Todd Buckingham, Ph.D.

@nickwillis @vaporous_ford Nope. Let's rerun the final 20 years later. An injustice has been done! 😂

@toddbuckone @vaporous_ford Ha, he's the guy that kept me from the final :). I don't think that can be punnished after the fact, that's on the starting officials to manage at the time. Maybe not?

$100 venmod to anyone who can find a video of the Athens 2004 1500m semi-final that Hicham Elguerrouj won.

@DanOttawaPOGO what can stop a 5-0 run with one of your teams? Classic GBL...🤦‍♂️

@Alan_Couzens Hi Alan, how would you recommend a progression for this drill? I can't float to save my life and doing what Brad does in the video would result in immediate failure. Thanks!

Swimmers of all levels: Spend just a little time every session coming back to this rudimentary skill and see how everything improves. 🏊

@McKaleDavis I like to tuck my laces into themselves along the tongue of the shoe during races to avoid the untying issue!

Like many others I’ve found myself trying to get away from Nike products. I’ve landed on a couple of pairs of Adidas that I’m pretty happy with. Except I cannot keep the laces tied!! Is this something others have experienced? I’m hesitant to race in them.

@gamecockjoe @brady_h You've gotta train where you're at, not where your competitors are at 😉 Plus, a certain guy might not be racing GR Tri next year 🤷‍♂️

@toddbuckone @brady_h I gotta run and bike more so I don’t get destroyed by a certain guy at the Grand Rapids Tri. 😂

2nd day in a row that I have not wanted to workout. Guess I’ll do it anyway.

@stevemagness @Robin_Quon

@Robin_Quon Again you missed the point. It’s a different challenge but not a lesser one. It’s a different kind of stress not a lesser one. Training time is comparable. Both require lots of miles. 5k more intense work and extra strength, plyos, etc

To novice runners, a marathon is often considered the ultimate challenge. A 5k is the entry event. But... running a good 5k is often much more challenging. You are riding a line, it's hard from the get go. It just shows are bias towards equating distance to challenge.

@brady_h @gamecockjoe 100%. And a good coach should work with their athlete to schedule around their life. Life stress influences the body just like training stress. If you don't account for that, You're setting yourself up for failure. Training should fit around life, not the other way around

@toddbuckone @gamecockjoe It certainly could, and I won't speak for him, but my desire to workout from one day to the next is influenced by life factors as much as it is the previous day(s) workout. Sleep, our son, etc...

@gamecockjoe @brady_h It sounds like your training plan isn't designed properly. If you're lacking the desire to work hard for a hard workout, that might mean you're working too hard on your easy days.

@brady_h I know what my problem is. It’s the lack of desire to do hard work when the motivation isn’t there. You’re right. I’ll do it anyway, but I fear that burnout is closer and closer.

@erinstrout Did you read the article? It says, "...highly unlikely that one meal (even if it’s a very large meal consisting of mostly unhealthy foods) is going to negatively impact long-term heart health." They basically say to eat to your heart's content! (As long as you don't have CHF)

@AlbertaGravel @StephenSeiler 2/2 Yes, max efforts deserve more rest but the rest for a max rep 100m swim is equivalent to the rest for a submax rep 400m run

@AlbertaGravel @StephenSeiler 1/2 I'm talking more about submax reps. Running a 1:15 400m and swimming a 1:15 100m are roughly the same physiological strain. Yet the rest for the run is 6x the rest for the swim.

Flying to Dallas tomorrow to give two 60min lectures to hundreds of American swimming coaches. I can barely swim but I am going to suggest they might possibly, maybe, sort of, be training a lot of athletes "wrong". This should go swimmingly 😅

@Alan_Couzens This is great! What percentage of HRmax is the 115-130 bpm zone 1? Thanks 😊

Training intensity distribution for one athlete I work with who has improved their #VO2max from a mid-pack 53ml/kg/min to an elite 68ml/kg/min over the past 7 years... Zone 0 is < 115 bpm ! #IntensityIsOverrated

@karisjochen My fiancé told me the same thing. No watch during the ceremony...I guess my suit will just have to be long enough on the left sleeve to cover my entire hand because the watch is NOT coming off! 🤣 Are sleeves an option for you??

Mom insists I can’t wear my Garmin during the wedding despite it being white. Active twitter, tell her this 5 hour gap of data would be unacceptable!!!

@Alan_Couzens Hi, Alan. I usually agree with your ideas, but maybe I'm misunderstanding this one. As a competitive amateur triathlete, I avg ~14h/w. Only a few times have I ever topped 20. I'm not sure 20 is necessary for performance at the amateur level. Interested to hear your take. Thanks!

@Matthew_Rupiper That depends greatly on their expectations. If their expectation is general health & fitness, ~2hrs/day. If their expectation is performance at the amateur level, ~3hrs/day If their expectation is performance at the elite level, 4+ hrs/day

"But I'm a 'time-crunched athlete'" == "I haven't figured out just how important lots of physical movement is" Come back and talk to me when you do.

Is running bad for your knees? TL;DR - no! Read on to find out more! Thanks for including me @BookishBlondy goodrx.com/well-being/mov… #sportsscience

@jmarpdx 2/2 ..."Evidence seems to justify the widespread use of foam rolling as a warm-up activity rather than a recovery tool." frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

@jmarpdx 1/2 Your foam rolling study had 8 participants. Hardly conclusive. From a 2019 meta-analysis, "Overall, it was determined that the effects of foam rolling on performance and recovery are rather minor...

@TheRealMerb @on_running has that on lock with @djritzenhein too. That coaches relay race would be 🔥

‘My coach has a faster 5000m than your coach’