IronMan Performance: Thank You, Hello & Updates

Insights into youth athletic development, sport science, health, performance + more

The Ebb-and-Flow of Time

As a university professor, I work in 3 seasons: Fall Semester | Spring Semester | Summer - with Summer always providing a little bit more independence than the standard academic year (roughly Aug 15 - May 15). And the answer to the often asked question - “So, you have the summer off?” - is NO!

For myself (and most, if not all, academics), summer includes a mix of any of the following: teaching, advising graduate students, conducting research, writing, presenting at conferences, etc. So, basically the same as during the academic year …. but again, with a little more independence.

If you have been a follower/subscriber to IronMan Performance over the last several months, you have probably realized the ebb-and-flow of time commitments to my full-time university job and IronMan Performance (writing, consulting, etc.). Here on Substack, I usually try to post 2-4 pieces per month but sometimes the university duties pull me. In addition, writing requires ‘space and time’ and it cannot be forced. However, the last month or so has proved to be a ‘flow state’ with 6 blogs in July. In addition, I want to thank everyone for the follow, interest, support, emails, comments, etc. as this channel saw a substantial increase in subscribers and page views this summer.

The main purpose of this post is to just say - THANK YOU! to everyone and HELLO to new subscribers.

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Updates

I have created tags for each post including 4 main categories - Growth & Maturation | Youth Athletic Development | Health & Fitness | Research & Education - which are now located on the top of the homepage navigation bar. This allows readers to more easily navigate through the blogs and content for topics. You can also search based on a topic of interest - such as ‘baseball’ ‘youth sports’ ‘training’ ‘VO2max’ etc.

Future Content

1. Provide more 📺 video content

2. Develop courses👨🏽‍🎓

3. Produce eBooks📒

4. Respond to the requests coming in from the Reader Survey such as: case studies, practical youth training, endurance training, innovative training methods, etc. Again, please complete the survey and provide your input to help guide future posts.

From the Archives

Speaking of tags, click here for the 2023 Collection and simply go to the main page Archive to see the latest.

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