But just for my non-performance audience, do you mind defining acceleration versus max velocity? And maybe what are some of the physical traits that distinguish a good accelerator versus somebody who's got great top end speed? Sure,

sure.

I mean, in a nutshell, I guess, just to kind of bring everybody to the same page, right? You know, you're talking about different vectors, right? So in acceleration, you're talking about a horizontal vector, you know, where you're trying to move, you know, down the field.

In max velocity, you're still moving, but the forces actually turn more to a vertical, you know, displacement.

And so how you train those two things are distinctly different from how the ground is interacted with, what the shin angles look like, things like that.

So without being overly technical, You know, when we're focused on acceleration, it's more of a strength based.

We have some longer ground contacts and we're really focused on that horizontal hip projection, you know, where we're not, you know, we're trying to overcome inertia basically in the acceleration phase.

All right, so just getting back to some of the acceleration versus max V training, could you talk about just kind of a base, hey, what does a basic day of acceleration training look like and how might you progress that over the course of an offseason? I know there's a lot that goes into it, but just kind of your basic overview once you're on the field, what does that excel day look like and how do you progress it?

when you teams that prioritize speed seem to be healthy, what are your ideas on that?

Yeah, I mean, I think, well, A, you're giving in the sprint-based football the best that I know of it.

And I think I've gotten to know what Kurt's doing up at Indiana and stuff.

They're just giving less exposures over time.

And those things are accumulation, right? I mean, if you're going a little bit extra every week or you're on the field two hours versus 90 minutes, those hours add up over the course of the year.

And so it doesn't surprise me that, you know, by going by doing less early makes them fresher later in the season when everybody else is trying to get a little more work in a little a few more reps in.

And you see this all over at every level.

And then I'll ask

Your thoughts on cold plunge and how that can potentially impact performance, not about recovery, not about dopamine, but like potentially performance where the nervous system plays into that.

That's it.

Yeah, it's funny.

Just today, three or four NFL guys had this exact conversation.

I was talking to them about a product that we're using now, a CO2 suit.

It's a really cool product.

But we, you know, I just feel like I've heard maniac totally.

How do you view changing direction and ways to attack that?

And, um, you know, even now with, with Apex, like I see, and which I'm thrilled about, um, more people that were either former athletes or just, like-

like-... are tired of training, like- Yeah ... you know, uh, traditionally, I guess- Yeah ... you would say- Yeah ... for like gen pop.

Yeah.

They're like wanting to- Yeah ... like explore other avenues of- Yeah ... of training and being active, and sprinting is- Yeah ... like at the top of that list.

Yeah.

Um, however, going from someone who is either a former athlete who hasn't sprinted in five or six years- [laughs] ... to sprinting again, or someone who's like never really sprinted- Yeah ... like there, there is a, there is a way to go about doing that that is practical- Yeah ... and pragmatic.

Yep.

[laughs]

What are those kind of key factors that coaches just should be like trying to achieve and get better? And what have you even seen through your years of being a mentor coach?

Yeah, that's a great question.

I, you know, I think, you know, I think the deal, especially nowadays with such access to information is the art of coaching has been a little bit lost on the young coach.

And when I say that, what I mean is, you know, there's an art to immersing yourself in the craft, you know, and having a passion for what you're doing.

And, you know, you opened the podcast with saying it's the best sport in the world.

And I agree with you, you know, love track and field.

And if you don't love what you're doing, just love it to the to the point where you do it for free, then you're probably in the wrong space.

You know, what advice do you have to the coach, especially to the athlete? What can you say about things like peptides, supplements, like things that are those quick – I'm using air quotes here – quick fixes?

some of the tools?

No, I think first and foremost is sleep and nutrition, right? Like, I mean, I think you can't get too far away from that.

Um, you know, there's, there's different products out there of, you know, compression boots and saunas and things like that that I think would be beneficial.

Um, I'm working with a company right now called AiR Therapeutics, um, and they have a, a CO2, uh, delivery system of paste and a suit, um, where you can actually, uh...

It's called the Bohr effect.

Um, it basically helps deliver oxygen from the, the, off the hemoglobin into tissue and muscle.

And so, you know, everything that you're always after with, you know, the sleep, with the, you know, all the different modalities is to try to utilize oxygen better to repair and heal, you know, tissue.

Totally.