Walking into a grocery store is like walking thru a battleground filled with land mines.

If you tested the AirPods with an EMF meter & read the Bioinitiative Report 2012 You would never use ANY wireless bluetooth earphone ever. Peaking at >500 mW/m2

Strength exercises ARE corrective exercises

Never underestimate the Americans when it comes to adding plastic or chemicals to the production of absolutely anything.

Time to get one sports skill to "pretty dang good" level: Good mover: Tens of hours Bad mover: Hundreds of hours Even then it’s not guaranteed to happen, if the fundamental movement ability isn’t addressed.

Amateur does 2-4 weeks of beach volleyball camp per year. Comes back in good shape with way superior skills. Easily beats his usual competition. Now imagine you keep doing what you did there — for 6+ months out of the year. You'll turn into a completely different beast.

Same goes for your training environment IMO.

An example of this in extreme form is when you make a pass in volleyball to the side of your front foot ("emergency" technique when there’s too little time to get into the optimal stance). Many players struggle here, too—takes a good amount mobility & strength through the trunk.

- effortlessly drop into & maneuver in hip flexion (lunge, side lunge, squat) - fast sprint acceleration - can decelerate & change direction on a dime - powerful rotation (throw, cut, swing) - good at converting high horizontal speed into vertical jump - crawling & tumbling

This is true, especially in the beginning! With the caveat: - diminishing returns are real - don’t become a bench press specialist over a throwing/hitting specialist - monitor if & how it might impact your body mechanics & technique

What are the skills, beliefs, and character traits I need to adopt to get from where I am to where I want to go?

“The idea that the harder you work, the better you’re going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.” ~Bill Bowerman