Miller Human Performance Podcast

Recovery touches more aspects of your performance and development than you think.

I feel like most advice around recovery is only scratching the surface of why it’s important. If I had to guess, you’ve heard all the common recommendations (get more sleep, eat healthy, stretch, do cold baths, etc.), but how confident would you be in explaining how each of these things play into your overall performance? 

In this episode we get into all the reasons your recovery is so important, then dive into all the nuances around different recovery methods and how to use them.

Coaches and athletes alike can be too quick to blame a weakness on one specific root cause (or simply link it to insufficient practice doing the task). In reality, holes in an athlete's game can be highly complex and multi-faceted. In this video I break down a framework for identifying weaknesses, analyzing their root causes, and then correctly prioritizing our training to make the most amount of progress.  Remember, we want to work top down in the way we correct weaknesses (from the most relevant to our outcome to the least), but then we must work bottom up in our attempt to fix root causes. Failure to apply one of the two will cause a drastic misapplication of training and provide inefficient progress.

Unfortunately, many team pre-seasons will start off far too aggressively. This often leaves athletes (you) dealing dealing with unnecessary injuries. In this episode, we focus on two things that you can control in the process to maximize your performance and limit your risk of getting hurt to start your season.

We've all started a training plan or a diet and failed to finish it in full. In this episode I walk you through some tactics you can use to reverse that habit of quitting what you start and achieve long-term consistency and success.

It definitely sucks that your season has likely been delayed, shortened, or cancelled, but those of you who are thinking long-term towards bigger goals of playing college or professionally should be drooling at the opportunity in front of you. There's never been a better time for development.