by Coach Mat | 12 Apr, 2020
If I had to choose a second improvement project for pool-exiled swimmers with more time on your hands, I would assign the work of improving posture. This essay is part of a series discussing the kind of complementary training you can do while kept away from the pool...
by Coach Mat | 28 Mar, 2020
Here is a follow up to Your Body Composition And Strength Matter For Speed… Case Study of My Body Composition My body composition is quite lean, and I am on the more ‘compact’ side of males – 176 cm tall and only about 65 kg (143 lbs). I enjoy...
by Coach Mat | 21 Mar, 2020
What interesting times! I imagine you are, as I am, being bombarded with helpful information about COVID-19, receiving offers to gather online or do virtual workouts with others, and perhaps several opportunistic sales advertisements. I won’t add to that. I...
by Coach Mat | 26 Jan, 2020
I was out on a run through the rough, muddy, and very slippery trails of Roads End State Park on the Oregon Coast today. While navigating some treacherous sections of the trail, and loosing footing occasionally, I was pondering what I said in my previous post about...
by Coach Mat | 29 Dec, 2019
Stopping Is Not Natural Can you imagine running 10 km (up to an hour for some folks) or even 5 km (up to a half hour) in a race or for fitness and doing it in a basketball court? And, rather than run loops around the perimeter of the court, imagine covering that...
by Coach Mat | 18 May, 2019
Maybe you’ve noticed that we’ve been using a new tag line below our company name and logo: Safer – Stronger – Longer The logic behind it is this: I feel ethically obligated (and pleased!) to teach what I understand to be the safest movement...
