Added some more blue to the podium 😏 With a NEW PR of 19.59M/64’3.25” Danny secures 🥈 in the men’s shot put, moving up to No. 6️⃣ all-time!

congrats big bro Niklas Arrhenius

On the podium 👏 Bates takes 🥈 with his throw of 69.62M/228’5” Whittaker finished 5th in the jav with a finish of 64.46M/211’5” Paulson took 6th with a jav throw of 61.79M/202’8” Clement took 8th in the men's javelin with a throw of 60.92M/199’10”

Nothing is learned in a state of mental and physical fatigue. Tired is the enemy.

All high schools should be required to have someone on staff with some sort of S&C education/certification. I see a lot of wild things that have zero place in a weight room.

Westlake - Team Home Westlake Thunder Sports westlakethunder.org/2024/05/15/tra…

“If an athlete runs with intention at max velocity as frequently as they can at least once a week with proper rest periods, they will get faster. Speed can be taught, but it has to be specific to see a gradual increase in max velocity.” ~Les Spellman

Track and field has so many carryover benefits for multiple sports. If you’re a football player and still on the fence of whether or not to join the track team, here’s a simple example of carryover benefit. Chevas Gregory RB #22 UT state shot-put champ/Timpview RB.

Sariah Gerald of Westlake is the 6A girls 100 meter hurdles state champion (14.43).

141k power clean 2.02 m/s pk. vel. Blessed to have Enode - Make every rep count helping me track data...

Strength will ALWAYS win in the end. If coaches tell you these types of things are detrimental to anything related to your performance, turn around and run away as fast as you can! Win the moments that others don’t even realize exist!

The best reason for young kids to play multiple sports is that there’s simply no way to look at an 8- or 9-year-old and identify what their best sport is in the first place, says Nate Huffstutter. simplifaster.com/articles/misco… via SimpliFaster

My Speed Journey: From “Man-Makers” to Max Velocity simplifaster.com/articles/speed…

"When kids get faster, they feel more efficient & comfortable at game speed. The game slows down as you get faster, allowing you to execute skills that define a good football player." ⚡️ Tony Holler breaks down core foundations of "Sprint-Based Football" ⤵️ simplifaster.com/articles/sprin…

IYKYK 🤷🏼‍♂️

European Model of Sport Selection - GREAT READ zachdechant.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/eur… via @Zachdechant

Struggling to keep up is often viewed as symptomatic of being out of shape. But the illusion of being out of shape often conceals the reality, which is lack of speed, says AJ. simplifaster.com/articles/socce… via SimpliFaster

"The biceps femoris is a commonly injured hamstring muscle, so we need to activate it specifically. One of our studies demonstrated that the guided Nordic hamstring push-up exercise elicited the highest biceps femoris activity." 📈 Tobias Alt w/ Kim Goss simplifaster.com/articles/scien…

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"The personal trainer is the fit one with all the fat clients, and the coach is the fat one with all the fit clients" ~Charlie Francis