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Self Education + Application

 One year ago I was interning at Athletes Performance in Frisco, Texas. At that point I knew nothing about how systematically programming workouts could yield optimum performance gains or how those underlying bodily components work together to improve your bodies performance. Not just athletic performance but how the body performs in response to the rigorous demands of daily movements.  I spend a lot of time working to perfect and improve my trade, whether it's reading books to understand the anatomy of the body or watching videos and podcast from the top specialist, coaches and therapists in my field. Even though they all have a degree of some sort they never stop learning and teaching themselves  This past SUNDAY I listened to a very informative podcast from Nick Winkleman, Director of training systems and Education at Athletes Performance in Phoenix, Arizona and the first tip he gave was to Self educate and Apply what you learn. A year consists of 12 months and the first portion