In 2018 I was driving my 1995 Subaru Legacy to work (RIP old friend) when going down a hill I pressed the brake pedal and it went straight to the floor. I was not slowing down! A hydraulic brake line blew out meaning I had no pressure and couldn’t stop. This isn’t unlike a blown hamstring while trying to decelerate.…
As a practice of self analysis I often ask myself “does this matter” in regards to the many things I have to do as a sport scientist. Am I providing value with this task or am I just spinning my wheels? To answer “does this matter” I use statistics. Among the statistical measures I use most often is R2, but…
Ask any strength coach or sport scientist what fatigue is and you’re likely to get an answer like, “reduced force output”. It is generally understood that fatigue reduces our ability to produce force, but that definition hints more at a symptom of fatigue, rather than addressing the cause of the reduced output. Often we think of fatigue as a muscular…
