I'm a day late on sending this out, and I'm actually glad I fell behind on this. It's one of those "meant to be" moments, let me explain. Last week in my shed I filmed a couple of "Dave Cave" videos where I talked about a topic while sharpening my kitchen knives. I posted the first, it was only 5 minutes long, talking about the training principle of "Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand" The second ran onto 10 minutes, and I was talking about whether or not "Injury Prevention" is possible. I...

Lets start this newsletter with a reminder This is your newsletter and as such, I invite you to send in your questions or suggestions for topics. As an old instructor of mine used to say, "ask me anything, just so long as I know the answer" And this week, the conversations have been very much about intensity and recovery, specifically when it comes to pain and injury. It is human nature to want to go all or nothing, full bore or not at all. It's also human nature to do what we think we know,...

Monday Mobility has always been one of my most popular threads. Today though is a cracker, at least in my mind. Much of the mobility work I prescribed is heavily influenced by the various martial arts disciplines I've been exposed to, some are from the gymnastics and movement culture and a great deal of it is influenced by the work of Gary Ward under his Anatomy in Motion teaching. This one is pure Anatomy in Motion. All you need is a wall and an imaginary clock face on that wall. Now you...