Good morning. Tulane's new S&C director continues a brutal toughness program, Catapult launches portable VBT tech, a triathlete's Instagram post sparks a VO2max debate, and the NFL's tracking system now runs 75+ machine learning models per game. Let's get into it...
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🌊 Tulane's "Gauntlet" Returns Under New S&C Director
Colin Kenyon, promoted to director of strength and conditioning at Tulane, is continuing The Gauntlet—the brutal early-morning program that helped fuel the Green Wave's historic 2022 turnaround and back-to-back American Conference title appearances.
Players start at 4:50 AM and repeat the entire challenge the next day if anyone commits a mental error. The program, created under former S&C coach Rusty Whitt (now at Florida), builds toughness, eliminates late-game mental mistakes, and establishes player-led accountability. Read More
📹 Catapult Launches Perch P2 for Portable VBT
Catapult unveiled Perch P2, the next-generation velocity-based training solution. The compact camera features a 37% wider field of view (105°), 2x faster frame rate (60 FPS), and embedded LED lighting for instant athlete feedback.
Unlike previous models, Perch P2 is portable—mountable on racks, walls, tripods, or floors—and works in bright, sunlit conditions. It's designed to extend elite-level monitoring beyond the rack, supporting mobility and rehab assessments for sports medicine workflows. Available globally for football in Spring 2026. Read More
🏃 The VO2max Record That (Probably) Wasn't
Norwegian triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt posted a treadmill test showing a VO2max of 101.1 ml/kg/min—which would shatter the current record of 96.7 ml/kg/min. But scientists are skeptical. The screen also showed an RER value of 0.93, well below the 1.00+ threshold typically required to confirm a true max effort.
Most physiologists believe the low RER suggests Blummenfelt quit early, meaning his actual max is likely even higher—or the test wasn't valid. Until peer-reviewed data surfaces, Oskar Svendsen remains the record holder. Read More
📡 A Decade of NFL Next Gen Stats Innovation
The NFL's Next Gen Stats system has evolved from basic player tracking into a 75+ machine learning model infrastructure running on AWS. RFID chips capture player coordinates 10 times per second, while optical tracking now captures 29 body parts at 60 frames per second. The system processes millions of data points per game in under a second, powering broadcast graphics, player safety analysis, and the dynamic kickoff rule that cut lower-extremity injuries by 35% in 2025. Read More
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