Phillip Kriss, Athlete & Chiropractor

·          They learn from the boy scouts! Their motto is be prepared. The new docs that have hit the ground running have had their pre-defined scripts and office procedures memorized and role played before they showed up for work the first day. Students have memorized tons of stuff to get through school. Why not go one step further and memorize the really important stuff? Study of any subject for 10 minutes a day will make you a knowledge machine in no time at all. ·          They have great mentors. That may be someone they know. It may be someone they have never met. Great mentors are found in person, on youtube, in books, and as seminars. Success leaves clues. Find out what works and duplicate it. ·          They are never satisfied. A great day, week or month is awesome. Keep pressing ahead learning and growing to turn growth into a streak that lasts years and then decades. Not that stopping to smell the roses occasionally is bad, but after your rest, get up and keep pres

Don't Trash Your Training   I am by no means an expert on tapering. I tend to ignore tapers, so I found it almost humorous that I was requested to write on this.    A lso, being a Marathon Maniac (#289) recovery between marathons may be 20 hours. And if you run 4 of those events in 4 days, what is the point of a taper? And the weirdest thing about it was each day was faster than the day before. My body said it was OK to go, but my brain was totally freaking out. The lesson is much of tapering and racing is a head trip. I have witnessed discussions and laughter describing the taper as a latte before the race.   Then again, my former coach, the famed Mark Allen told me one of the keys to a great race, not just a survival day, is  depende nt  not only on training smart, but tapering according to rigid protocol.   I listened to him and did awesome! Who is to say.    BTW, if you have something you would like my opinion on, please feel free to notify me.