Men's Basketball Strength Coach - University of Wyoming
Joined December 2013
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Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
"At this point in my life, I'm just trying to not miss the goodness of each day, and bring my best self to it."
Slow life down!
Nick Saban says he had lived his entire life like he was in a hurry and didn’t even realize it
“When I retired, and I don’t know if I ever shared this with anybody, I spent 50 years of my life being in a hurry and didn’t know it.”
“I retired and the cars are backed up on the bridge and it goes down to one lane. In the old days, I would be the guy that passed all the cars up and cut in at the last minute in front of somebody.”
“I sat there with Miss Terry in the car. She says, ‘You mean you’re not going to pass everybody illegally and cut in?’ I said, ‘We’re not in a hurry.’”
“But it’s the first time when I retired that I realized that I wasn’t in a hurry. And I was in a hurry for 50 years and didn’t know it.”
“I was always hurrying up to the next thing. Solve the next problem, go to the next thing. And you talk about relieving stress, that relieves stress better than anything. I just noticed it in that circumstance. Not cutting into traffic and waiting my turn.”
Appreciate Saban saying the strength coach is the "most important" person in the building, but I hate when people say it. Most dont actually believe it. If you believed it compensation would reflect it. Follow the money and thats what they value.
Tennessee valued it.
Jimmy Edel retweeted
Thank you for making Milwaukee home.
Thank you for giving everything to this team and our community, and thank you for creating memories we’ll have forever.
The “Bob-by! Bob-by!” chants will never be forgotten. 💚
Jimmy Edel retweeted
Great point made by Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua in the Senate college sports hearing today: Constant player movement (through the portal) is a real threat to athlete safety and welfare. Consistent access to the same trainers, doctors, strength coaches, and physical development is key in effectively treating, preventing, and rehabbing injuries.
Jimmy Edel retweeted
Play more “live” basketball.
More 1 on 1.
More 2 on 2.
More 3 on 3.
More 4 on 4.
More 5 on 5.
There aren’t gonna be any cones and mats on the floor when the game starts.
Jimmy Edel retweeted
I want to clarify my point better:
In normal physiology and conditions, creatine supplementation shouldn’t be blamed for causing whole body cramps that require hospitalization.
We also have to be careful of the difference between creatine and creatine kinase.
Creatine kinase (CK) is a biomarker of muscle damage and is different than creatine. CK is released into the blood with muscle breakdown and then it can damage the kidneys and cause death. This is caused rhabdomyolysis and you’ve seen it in the news with other athletes.
Rhabdo occurs in athletes with intense bouts of exercise. Medical conditions and supplements can contribute to the risk of rhabdo, but creatine does not directly cause rhabdo. There have to be a lot of other contributing factors that lead to full body cramps and hospitalization.
So blaming a very concerning health event on taking too much creatine means either he was taking SIGNIFICANTLY more than the label recommended AND wasn’t hydrating well AND had an intense workout.
Creatine is just piece of what was probably a far more involved episode and brushing it off like it was a simple creatine dose issue puts unfair blame on what’s a very safe and well studied supplement.
Darryn Peterson reveals taking a high dosage of creatine led to his cramping issues at Kansas and he was taken to the hospital by ambulance in September because he thought he was going to die, per @ramonashelburne
"I made it to the training room and just started begging them to call 911. They were trying to get a vein to get me the IV, get me back hydrated. But I was cramping so hard they couldn't get a vein. I thought I was going to die on the training table that day."
(espn.com/nba/story/_/id/4871…)
Maybe this is why athletes aren't perceived as "tough" anymore. Those closest to them take away opportunities to display toughness. Tell them to "shut it down" at any sign of discomfort because they try to protect them.
Jimmy Edel retweeted
“I used to think it was cool to get away with not sleeping.
That’s the dumbest sh*t I’ve ever heard.
When your job is to deal with people, you need to establish health habits to sustain [yourself] when there’s a lot of external stressors.”
- Sean McVay
Jimmy Edel retweeted
I’ve said this before and I’ll say this again
The two best potential ADs in a building are the Athletic Trainers and S&C Coaches
1. They have to work with everyone/communicate
2. Building relationships/buy in is key
3. Used to doing behind the scenes work that goes unnoticed
Jimmy Edel retweeted
Kenyon Martin on why today’s players are suffering non contact lower body injuries:
“It’s the training and the way they workout. You know who never gets hurt? Russell Westbrook. You know why? How he trains and who he trains with. Go look at it. He’s throwing weight around, he’s doing sh*t. He ain’t doing that new training sh*t. That safe safe training band work sh*t man”
(Via @GilsArenaShow)
Jimmy Edel retweeted
"Death is undefeated, but I'll take it to three overtimes. That's strength."
Houston strength coach Kurt Hester was diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma. Six months later, he may have lost his hair, but not his indomitable spirit.
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