Neil MacPherson

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Neil MacPherson

Neil MacPherson

@Dinamiccoaching

Coach and Coach Educator constantly discovering how much more there is to learn

Cape Town, Athletes world wide Katılım Nisan 2011
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Neil MacPherson
Neil MacPherson@Dinamiccoaching·
@thesedgehog @JohnRossBeattie The same Vern who in one of his last games lost 61-21 to England. The same Vern whose team was built on the foundations of a Glasgow side coached by Gregor Townsend
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down the rabbit hole@thesedgehog·
@JohnRossBeattie That’s what happens when you are lucky enough to follow Vern Cotter after he was getting the mess he inherited sorted out. It would have been nice to see what Vern Cotter could have achieved if he was allowed to finish the job. But then again the SRU is a bad joke.
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John Beattie@JohnRossBeattie·
I have this pointed out to me regularly. He’s got the best ever record against tier 1 nations has Gregor.
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Steve Magness
Steve Magness@stevemagness·
All of the elite athletes I know eat ice cream, pizza, candy, and have an occasional beer. All of the mediocre athletes who are big on social media: lose their minds at the thought of some of those things. This holds beyond nutrition. Build robustness, not fragility.
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Steve Magness
Steve Magness@stevemagness·
Stop making things you choose to do your personal religion. If you love cold plunging, nasal breathing, keto diet, zone 2, HIIT, etc...GREAT! Do it. But you don't need to evangelize. To see anyone who disagrees as a heretic. We can do things without overly attaching to them.
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Neil MacPherson@Dinamiccoaching·
Dealing with and coping with crisis is relatively easy. Coping with longer term consequences is exhausting.
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Anthony Walsh | Roadman Podcast
Anthony Walsh | Roadman Podcast@Roadman_Podcast·
If someone gets dropped from your group ride, the strongest rider failed. Not the weakest. Strava and racing culture have convinced riders that the group ride is where you prove your worth. It’s where you prove you can put your ego aside. The function of a group ride is simple: it’s one unit, limited by its weakest link. Everyone gets home. Everyone gets better. That’s the point. These are our Roadman club rules for Saturday morning spins in Dublin. Not exhaustive, but they’re what keeps twenty riders safe at 30 + km/h: - Don’t be late. You’re one part of twenty. - Bring spares. Tube, CO2, tyre levers. If you puncture and can’t fix it, everyone waits. - Arrive with a bike in good working order. Squealing brakes and skipping gears become everyone’s problem five kilometres in. - When someone punctures: Make sure they have spares. Maybe one person waits to assist, the rest ride on for a few kilometres and then double back. Keeps everyone warm. - Hold your line through the corner. No wobbling. - Don’t half-wheel when on the front. Maintain the speed, don’t increase it. Stronger? Ride longer, not faster. - No freewheeling while on the front. Ride solid tempo so those behind aren’t coasting. - Don’t change up riders in the pace line coming over a brow of a hill. - Hand signals: Four fingers up like an indicator to show an obstacle on your left or right. Motion your arm behind your back if a rider needs to move in. Double flick of the elbow if you’re about to stand on the pedals. - If you’re taking your hands off the bars, move to the side or the back. Don’t bring the group down if you crash. - Snot rockets? Move to the side. No one needs friendly fire. - No shouting “stopping, slowing, hole.” The goal is a calm group. - Bring an extra layer to put on after the café stop. Your core temperature drops the second you stop. These are ours. Not exhaustive. What are the unwritten rules of your group ride that I’ve missed? Drop them below.
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Neil MacPherson@Dinamiccoaching·
@JYHYCN @ruaridh_jackson How many leave days a year do you have? How many weekends? Does this mean you work part time? If Townsend is using his own time when he would not normally be working with Scotland for the 30 days no problem.
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JHC@JYHYCN·
@ruaridh_jackson He doesn’t even work full time anymore. I don’t blame him for that, the SRU have clearly decided it’s ok for his job to be part time, but it’s ridiculous.
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Ruaridh Jackson@ruaridh_jackson·
Even though I agree a change is needed, can you honestly say yesterday was Gregor’s fault? He didn’t coach drop balls in try scoring positions x3, or being held up, or switching off at the breakdown, missed tackle at the end. He actually coached a win
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Jason Fitzgerald
Jason Fitzgerald@JasonFitz1·
Des Linden is right. Marathons are overrated. I LOVE them. But I also love a fast 5k. Or the thrill of racing a mile. Limiting your running experience mostly to the marathon means that you're missing out. Experience it all!!
