Which Podium Are You Aiming For?

by Coach Mat | 17 Sep, 2017

In engineering there is this rule of optimization which says you can’t optimize for everything in a system. You have to choose what few functions or goals to prioritize and give greater resources to and which to strip resources from. You can’t have it...