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Decoding Excellence

The Decoding Excellence Show, hosted by Adam Ringler, is an exploration of the human element behind world-class performers. A bit-by-bit deconstruction of the architecture and coding for human excellence. The show is centered around intimate conversations with masters of their craft, in order to deconstruct and decode the tools, tactics, and techniques that encapsulates excellence.

#070 - Optimizing Basketball Performance: Workload Monitoring, Travel Training, and Adaptability

#070 - Optimizing Basketball Performance: Workload Monitoring, Travel Training, and Adaptability

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I’m diving into the intricacies of workload monitoring and athlete preparation, particularly for basketball players.

#069 - The Turbulent Times in Collegiate Athletics & Building the Former Athlete Society

#069 - The Turbulent Times in Collegiate Athletics & Building the Former Athlete Society

‌In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing the rapidly changing landscape of collegiate athletics.

#068 - Advice I’d Love to Give Myself 15 Years Ago

#068 - Advice I’d Love to Give Myself 15 Years Ago

In this episode of The Decoding Excellence Show, I delve into my recent article, Advice I'd Love to Give Myself 15 Years Ago, inspired by conversations with young strength and conditioning interns.

#067 - 10 Hard Truths About Coaching in the World of Athletics

#067 - 10 Hard Truths About Coaching in the World of Athletics

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing the recent article I wrote titled 10 Hard Truths for Coaching in the World of Athletics

#066 - Workload Monitoring Strategies for Basketball

#066 - Workload Monitoring Strategies for Basketball

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing how we utilize Workload Monitoring across our basketball performance.

#065 - Isometrics within Athlete Evaluations & Performance Training

#065 - Isometrics within Athlete Evaluations & Performance Training

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing how we utilize Isometric Training across our performance benchmarking & testing, strength and conditioning programming, and several of the technologies we use to collect this information.

#064 - Mini-Episode: Updates from Colorful Colorado

#064 - Mini-Episode: Updates from Colorful Colorado

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing some of the new things we're doing around University of Colorado Boulder.

#063 - Science of Sport Vs. Artistry of Coaching

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#063 - Science of Sport Vs. Artistry of Coaching

‌‌In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing the all too common debate between sport science and performance coaching. To be fair, it is a common debate I hear often between the pure academic sport scientists and strength and conditioning coaches "in the field".

#062 - Sport Science != Smoke and Mirrors: Using Data Within Coaching

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#062 - Sport Science != Smoke and Mirrors: Using Data Within Coaching

‌In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing an issue I hear too often regarding sport science and it's applied nature within high performance sport.

#061 - Jim Garofalo - KINEXON Spotlight

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#061 - Jim Garofalo - KINEXON Spotlight

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm speaking with Jim Garofalo, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for KINEXON. This show is a first as we begin to spotlight innovative companies who are leading the sports performance industry.

#060 - Dan Howells: High Performance Coaching

#060 - Dan Howells: High Performance Coaching

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm speaking with Industry Veteran and High Performance Practitioner, Dan Howells.

#059 - Pratik Patel: Man on Fire

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#059 - Pratik Patel: Man on Fire

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm speaking with former NFL New York Giants Director of Performance Nutrition and Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach, my friend, Pratik Patel.

#058 - Leadership Lessons: Business Hallways to the Weight Room Floor

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#058 - Leadership Lessons: Business Hallways to the Weight Room Floor

I'm discussing many of the leadership lessons I've learned, through the successes and failures of operating in elite sport. I discuss tactics to help empower leadership and decisions among your athletes and co-workers.

#057 - Velocity Based Training & Performance Application

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#057 - Velocity Based Training & Performance Application

I'm discussing the application of velocity based training techniques (VBT) and the application of training along the force-velocity curve.

#056 - sRPE, ACWRs, and EWMAs within Applied Performance Sciences

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#056 - sRPE, ACWRs, and EWMAs within Applied Performance Sciences

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing my thoughts of the use of sRPE in applied settings, the Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR), and other derivative expressions of acute:chronic formulas like the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) equation.

#055 - Vehicle Version: Personal Improvement During this Challenging Era

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#055 - Vehicle Version: Personal Improvement During this Challenging Era

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, discussing some of my thoughts surrounding continuing education, the many online Zoom & Google Hangout conferences and clinics, and things you can do to continue along your own personal development initiatives.

#054 - Vehicle Version: Strategies Behind Agile Organizations

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#054 - Vehicle Version: Strategies Behind Agile Organizations

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, we're discussing some of the strategies behind agile startups, tools we utilize to enhance our departmental communication.

#053 - Matthew Johnson

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#053 - Matthew Johnson

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm speaking with Men's Basketball Strength and Conditioning for Butler University, my good friend, Matthew Johnson.

#052 - Monday Minutes: Discussing Strategies to Bring Out Your BEST Self

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#052 - Monday Minutes: Discussing Strategies to Bring Out Your BEST Self

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, we're returning to our Monday Minute theme and discussing some of the strategies I'm returning to in the New 2020 Year. I talk about meditation, bullet journaling, creating new things, and finding a "third place".

#051 - Making Sense of Sleep Duration Monitoring

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#051 - Making Sense of Sleep Duration Monitoring

In this episode of the Adam Ringler Show, I'm discussing a recent tweet of mine sharing a snippet of "Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams" by Dr. Matthew Walker.

#050 - Performance Titles: Do We Even Have a Clue?

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#050 - Performance Titles: Do We Even Have a Clue?

I'm discussing Martin Buchheit's article "The Noble Ranks of Performance Roles - Who's a king - who's a duke?". In addition, I discuss what titles, roles, and responsibilities really mean within High Performance Athletics. Later in the show, I expand on the direction of our industry.

#049 - Fascinating Podcasts, New Communication Tools, and Using Project Management Software

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#049 - Fascinating Podcasts, New Communication Tools, and Using Project Management Software

In this episode of the Adam Ringler Show, I'm discussing some of the latest updates surrounding Beautiful Boulder, Colorado.

#048 - Readiness Testing, Strength Diagnostics, and Markerless Motion Capture Biomechanical Screening

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#048 - Readiness Testing, Strength Diagnostics, and Markerless Motion Capture Biomechanical Screening

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing some of the readiness assessment technologies, diagnostic strength testing equipment, and markerless motion capture biomechanical screening technologies we utilize.

#047 - Paid vs. Unpaid Internships Within the Strength and Conditioning Industry

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#047 - Paid vs. Unpaid Internships Within the Strength and Conditioning Industry

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm discussing the polarizing topic of strength and conditioning programs, across the country, offering paid vs. unpaid internships in the field and industry.

#046 Monday Minutes: Concerns Surrounding Non-deidentified Biometric Data & Regulation Implications

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#046 Monday Minutes: Concerns Surrounding Non-deidentified Biometric Data & Regulation Implications

In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, we're discussing ethics surrounding biometric data and student-athlete information contained in dashboards and visuals that is widely distributed on social media.