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Lunch And Learn - Chapter 6 - Psychological State - Episode 1 Oct 18, 2021

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Episode 1 - Introducing Psychological StateIn Chapter 6, George and Matt look at the Psychological State and get to grips with how understanding your state, as well as those around you, will exponentially enhance performance and longevity.As usual, Episode 1 acts as an introduction to the topic. The guys use their own personal and professional experiences to highlight the importance of recognizing that how you feel affects how you perceive the world around you. Everything we do here at SOFLETE is based on adding value to our community, so if you have any ideas, requests or questions, please feel free to reach out to us- either through SOFLETE social media or contact George and Matt directly via George@soflete.com or Matt@soflete.com.Please see below for a few resources, linked to today’s episode, that you might find useful:The Breathing Cure by Patrick McKeown (https://oxygenadvantage.com/the-breathing-cure/)Amy Cuddy’s Ted Talks (https://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_cuddy)

Bottom Of The Barrel 23 - The Fine Line Sep 30, 2021

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Bottom Of The Barrel 23 - The Fine Line by SOFLETE

Performance Podcast - 78 - John M Sep 28, 2021

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Performance Podcast - 78 - John M by SOFLETE

Bottom Of The Barrel 22 - Bro Science Sep 16, 2021

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Brent and Doug discuss the intricacies of the human specimen.

Performance Podcast - 77 - 2021 TSAC Conference Sep 09, 2021

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This week’s episode has the boys reflecting on a truly awesome week. George and Matt recently attended the NSCA Tactical Strength and Conditioning (TSAC) Annual Training event in Norfolk, Virginia. Aside from offering a stellar lineup of highly experienced and educated speakers, the event was also a fantastic opportunity to connect with other human performance specialists from across the tactical community.From earning a Navy SEAL Challenge Coin to playing the most competitive game of Jenga ever; if you weren’t fortunate enough to have been able to attend the event in person, check out this episode to live vicariously through the eyes of the Soflete Human Performance Team.Please see below for some of the links that the guys mention during the podcast:NSCA TSAC (https://www.nsca.com/professional-development/professional-areas/tsac-professionals/)Vernon Griffith Episode 44 of the Soflete Performance Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/performance-podcast-44-vernon-griffith/id1238939513?i=1000446191699) ‘The Brain’s Way of Healing’ By Norman Doidge (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/308751/the-brains-way-of-healing-by-norman-doidge-md/

Bottom Of The Barrel 21 - Summer Drinks Sep 09, 2021

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Brent and Doug catch up over drinks.

Lunch And Learn - Chapter 5 - CNS Management - Episode 3 Aug 20, 2021

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Episode 3 - How Take Your Nervous System Into Consideration To wrap up this chapter, George and Matt kick off with a quote from the legendary late Dr Fred Hatfield. In keeping with the no-nonsense, practical approach that ’Dr Squat’ was known for, the guys focus this episode on providing you with actionable steps to improve your performance and boost your health and longevity.To start with, they guys recap the ‘be your own scientist’ concept and explain how you can use this systematic approach to improve markers of health and wellness- like resting heart rate or HRV. George then provides examples of protocols that you can use to gain extra accuracy on the range, improve critical thinking in the boardroom or even get a few more pounds on your bench press.Finally, the guys drop this chapter’s Conscious Warrior Challenge. The guys want you to become your own scientist and use your nervous system to improve your performance. You can either choose an ‘acute performance’ (e.g. a lift in the gym, or an occupationally relevant task) or focus more on your ‘chronic performance’ (e.g. daily resting heart rate, BOLT score or HRV). Either way, start by getting some baseline data- i.e. do the acute performance task for a few reps, or take your morning BOLT score for 10-14 days. Then choose one of the protocols George discussed- either upregulation or downregulation, depending on what you need, and re-test against your baseline scores (i.e. do the acute performance task again, or keep track of that morning BOLT score for another 10-14 days). In true Conscious Warrior style, look at your results and adjust the protocol accordingly.As ever, we want you to share your ideas and progress with the rest of the community- tag SOFLETE in any pictures or posts of you taking back control of your nervous system. #DIELIVINGEverything we do here at SOFLETE is based on adding value to our community, so if you have any ideas, requests or questions, please feel free to reach out to us- either through SOFLETE social media or contact George and Matt directly via George@soflete.com or Matt@soflete.com.Please see below for a few resources, linked to today’s episode, that you might find useful:Power by Dr Fred Hatfield (https://www.amazon.com/Power-Scientific-Approach-Frederick-Hatfield/dp/0809244330)Some downregulation breathing exercises from Patrick McKeown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKaUEVnducI)Boosting sports performance through breathing with Patrick McKeown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvZsTfH_8k0)