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Steve Magness
Steve Magness@stevemagness·
We suck at predicting talent development. We're not good at it. Accept that. Now, if that's the case, why wouldn't we want to keep more people in the pipeline to see how they develop? Too often, especially in youth sports, we talent ID too quickly. We're fooling ourselves.
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Ross Tucker
Ross Tucker@Scienceofsport·
Thing about these performances is that pacing at threshold (CV) is so delicate. Going too fast, even 2-3s per km, "takes out a loan" whose interest repayments really bite. Look at Korir, whose surge broke the race at halfway. DNF at 21 miles. I reckon Kiplimo is 2:00:40 potential
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Steve Magness
Steve Magness@stevemagness·
Being 80 percent 100 percent of the time is better than being 100 percent 50 percent of the time. Consistency trumps occasional perfection.
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Steve Magness@stevemagness·
A good high school varsity miler is training more than your average 3 hour marathoner. Pretty wild to think about. What this means? For most serious amateur marathoners: the roadblock to improvement is almost always volume.
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Andrew Woodroffe
Andrew Woodroffe@andrewwoodroffe·
Was just watching a reel that suggested a marathon taper of 3 weeks.. 3 weeks before the marathon I’d suggest doing your hardest workout. I really would hate to be a new runner or triathlete these days. You have so many people shouting advice and tips based on zero facts!
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Brady Holmer
Brady Holmer@Brady_H·
New toys! 🪀 Can’t wait to set these up and start testing out @strydrunning!
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Steve Magness
Steve Magness@stevemagness·
Too often runners are pushed to going longer too soon. The reality is...many of those runners would benefit from spending time mastering the 5k or 10k instead of jumping quickly to the marathon.
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Hunter Allen
Hunter Allen@hunterpeaks·
So glad to see Dr. Peter Attia talk about FTP and other definitions with Olav. Great podcast for all those endurance athletes and coaches out there. But....... Ugh. CLOSE but NOT the official definition of FTP. Thank GOODNESS that Olav included the 5-minute blow-out effort BEFORE doing the 20-minute test. At least that will make the "Short-cut" FTP test closer to the ACTUAL power you might/perhaps be able to sustain for about an hour. I created the 20-minute test protocol back in 2002 in order to give cyclists a "Short-cut", so they didn't have to do a 60-minute test every 6-8 weeks. It is NOT the true FTP test. It's a "shortcut". Has been and always will be. As Olav stated, it's critical that if you are going to do the "shortcut" then you must do the 5-minute "All-out/blow-out" effort BEFORE your 20-minute test. Rest 10minutes or less between the two efforts. After you do the 20-minute test, then you take 5% off. This should be a "close approximation" of your average power for the full 60-minute test. It doesn't mean that you will be exactly at the same place in 60-minutes, but close. If you REALLY want to know your FTP, then put on your big boy pants and suffer at your absolute limit for 60-minutes. Here's the definition as Dr. Coggan and I defined it and wrote it back in 2002: "The highest power a rider can maintain in a quasi-steady-state w/o fatiguing. When power exceeds FTP, fatigue will occur much sooner, whereas power just below FTP can be maintained much longer." _ Hunter Allen, Co-author of "Training and Racing with a Power Meter". peterattiamd.com/olavaleksander…
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Siren Amelia Seiler-Viken@SirenSeiler·
ATHLETES, COACHES, SCIENTISTS! How many "aerobic" intensity zones do you use in training? 🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚵‍♂️🏊
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Neil MacPherson@Dinamiccoaching·
@RenciaQDev @ASZulu SA is 3% of global production. 6% of global exports and of that large amounts go to india, China South Korea.
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Ultra MEGA Rencia DeV@RenciaQDev·
@ASZulu It's a scam to get us on renewables while we export our coal to the USA and Europe
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uSakhile kaMkhulunyelwa
The noise about climate change is nothing but alarmism. Africa doesn't even account for 4% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions, and yet it's being lectured by the real culprits about "renewable energy" and other such hogwash. We have enough coal here in South Africa to power our economy for the next two to three centuries. Stop exporting our quality coal to the real culprits and use it to industrialize our country. Millions of our people remain unemployed and poor. Free our country and the continent at large from these diabolical globalist agendas. We have pressing issues to resolve.
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