Griffin Waller

Sleep: your best recovery tool. Improving sleep will improve all health and performance metrics. Make it a priority.

3 weeks in a row on my new weekly habit! 🏃
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Running has never been something I enjoy. So to get outside my comfort zone, while also investing in my daily training habit, I’m committing to running in 2024.
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1x/week
30-45min
Nasal breathing only
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Simple, but not easy. No long term goal here currently. Just a weekly investment.

Master International Strength and Conditioning Practitioner (mISCP)

🌎The International standard in S&C
📜Become a Master Accredited Practitioner with the IUSCA

, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance, University of Portland

💬 “I’m honored to hold the mISCP distinction with the IUSCA. They have demonstrated a true passion for elevating the profession through innovation, education, and collaboration. The IUSCA is setting the standard for best practice within the industry and the mISCP accreditation is a distinction I greatly value”

Find out more today!

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Enhancing recovery from acute injury, EIMD, and DOMS is a major goal of athletes and coaches. It is implied that since cryotherapy reduces the inflammatory response, it therefore promotes recovery. However, evidence on the effectiveness of cryotherapy as a valid recovery modality following intense training and competition is inconsistent. In fact, there is significant evidence demonstrating that ice therapy delays the body’s natural response to injury, decreases anabolic hormones, and can actually decrease performance.

Legends. Words can’t express how grateful I am to have worked with these two over the last 5 years. Incredible student-athletes and even better human beings. You both will be sorely missed, but I know you’re only getting started!

🥶Cold water immersion (CWI) is becoming increasingly popular. You can even say it has a somewhat cult following. In this day in age, it’s really easy to jump on a bandwagon blindly. Unquestionably take others advice or recommendations without really understanding the underlying mechanisms, validity, or how it applies to you in your situation. Especially in the health and wellness space where everyone’s an “expert.” There is so much information readily available it can be difficult to know what’s accurate and what’s just, popular. Context is everything. So, what is actually occurring here? Are there real physiological benefits or is it all a placebo? Is timing important? Let’s dive into that tub of ice-cold water and see what floats and what sinks. Check out the link in my bio to learn and subscribe!

😴 Is sleep impacting your performance? Click the link in my bio to learn strategies to improve sleep and maximize your performance!