Coach Tony Holler (Feed the Cats)
Hall of Fame sprint coach; high-quality speed training, low-fatigue practice, and performance-first principles.
Practice Smart: Rest Ensures Long‑Term Gains
“To maximize gains from long-term practice, individuals must avoid exhaustion and must limit practice to an amount from which they can completely recover on a daily or weekly basis.” ~K. Anders Ericsson
Track Every Sprint or Lose Speed Unnoticed
Speed can be trained. Speed can be detrained. If you are not timing sprints consistently and recording, ranking, and publishing those times, you are probably detraining speed and you don’t know it. Stop doing sh*t that makes you slow.
Avoid Exhaustion: Limit Practice for Sustainable Gains
“To maximize gains from long-term practice,” the study’s lead author, K. Anders Ericsson, concluded, “individuals must avoid exhaustion and must limit practice to an amount from which they can completely recover on a daily or weekly basis.” Never let today ruin...
Stay in Performance Mode, Reject Traditional Periodization
Never drift from a state of performance. The argument against periodization. From a podcast episode posting on Wednesday, 3/18
Measure, Repeat, Transform: The Path to Change
What gets measured improves. What gets repeated transforms. Measurement gives you direction. Repetition rewires the brain Measurement creates clarity. Repetition creates change. You need to know well what to measure. Measured progress feeds enthusiasm. We are what we do.
Stay in Performance Mode, Measure Meaningful Progress
Don’t go through the motions in training. Tired is the enemy. 💥 Perform in practice 💥 Never drift from a state of performance. 💥 Measure meaningful things to make meaningful things more meaningful. 💥 Record, Rank, Publish 💥 Self-awareness ➡️ Self-improvement...