Hold The Standard Podcast

3 Systems That Effect Performance and Why You Should Care About Them (Part 1 of 4) – Understanding Stress Response

Human movement is infinitely complex. No one person will ever fully understand all of the intricacies behind driving adaptation through training. Some may see this as pessimistic. Instead, it is

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On the Impact of Names

Language matters.  It’s something we’ve all heard before. To some, the phrase might feel overused. I disagree. I don’t think language can matter enough.  Misinterpreting communication can cost us. And

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Hold the Standard Podcast: Anticipation for ‘Season 2’

The style of ‘Season 1’ was a big shock. The highly produced, NPR-like episodes were short, topical, and jam packed with interviews, commentary, and excerpts. If you haven’t listened, go

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Audit What’s Molding You Now

I realize in retrospect that the college and professional recruiting process as a high school baseball player was largely an ego trip. More so than any specific desire, it felt

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Congratulations! The Fitness Industry Shoots Itself in the Foot

Does any group of people really deserve to be picked on? We should probably agree to say that no one deserves mistreatment, right? Well, I’ll make a controversial comment to

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