Good morning. The fear of looking silly is making your athletes play small, Oklahoma State's Rob Glass earns a major award after 41 years in college strength and conditioning, and one bad night of sleep can quietly chip away at your gains. Let's get into it.
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🧠 Too Cool to Win
Coach Steve Magness says we hand far too much power to what other people think - and it quietly makes us worse. His example: Shaquille O'Neal, a career 52% free-throw shooter who refused a proven underhand style because he didn't want to look silly, insisting he'd "rather shoot 0%." The fear of looking bad beat the evidence.
But the truth, Magness notes, is that the crowd we're so worried about is barely watching and forgets within minutes - so that bravado is really just "fear wearing a costume." His takeaway for athletes: no one really cares. Read More
🏆 Rob Glass Lands an Integrity in Coaching Award
Rob Glass, Oklahoma State's longtime strength chief, was named the 2026 Merv Johnson Integrity in College Coaching Award winner by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and the state's National Football Foundation chapter.
Now in his 31st year at OSU and 41st in college strength and conditioning, Glass has trained two Heisman winners and 19 first-round NFL picks, and is a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach. Beyond the weight room, he's run the powerlifting meet at the Special Olympics Oklahoma Summer Games for 25 years. He'll be honored June 25. Read More
🏈 Michigan State Reconnects With Ken Mannie
Ken Mannie, Michigan State's longtime strength and conditioning coach, is back around the program. New head coach Pat Fitzgerald brought Mannie to the Spartans' staff retreat this week.
Hired in the mid-1990s, Mannie was the longest-tenured S&C coach in the Big Ten before retiring ahead of the 2020 season, having spent most of that run as a fixture on Mark Dantonio's staff. Fitzgerald has been bringing former coaches back around the current program. Read More
😴 Short Sleep, Smaller Gains
New from S&C Research: insufficient sleep doesn't just leave athletes groggy - it blunts the adaptations training is meant to drive. A recent meta-analysis shows sleep deprivation cuts endurance, max strength, and power in trained athletes, with minimal effect on anaerobic work. One bad night appears to hit strength performance about as hard as several nights of partial restriction.
The mechanisms: reduced motor unit recruitment at max effort, higher perceived exertion, lower pain tolerance, and worse coordination. The downstream cost: less high-threshold recruitment, blunted motor learning, and potentially less hypertrophy stimulated. Read More
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