Steve Magness's Blog, page 24

Are you a Planner or Intuitive Type Coach?

            Writers of fiction are often separated into two categories: planners and pantsers. Planners take the time to prepare a deep outline,...



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All of Your Questions Answered on the Caster Semenya Controversy

Last week, a woman who is the poster athlete for perseverance and grit had her career and livelihood ripped away from her. She did nothing wrong. She did not use performance enhancing drugs like many...



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Episode 93: The Biggest Mistakes Coaches Are Making Today

It’s time for a moment of reflection on the coaching profession. What are the things we are doing well? What can we improve on? What are some of the things we are doing now that we might look...



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Overtraining: Three Strategies to Reset Your Body

Overtraining is one of those nebulous catch-all terms that coaches and athletes fear like the plague. After all, with highly competitive and slightly obsessive compulsive runners the issue is not in...



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Training Focus to Improve Performance

The Stress of Life Pain is the name of the game when it comes to performing. We’re all used to dealing with a large amount of effort during our workouts and races. Generally we attribute this to pain...



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How difficult should your hard workouts be??

How difficult should your hard workouts be?? When I was competing in high school, my teammates knew the drill; always have a trash can nearby. It didn’t matter whether it was a small race or a hard...



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Episode 92: How to Crawl Out of the Burnout Hole

Note: Today is the last day to get exclusive running bonuses with the purchase of my new book, THE PASSION PARADOX! Check them out here. On this episode, we take on a very important topic, digging...



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Stress and Adaptation: Everything You Need to Know

If you like my work, consider checking out my NEW book, The Passion Paradox! It just came out and is on sale for $13. I’d greatly appreciate it! The (Scientific) Origins of Stress...



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Episode 91: Airing of The Grievances on Track and Field with Mario Fraioli

Note: Today is the last day to get exclusive running bonuses with the purchase of my new book, THE PASSION PARADOX! Check them out here. On this weeks episode, we bring in a special guest, Mario...



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Separating My Identity From Running

My new book, The Passion Paradox goes on sale TODAY! Instead of spending paragraphs explaining why you should buy it, I want to show you why this book is so important to me. And if you resonate with...



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