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08/20/2026

“Injury is one of the hardest things for a competitive athlete because so much of what they are used to controlling suddenly isn’t in their control. What you can control is how you respond to it, and I think Bailey’s response says a lot about who she is," said Laura Groseth, who worked with Boeve as a personal trainer. "There is a maturity required to shift your focus from “What can’t I do?” to “What can I do right now to keep moving forward?” Bailey did that. Rehab and modified training aren’t glamorous, and progress can feel painfully slow compared to normal training. Continuing to show up through that takes a different kind of toughness than what people see during competition."

An all-stater in two sports as a senior, Bailey Boeve set a new standard for girls' athletics at Hinton High School. She was Iowa's volleyball Player of the Year last fall and helped the basketball make it back to the state championship game before heading off to Creighton. ⤵️ Find a link to the story in the comments.

08/18/2026

All time favorite! 🤩

08/18/2026

The Sioux City Journal's finalists for metro and area "Female Athlete of the Year" include Sioux City East's Jaylee Jackson, West Monona's McKenna Baker, Heelan's Melina Snoozy, and more. ⤵️ Find a link to the story in the comments.

08/18/2026

"The athletes who reach Claire’s level obviously have talent, but talent only gets you so far," Groseth said. "What people don’t always see are all the ordinary training days that happen before anyone is handing you an award. Claire is very internally driven. She doesn’t need someone standing over her constantly telling her to work harder. She wants to improve, and I think that ability to hold yourself to a high standard when nobody is making you do it is a huge part of what separates athletes who continue progressing."

Dakota Valley's Claire Munch is the SCJ Metro Female Athlete of the Year after leading the Panther volleyball team to a state title last fall and ending her senior year ⤵️ Find a link to the story in the comments.

08/15/2026

We have protein-ified the hell out of food.

And somehow convinced ourselves that if 20G PROTEIN is printed on the front of the package, we’ve made a good nutrition choice.

Protein soda. Protein chips. Protein cereal. Protein candy. Protein coffee.

Before the comment section gets excited: yes, the protein counts. 😂

If that soda contains 20g of whey protein isolate, your body can digest it, absorb the amino acids, and use them.

That was never my argument.

My argument is that we’ve become so obsessed with hitting a macro that we’ve started confusing protein content with nutritional quality.

They are not the same thing.

I love protein. I recommend high-protein diets. I use protein powder. I recommend protein supplements when they make someone’s life easier.

But the goal was never to figure out how many foods we could engineer, fortify and repackage so we could avoid eating an actual meal.

Your body needs protein.

It also needs vitamins, minerals, essential fats, fiber, carbohydrates, and enough total energy to actually function, train, recover and live.

And REAL FOOD has this really cool habit of bringing more than one nutrient to the table.

So drink the protein soda if you like it.

Have the protein chips.

Use the shake when you’re running out the door.

Convenience has a place.

But when the supplement starts replacing the diet, we’ve missed the entire point.

Stop trying to put protein into everything.

Put actual food back on your plate.

EAT. ACTUAL. FOOD.

08/13/2026

Fall training is open. 🏐

Your volleyball player does not need more volleyball.

Think about what happens when season starts:

Practice several days a week.
Matches.
Tournaments.
Hundreds of jumps and landings.
Approaches.
Changes of direction.

Volleyball provides plenty of exposure to volleyball.

What it does NOT provide is an adequate strength stimulus.

Strength and power are physical qualities. And physical qualities are perishable.

So when season starts, we don’t stop lifting.

We change the dose.

Less volume. Appropriate intensity. Intentional exercise selection. Enough stimulus to maintain the qualities we’ve built without unnecessarily adding to the fatigue athletes are already accumulating from their sport.

The goal of in-season strength & conditioning isn’t to make them tired.

It’s to keep them strong enough to handle the demands of being a volleyball player from the first match to the last.

Practice volleyball at practice.

Train the physical qualities that support it in the weight room.

Fall 2026 is open.

Details on the flyer.

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08/10/2026

Fall training is open. 🏐

Your volleyball player does not need more volleyball.

Think about what happens when season starts:

Practice several days a week.
Matches.
Tournaments.
Hundreds of jumps and landings.
Approaches.
Changes of direction.

Volleyball provides plenty of exposure to volleyball.

What it does NOT provide is an adequate strength stimulus.

Strength and power are physical qualities. And physical qualities are perishable.

So when season starts, we don’t stop lifting.

We change the dose.

Less volume. Appropriate intensity. Intentional exercise selection. Enough stimulus to maintain the qualities we’ve built without unnecessarily adding to the fatigue athletes are already accumulating from their sport.

The goal of in-season strength & conditioning isn’t to make them tired.

It’s to keep them strong enough to handle the demands of being a volleyball player from the first match to the last.

Practice volleyball at practice.

Train the physical qualities that support it in the weight room.

Fall 2026 is open.

Details on the flyer.

08/10/2026

Somewhere along the way, we decided that running, jumping, lifting heavy things, moving fast, and being powerful were things you did if you were an athlete.

And if you weren’t?

Walk. Do some cardio. Use the light weights. Try not to hurt yourself.

I don’t buy that.

Your body was designed to move. To produce force. To carry things. To get off the ground. To react. To adapt to load.

Those aren’t athletic qualities.

They’re human qualities.

The volleyball player in my gym might be building strength because she wants to jump higher and hit harder.

The mom next to her might be building it because she wants to pick up her kid, carry all the groceries in one trip, get off the floor without thinking about it, and still be capable 30 years from now.

The goal changes.

The person changes.

The training should meet them where they are.

But the need to maintain a strong, capable body doesn’t suddenly disappear because there isn’t a jersey involved.

I coach athletes.

I coach moms.

I coach men and women who haven’t played a sport in years.

And underneath all of it, I coach the same thing:

Human beings who were made to move.

Run sometimes.
Jump sometimes.
Lift heavy things.
Carry things.
Push. Pull.
Get on the ground. Get back up.

You don’t need to earn the right to train your body by calling yourself an athlete.

Strength isn’t an athletic quality.

It’s a human one.