Thomas Barbeau

All the energy we spend fearing that we’ll make it worse is energy not spent making it better - Chris Hadfield 🇨🇦

BREAKING🚨😝New RCT by Tundidor-Duque et al “Velocity Loss During Resistance Training: Implications for Concurrent Training Adaptations” in #SJMSS pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41855389/

@QuitmanHarrison Absolutely fantastic, as always!

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“You can’t manufacture magic, but you can cultivate conditions where it breathes. That’s the coach’s job: clear the way for collective improvisation” irishexaminer.com/sport-columnis…

Too many coaches cue the athlete to look down during acceleration to enhance lean. This is a mistake. Eyes should point where the sternum points. Spine position should stay relatively constant throughout the sprint.

🚨 Biomechanical & neuromuscular performance requirements of horizontal deceleration… 📌 High Impact Forces ⚡️ (2.7 x ⬆️ than acceleration) 📌 Braking for Rapid COD 🔑 📌 High Eccentric Muscle Forces 🟰 Risk of Damage 📌 Braking Kinematics 🦵 🔐 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Major life hack: Be grateful. Harvard researchers found that gratitude was linked to significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality. The way you choose to perceive the world impacts every single area of your life. Choose wisely.

@lahti_johan My take: individual constraints matter -a lot. Anthropometry, strength–velocity profile & coordination capacity etc. shape the solution space. DST explains variability. Mechanics set the boundary conditions. Individual structure determines which solution is truly optimal🤔

-@transformbball

“This may lead to a variety of unique activities being designed throughout a season in response to the problems that emerge over various time.”

“The goal should be to approach practice through the lens of designing activities around the problems that present themselves, as opposed to using the same drills over and over again.”

“If we put 20 highly mediocre coaches together into one league, one coach would still win.” -Joan Cortes

Skillful performance is the relationship between a player and the environment, not the ability to hold and recall information.

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Speaking on tendons in Indianapolis during NFL Combine. thepfpca.com/combine-educat…

“1️⃣ We don’t learn movements, we learn to solve movement problems. 2️⃣ Constraints and variability aren’t noise — they create adaptability. 3️⃣ The coach’s job isn’t to control, but to design environments”

Obese tendons are thicker and don’t lose their thickness as much with loading. This is an abnormal tendon response. Study: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Thank you Panthers fans!! #KEEPPOUNDING

The older I get, the more I realize that most progress won’t feel like progress. Some seasons are about planting seeds you won’t see grow for years. Learn to work without validation. Take pride in it. The world belongs to those who show up even when the rewards are uncertain.

Alzheimer’s through a metabolic lens 🧠⚡ Current research supports a “Bioenergetic Crisis” model: • Mitochondria failure (Complex I & IV slow down) • Neuron Astrocyte Lactate Shuttle becomes defficient • Lactate production rises • Healthy brains use lactate as main fuel, Alzheimer’s brains cannot use it correctly and Lactate accumulates 📌 Key insight: Elevated brain lactate, measurable by MRS, is emerging as a Stage 0 metabolic biomarker, potentially appearing before brain atrophy or cognitive decline. 👉 Alzheimer’s may start as an energy failure, not a memory problem. doi.org/10.1002/alz.70… doi.org/10.1002/alz.70… doi.org/10.1186/s13024… doi.org//RMR.000000000… #Mitochondria #Lactate #Alzheimers #BrainEnergy #MetabolicHealth