Better Athletes 365

25/06/2025

Tactical foundations training. This is a basecamp protocol. 30 seconds of each movement, a brief rest, and the work through the bloc up to 4 times. I know it doesn’t look like much but a great way to prime the body for advancing these basic exercises.

25/06/2025

Super 6 training protocol under what I call High Voltage period of training.

11/05/2025

A primer for hockey strength and conditioning.

15/03/2025

Speed Demons workout this AM over zoom. If there’s any one quality that it seems athletes are hesitant to work on it would be speed. And in this case serious work often starts too late. In this regard, how much work is ever done on tactical speed development for tactical professions?

05/01/2025

For my homework this week, I'm review literature resources on the Harvard Fatigue Laboratory. The lab and researchers were pioneers in the area of tactical human performance physiology research.

The Harvard Fatigue Laboratory: contributions to World War II

The war contributions of the Harvard Fatigue Laboratory in Cambridge, MA, were recorded in 169 Technical Reports, most of which were sent to the Office of the Quartermaster General. Earlier reports were sent to the National Research Council and the Office of Scientific Research and Development. Many...

05/01/2025

4 x 4 Physical Training Flash Sheet. A way to present a training script in words and pictures. 4 x 4 is probably my favorite training method right now and variations of it.

01/01/2025

Wishing all a very happy New Year! Maybe this is the year you get back to working out. I hope so. Here's a sample training protocol template for 2025 to help get you started. If I can be of help, just reach out to me.