by Coach Mat | 11 Aug, 2018 | Food & Hydration, Metabolic Training, Nutrition, Nutrition, Recommended Reading, Weight Management
Continued from Part 1. Do You Need To Eat Less Calories? Or maybe you just need to eat better quality calories. Here are some ways you can go about it… Eat mostly plants. Fill up on them first. Leave animal products to the last and in the smallest amounts....
by Coach Mat | 8 Aug, 2018 | Food & Hydration, Metabolic Training, Nutrition, Nutrition, Recommended Reading, Weight Management
I want to make an argument for choosing food for what vital nutrition it supplies more than by how it pleases the taste buds or entertains you. But first, I want to acknowledge that meals are an important part of social bonding and a daily, centering activity in many...
by Coach Mat | 25 Feb, 2018 | Competitive/Performance Training, Design Principles, How To Train?, Martial Arts, Metabolic Training, Muscle Training, Neurological Training, Plateau (No Progress), Running, Speed and Pace, SPL, Stroke Length (SL), Tempo, Stroke Rate (SR), Training Theory, Triathlon Swimming
A member of our online training site, the Mediterra Swim Dojo, has been noticing that after a certain distance in a training set, his stroke quality deteriorates which results in his stroke count (strokes per length of the pool) going up uncontrollably. He asked a...
by Coach Mat | 9 Dec, 2017 | About Coach Mat, Design Principles, Fitness Training, Food & Hydration, Metabolic Training, Running, Weight Management
As well as being asked about this from time to time, I’ve learned that this is a common online search phrase so I should get some extra hits on this post. Previously, I’ve written some thoughts on body fat in relation to swimming: Does Swimming Burn Fat? 1...
by Coach Mat | 21 Oct, 2017 | About Coach Mat, Discomfort, Injury, Metabolic Training, Motivation, Overcoming Fear, Rehabilitation, Training Psychology
This is continued from Part 1… Improve Your Understanding Of Exertion Likely, some of you have been working earnestly on your stroke and your breathing, but it is still not coming as easy as you think it should be. You are getting to air, but it still...
by Coach Mat | 25 Jun, 2016 | Competitive/Performance Training, Design Principles, Fitness Training, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Metabolic Training, Muscle Training, Neuromuscular Training, Self-Coaching, Strength, Training Theory
This could be considered Part 3 in a series following Practice As A Puzzle To Solve and Using Failure To Solve The Puzzle. Failure is a key ingredient in progress – it is something you actually want to provoke because it reveals more clearly where you need to...
