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🔀 Weekend S&C Staff Shuffle

It was a busy weekend for college football performance departments. At Oklahoma, longtime strength coach Jerry Schmidt is transitioning into a new role, with James Dobson stepping up as the new head of strength and conditioning. Indiana moved quickly after its national title, hiring Tyson Brown away from Colorado State to lead football performance. Meanwhile, Ohio State welcomed back former linebacker Anthony Schlegel as a full-time strength coach, continuing a trend of alumni returning to staff roles.

💡 LED Lights and Vision

New research shows standard LED lights (blue-heavy) can hurt visual performance. When lighting was supplemented to look more like daylight (broader spectrum), vision improved — and the benefits lasted weeks. Bottom line: brightness isn’t enough. Light spectrum matters, and daylight-like lighting may be better for performance and recovery. Read More

🧠 Inside a Fearless Brain

Before free-soloing skyscrapers and cliffs, Alex Honnold was put into an fMRI scanner so neuroscientists could study how his brain responds to fear. He was shown graphic, disturbing images meant to trigger the amygdala—the brain’s threat and alarm center. For most people, this area lights up immediately. For Honnold, it barely registered. Researchers noted his amygdala isn’t broken or missing—it works normally but needs a much stronger stimulus to activate. As Honnold put it, situations others find terrifying feel routine to him because “this is what I do.” Read More

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