Longevity | Mediterra Swim & Run

Who Is Your Example?

by Coach Mat | 28 Aug, 2016

You may have noticed that there is a proper way to do a squat, or a dead lift. We understand that when you load these movements, if the body is properly positioned, a proper load placed, and that load it carried through the best pathway, the athlete can do it without...

Comfort Needs Discomfort

by Coach Mat | 21 Aug, 2016

Here is a challenging statement to ponder: You cannot secure your comfort by avoiding discomfort. You have to enter and work within a zone of discomfort in order to learn how to be comfortable in it. Before we get into that, let’s point out that there is a...

Flow With Age

by Coach Mat | 21 May, 2016

It is possible I gained more of a mature athletic perspective a little early in life. I was injured at a young athletic age – first, both my rotator cuff tendons fell into severe chronic inflammation at age 16 which exiled me from the competitive pool for three...

Train And Maintain The Brain

by Coach Mat | 5 Dec, 2015

Many people seem to care about what will happen to their physical quality of life as they get older. But do you wonder what will happen to your mental quality of life as you get older? I think we readily understand the importance of maintaining physical fitness. We...

Better Motivation For Sinkers (And Anyone!)

by Coach Mat | 16 Aug, 2014

I want to follow up with the latest posts (Part 1 and Part 2) on Remedy For Sinkers to acknowledge that dealing with the body is not the only part of the sinker equation. It is obvious in many cases that overcoming the sinking problem is not just physically...

Three Training Values

by Coach Mat | 19 Mar, 2014

Here are three values that I identify in our TI training: Speed is a product of work. What kind of work? Work to reduce resistance coming against us. Work to over-power what resistance is left after Work #1. Speed is one measurement of how well we accomplish those two...