Bottom Of The Barrel 19 - Gymnastics Aug 19, 2021

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Brent and Doug discuss the Olympics.

Lunch And Learn - Chapter 5 - CNS Management - Episode 2 Aug 18, 2021

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Episode 2 - How Understanding the Nervous System is Relevant to the Tactical CommunityIn this episode, George and Matt discuss how being able to make some sense of the nervous system can help enhance performance and resilience, specifically for the tactical professional. In doing so, the guys dive into the role of the autonomic nervous system and consider how the stress response requirements have changed in humans over the last 1000 years. Matt explains that for a lot of this to make sense, we need to consider the response to both acute and chronic stress. For instance, from a performance enhancement perspective, we need to identify what ‘state’ might be optimal for the completion of a given task (e.g. long range shooting) and then learn how to bridge the gap from our current state, to that desired state.George then unpacks how Heart Rate Variability (HRV) can be used as a tool for quantifying state, thus providing a baseline from which to experiment.Everything we do here at SOFLETE is based on adding value to our community, so if you have any ideas, requests or questions, please feel free to reach out to us- either through SOFLETE social media or contact George and Matt directly via George@soflete.com or Matt@soflete.com.Please see below for a few resources, linked to today’s episode, that you might find useful:How to measure your BOLT score (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scy-_hWLAr0&t=47s)Unplugged by Brian MacKenzie, Dr A Galpin & Phil White (https://www.amazon.com/Unplugged-Technology-Upgrade-Performance-Consciousness/dp/1628602619)An interesting read on an evolutionary perspective of stress (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1560227/)NSCA’s Essentials of Sports Science (https://www.nsca.com/certification/cpss/essentials-of-sport-science/)

Lunch And Learn - Chapter 5 - CNS Management - Episode 1 Aug 17, 2021

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Episode 1 - Introducing the Nervous SystemThis episode comes with a public safety announcement- the human nervous system is a pretty complex piece of hardware; the exact workings of which the scientific community still doesn’t completely understand. Consequently, George and Matt attempt to walk the tightrope balance between providing you with sufficient biological knowledge that you can understand the rest of this chapter in context, whilst still giving practical advice that you can implement directly into your own training.The episode starts out with Matt providing a brief ‘machine gun style’ overview of the structure of the human nervous system. If this is something you are interested in, then definitely head over to youtube (or your local library!) and spend some time getting familiar with this stuff- particularly if you’re a coach, it does really help to have a solid underpinning of knowledge in this area. The late Canadian sprints coach Charlie Francis epitomised how understanding the nervous system can provide significant advantage in the athletic realm. George then gets into what this might look like in practice. He explains how the heart can be used for both input and output mechanisms, respectively. We can prescribe varying stimuli to the heart, to elicit a particular nervous system response. Yet we can also monitor the function of the heart, giving vital biofeedback and providing a glimpse into the inner workings of the nervous system. As ever, George ties all this theory back to anecdotes from various athletes he has coached over the years. Everything we do here at SOFLETE is based on adding value to our community, so if you have any ideas, requests or questions, please feel free to reach out to us- either through SOFLETE social media or contact George and Matt directly via George@soflete.com or Matt@soflete.com.Please see below for a few resources, linked to today’s episode, that you might find useful:An example educational video, explaining the structure of the nervous system in more depth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeo19WVQ47w)Charlie Francis Training System by Charlie Francis (https://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Francis-Training-System-ebook/dp/B008ZK0WR8)Chapter 14 of the NSCA’s Essentials of Sports Science (https://www.nsca.com/certification/cpss/essentials-of-sport-science/)

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