Tag: Mental Health

• September 4, 2024

  #42: Paris 2024 Olympics Team USA Recap

  This blog is a follow up to #41: The 2024 Olympic Games.  It was hardly a surprise that Team USA earned more medals than any other committee (country) in France this year.  The same was true for past Games in Tokyo, Rio, and London.  But for Paris 2024, it wasn’t the number of medals earned…
• June 23, 2023

  #19: Academy Life Part V

  “Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson “How does it work for nights and weekends?” The amount of free time we have – and what we choose…
• April 28, 2023

  #15: Academy Life Part III

  Continued from Academy Life Part II “Do you live there?” Yes.  Well, sometimes.  We actually rotate through multiple locations in various U.S. states.  Some are government training campuses with no-cost college style dormitories.  Think of a university, small military base, or large business campus.  It is common to find a convenience store, library full of…
• April 14, 2023

  #14: Academy Life Part II

  Continued from Academy Life Part I “Is it physically difficult?” Actually, no.  And that’s not just the athlete in me talking.  We had to meet physical fitness standards to get here in the first place, and we’re not training for the Olympics.  Accordingly, what little physical training (“PT”) we get is designed to keep us…
• March 31, 2023

  #13: Academy Life Part I

  This is the first in a series of miniblogs that will expand upon certain generalized aspects of our lengthy training program.  The topics are based on the questions I most often receive from all of you. “What is the training like?” The training program is roughly 60% classroom, 35% practical skills, 5% physical fitness.  Remember…