October, 2010 - Complementary Training

Archive for October, 2010

  • Interesting find

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 25/10/2010

    I have recently found this website by John McCrone. It seems promising although I am currently too busy to read it, but I will.   dichotomistic    This site is large. There are several books worth of material here. It also mixes the scholarly and the popular. This FAQ will help you decide whether the site has anything to offer you....

  • Interview with Mike Tuchscherer

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 22/10/2010

    Here is the email interview I did with Mike. I really enjoyed his answers and I hope we will continue this conversation in near future and expand more on some topics mentioned.

  • Stability~Variability in Warm-up

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 21/10/2010

    In short, the main purpose of the warm-up is to prepare the athletes for the main part of the workout. As late Charlie Francis used to say „Do whatever you need to warm-up“, which basically means don’t follow the dogmatic hypes and limit your options by saying negative or absolute claims, like „No to static stretching“.

  • Deliberate Practice for Coaches

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 19/10/2010

    I just finished Talent is Overrated and just starting the Bounce as recommended by Professor Keith Davids in this interview. All those books (can’t say exactly about the Bounce since I just started it) goes into the nature~nurture debate and shows how innate talent is not enough and the importance of something called deliberate practice (for a short review...

  • Random Thoughts

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 16/10/2010

    1. Political Viewpoints This morning I was thinking about my political viewpoints and I couldn’t name/label them, thus I searched for the online test with my friend  Cem Kantarci and I found this interesting and easy test that put you into a certain political viewpoint group based on your answers. Please note that this is only for fun, and...

  • Interview with “Creative Monkey” Rodney King

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 14/10/2010

    Interview with “Creative Monkey” Rodney King I am very proud to present you the interview with “Creative Monkey” Rodney King, father of Crazy Monkey Defense from Johannesburg, South Africa. Watching Rodney coach and being a member of his personal blog – Inside the Monkey – I noticed that Rodney has a lot to offer, not only to martial arts...

  • Usage of Subjective Indicators in Monitoring and Programming of Training

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 12/10/2010

    Process of preparing the athletes for competitions can be considered complex adaptive system that can be further divided to (1) training, (2) competition and (3) recovery sub-systems.

  • The Function of Muscles in the Human Body

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 11/10/2010

    In my opinion, and I may be wrong, muscles are flexible in terms of their function and can express different functions under certain context. This may be good thing and it may lead to dysfunctions and pain too. Anyway, there is a certain ‘attractor’ in their functioning based on their structure and location. What is important is to understand...

  • What the Heck Is Periodization Anyway?

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 07/10/2010

    I don’t watch TV. At least not in the amount I used to. I am not old either. Somewhat I feel that I should spend my time reading the stuff that interests me and watching more documentaries, which I do. Also, I need to reduce my Facebook time and internet dating too. But, that’s life, right?

  • My first interview, done with Robbie Bourke

    By Mladen Jovanovic on 06/10/2010

    Robbie was kind enough to do interview with me on his blog All Things Strength. I must admit that this is my first interview (If I neglect the radio interviews I did as a kid). Well, I hope you will enjoy the interview in the same amount as I enjoyed doing it. The interview is available here