Two things the COVID-19 Pandemic has taught me {Partially due to listening in on a UPenn Social Work Research Methods graduate class being taught from my living room via Zoom} : Numbers Matter – From transmission rates to job loss percentages in specific demographics I Am Not a Statistician AND I Should Not Play One […]
Read more "I Am Not a Statistician AND I Should Not Play One on Facebook: COVID in Context"A few years ago I spoke to a group of honors students at the Governor’s Mansion in Amerika Samoa to share some thoughts on how to create a life that would allow them to seize every opportunity to create an extraordinary life defined only by a personal vision of success. That young crew was just […]
Read more "COVID-54: Knowledge, Mindset & Work"Hang around an ocean athlete or lifeguard and you will hear them tell others that before you show up at the beach you need to “Know before you go,” and in the first segment of the Ocean Wise series we talked about what that knowledge needs to encompass. Once in, on or even near the […]
Read more "NOAA’s NWS “Wave Safe with Bruckner Chase” – Knowledge & Wisdom for Safety and Performance"Swimming is an intellectual pursuit, and of all the disciplines ocean swimming rewards those who can take a vast amount of knowledge, an intimate awareness of every moment and apply both to moving across the waves. Winter pool time is spent mastering lane etiquette, stroke mechanics and interval protocols beside turbulence decreasing lane lines, but […]
Read more "NOAA’s NWS “Wave Safe with Bruckner Chase” – Feet in the sand, Toes in the water…Know before you go"With pools and gyms closed athletes are looking to the outdoors and open water for training, health and well-being. While looking for a remote trail does not present too many dangers venturing into remote, unknown and un-guarded open waters can become dangerous and even deadly in seconds. The recent NOAA Wave Safe series covers a […]
Read more "Respect the Ocean: Know the Cold"Mindfulness Meditation and the Endurance Mind If your endurance training program does not include an active and ongoing guided mindfulness meditation practice as part of your weekly training schedule then you may not be reaching your potential regardless of what your coach, watch and power-meter may say. Following is the science and then experience side […]
Read more "Mindfulness Meditation for the Endurance Mind: Practice for when it isn’t perfect"Swimming is an intellectual pursuit, and of all the disciplines ocean swimming rewards those who can take a vast amount of knowledge, an intimate awareness of every moment and apply both to moving across the waves. Winter pool time is spent mastering lane etiquette, stroke mechanics and interval protocols beside turbulence decreasing lane lines, but […]
Read more "Ocean Wise Series – Building Safer, Stronger, Wiser and Faster Ocean Athletes and a Legion of Ocean Heroes"I have been quiet for a while writing for some other projects rather than myself. I hate to start back negative, but I feel life on a vacation island along with a political climate that only sees the oceans as potential oil fields has struck a nerve. I challenge you to stand outside a grocery […]
Read more "Pack It Out or Please Get Out"How can changing behaviors and regulations positively and negatively impact the health and wellbeing of our oceans and communities even far from shore? “President Trump on Thursday signed legislation ending a key Obama administration coal mining rule. The bill quashes the Office of Surface Mining’s Stream Protection Rule, a regulation to protect waterways from coal […]
Read more "Streams to Sea and Sky"Mastering the Water from Above: Prone Paddleboarding for Triathletes & Open Water Swimmers The groundwork for swimming stronger in the open water may be laid in the pool, but the breakthrough is always going to come when you learn how to read the water and understand how changing waves, wind and currents affect how you […]
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