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Good morning. An NFL performance coach runs a full contest prep every year without competing, Utah's new staff wants a team that's still physical in December, and an S&C coach argues it's time to stop avoiding AI. Let's get into it.
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💪 The NFL Strength Coach Who Preps With No Show
Aaron Wellman, a 52-year-old NFL performance coach and sports scientist, just wrapped his annual bodybuilding contest prep. The twist: he never competes.
For 12-plus years, Wellman has put himself through a full 14-to-16-week prep - structured dieting, daily cardio, resistance training, step-count goals, and weekly adjustments with no missed workouts - then skips the stage entirely. No judges, no trophy - he does it "simply for the love of it" and treats the process itself as the reward. His 2026 run just ended with no missed meals, cardio, or sessions. Read More
🏈 Utah's "Two-Minute Drill From Hell"
Steve Saunders is leaning on a conditioning drill he calls the "cluster" to get Utah ready for the season - five seconds of max effort, ten seconds of rest, repeated for ten reps to mimic in-game demands. It's not a day-one thing; it's a Week 7 or 8 progression the team builds toward. The bigger philosophy is that everything has a "why," and conditioning is football-specific, so no 400s, 300s, or 150s.
Saunders says the "play til you puke" era is over - there's a math behind the training. And his gold standard isn't September, when everyone feels fresh: it's who still feels strong, fast, and physical in December. Read More
🤖 The Skill That Matters Now Isn't Coding
Performance coach Nick DiMarco just published a new blog on why so many coaches still hold AI at arm's length: the sunk cost fallacy. After a decade-plus of hand-building Excel systems, adopting a faster tool can feel like admitting all that work was wasted, so coaches dig in and protect the past. His own turn came when he traded those Excel files for TeamBuildr and stopped trying to out-build better software.
DiMarco's bigger point: AI won't replace coaches who can think, evaluate, and build relationships - and the skill that matters most now isn't coding or data science. It's knowing what you're trying to build well enough to describe it clearly. Read More
🥵 Inside England's World Cup Heat Plan
Dr Ben Rosenblatt, England's lead physical performance coach at the last two World Cups, is prepping Thomas Tuchel's squad for the hottest World Cup since 1994. With training underway in Florida heat and humidity, the focus is on thermal load and getting players used to being uncomfortable. "You'd be surprised how quickly a human body adapts," Rosenblatt said.
He splits a roster into three groups: a handful who thrive in the heat, two or three for whom it's a serious problem, and a middle group that breaks either way on preparation. The job is identifying who's who, protecting the middle, and watching the outliers. Read More
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