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Good morning. New research shows psyching up before a heavy lift actually works, why tactical athletes need aerobic base building just as much as strength work, and what the NCAA's new performance tech recommendations mean for college programs. Let's get into it...
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🏋️♀️ Psyching Up Before a Heavy Lift Actually Works
New research on 200 competitive strength athletes found that psyching up strategies significantly improve performance. Athletes performed a deadlift using their preferred psyching up strategy and without any strategy.
The results: an 18.58% increase in barbell velocity, translating to an estimated 4.3% improvement in one-rep max. Researchers identified eight different strategies but found no significant differences among them. The key: selecting a strategy that aligns with your individual traits. Don't overlook the power of psyching yourself up before a big lift. Read More
🎯 Why Tactical Athletes Need Aerobic Base Building
Kosta Telegadas breaks down why aerobic capacity is the foundation for tactical performance. Tactical athletes must perform repeated high-intensity tasks with incomplete recovery. A strong aerobic base improves recovery between sets, enhances mitochondrial efficiency, and expands work capacity.
Three key methods: Zone 2 aerobic development (30-60 minutes at 60-70% max HR), Maximal Aerobic Speed intervals, and strategic rucking. Common mistakes: using conditioning as punishment, living in middle-intensity zones, and never getting off your feet. Build the base first with low-intensity work, then layer in intensity. Aerobic capacity isn't about turning operators into endurance athletes—it's about giving them an engine that lets strength and power show up when it matters. Read More
💪 Isometric Strength Endurance Determines Who Breaks Down
Brad Thorpe argues that isometric strength endurance—total force produced over time—is vital to performance durability. Every dynamic movement begins isometrically. Three qualities determine performance: rate of force development (how quickly you access force), peak isometric force (your ceiling), and isometric strength endurance (how long you sustain it). Rate of force development and peak force define access and capacity, but without sustained force production, they create potential without resilience.
Sport is a sequence of repeated demands—accelerate, decelerate, change direction, absorb contact, repeat. When isometric strength endurance is high, force output is maintained deeper into competition and the system continues to manage load efficiently. This is the difference between athletes who break down and athletes who stay durable. See More
📊 NCAA Issues New Performance Tech Recommendations
The NCAA published new recommendations around policy, education, data management, technology selection, and continuous improvement for performance tech. It's not an enforceable set of rules—it's a framework for 1,100 member schools to consider while crafting their own protocols.
Dr. Deena Casiero, NCAA chief medical officer, says schools should only collect what is necessary and do so transparently, while always grounding decisions around supporting student-athlete health and well-being. Key questions every athletic program should have a written plan for: How are we storing data? Where? Who has access? Who owns it? See More
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