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Same Chaos, Slightly Less Coffee ☕️😂

After months of practices, games, flights, late nights, early mornings, and living life somewhere between a weight room and an airport FBO, the early offseason feels a little... suspiciously peaceful.

The WNBA season might be over, but the work certainly isn’t. We’re already planning, evaluating, building, and preparing for what’s next. Just doing it without a game tipping off every 48 hours.

For now, enjoying a little breathing room, a slightly more predictable schedule, and remembering what having a life outside basketball actually feels like.

To all my fellow coaches and support staff, how are we spending this much-needed offseason? Drop a comment. ✌️ by @adamringler

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4 days ago

Leave Tripwires for Your Future Self. 🧠

One of the biggest lessons I’ve taken from @adamgrant Atomic Habits is that discipline gets a lot easier when your environment tells you what to do next. So instead of relying on myself to remember my sleep routine every night, I’m deliberately building cues into my day.

At 6:00 PM, an iOS automation changes my wallpaper to my @roka amber glasses and reminds me to put them on. At 8:00 PM, another automation switches the wallpaper again, cues the @hubermanlab red-hued Wind Down™ lenses, turns on Do Not Disturb, restricts most of my apps, and starts shutting the day down.

The next morning, I review my @whoop sleep and recovery data to see whether the behaviors I’m experimenting with are actually associated with better restorative sleep. The point is not the glasses. It’s the system: cue the behavior, reduce the friction, execute it repeatedly, then measure the outcome.

Stop expecting your future self to magically be more disciplined than your current self. Build tripwires today that make the behavior you want tomorrow harder to miss.

What behavior could you automate a cue for tonight? by @adamringler

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a month ago

mostly food pics to prove i’m alive.
memento mori 🙏🏼 by @adamringler

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a month ago

haven’t posted much // life lately by @adamringler

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3 months ago

✨Today marks my last day at CU Boulder✨

Nearly a decade ago, I walked into this place with a simple goal: show up every day, work my tail off, and help the people around me become the best versions of themselves. Somewhere along the way, this place became much more than a job. It became an extended family.

First, to my brother for life, @snc_twinpower We stood shoulder to shoulder every single day in the weight room. Early mornings, long nights, wins, losses, and everything in between. Few people truly understand the grind of this profession the way you do. I’m grateful for every rep, every conversation, and every moment we shared building something together.

To Coach @jrpayne13 and Toriano Towns, thank you for trusting me with your team and allowing me to be part of the journey with Colorado Women’s Basketball. It was an honor to pour into the culture you’ve built and stand alongside you through the highs and the challenges.

To the countless support staff, coaches, and colleagues across the building who I shared the trenches with every day, thank you. The long days are always easier when you’re surrounded by people who care deeply about the mission and the athletes we serve. To @shelley_sheetz , thank you for always being a confidant to confide in; I appreciate you more than you know.

And to my right-hand man, dawg for life, @chrismilleratc . One of the best athletic trainers and human beings out there. We kept each other sane through the grind of long seasons, constant problem solving, and the pursuit of keeping athletes available. I’ll miss the daily battle with you, brother.

Most importantly, thank you to ALL of the athletes I’ve had the privilege to lead and work with over the years.

You are the reason we show up every day. Your commitment, resilience, growth, and belief in the process is what makes this profession special. It’s what makes coaching great.

You’ve impacted me in countless of ways.

I’m forever grateful for the trust you placed in me and the opportunity to be a small part of your journey.

Remain curious.
Keep being great. taken in University of Colorado Boulder by @adamringler

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7 months ago

Coach • Sport Scientist • Recovery 👉 Leading Elite Performance

Jack of all trades. Coach, sport scientist, recovery lead, process guide. Some days I’m running warm-ups; other days I’m buried in workload graphs (RPE, workloads, and everything else) or fixing fueling between meetings. It ain’t glamorous. It’s the quiet, repetitive stuff; the small calls, the quick edits, the warm-up cue that saves a season 👉 decisions that actually move the needle.

Here’s the thing: elite performance isn’t one thing. It’s a collection of tiny bets stacked over time. Warmups that actually prepare movement, micro-lessons that sharpen decision-making, a tweak to workload so the roster stays available, and recovery choices that let athletes show up tomorrow. You find the margins and protect them. That’s leadership in this space; practical, persistent, unflashy.

It’s gameday ya’ll!

Save this if you lead the hard, invisible work. Tag a coach who lives in the margins or drop a 🏀 if you’re on the grind today. taken in McKale Center by @adamringler

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8 months ago

Bright and early in Tucson 👉 hit the DoubleTree fitness room and, honestly, this one’s decent. A couple of treadmills that actually work, enough dumbbells to get the job done, a functional cable stack, and big windows that make the whole room feel less like a closet and more like a place you want to be.

Small thing, big difference: scenery counts when you’re grinding miles on the road in-season.

Here’s the coach take: travel gyms aren’t performance facilities; they’re logistics problems with dumbbells. Fasted cardio on the treadmill, DB variations for the lifts that wanted a barbell, tempo control where load was missing, and a quick finish that kept the session intense enough to call it work. You don’t need perfect gear to keep progress; you need a plan that fits the room and the discipline to execute it.

Save this for your next trip. Tag a road-warrior coach, and tell me: what’s your go-to hotel-gym pivot when the rack’s not there? taken in DoubleTree by Hilton Tucson - Reid Park by @adamringler

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8 months ago

Not a Gold’s, not a performance lab; but honestly, not terrible. A few cardio pieces, a tidy dumbbell range, a cable stack that actually works. Space is limited, but that’s the point: travel training is a logistics problem you solve, not an excuse you make.

Here’s the coach POV. When the rack’s tight you pick DB variations. When the barbell’s missing you dial tempo, control, and extra reps. When the room’s small you still build intent; e.g. short rest, clean movement, purposeful conditioning. That’s how you keep the program faithful on the road.

We’ll run our usual crew through this one in small groups today and we’ll do exactly what we need to do: develop players and keep progress uninterrupted.

Save this for your next trip. Tag a coach who needs a realistic Plan B or drop your worst hotel-gym horror story below 👉 I’ll trade mine if you trade yours. taken in Houston, Texas by @adamringler

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8 months ago

All in a day’s work. 🏀

Prehabs, performance microlessons, practice prep, snacks, and load monitoring. Tiny tasks, loud payoff. You know what? Most of the season’s wins live in the invisible stuff; the stuff that never makes the highlight reel but keeps the machine running.

Prehab keeps tissues healthy, microlessons keep skill sharp, practice prep makes each rep count, snacks fuel the next phase, and load monitoring (IMU, GPS, RPE, whatever you use) keeps the stress from compounding into injury. It’s boring, but it’s reliable.

Think foundation, not fireworks.
Do the quiet work and the loud results follow.

Save this for the days you’re grinding behind the scenes. Tag the coach or teammate who lives in the margins and drop a 🏀 if you believe consistency beats flash.

#BasketballPerformance taken in CU Events Center by @adamringler

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8 months ago

Fasted AM Cardio: Keep the Gains, Protect the Heart 🫀

Wednesday non-training day means a metabolic reset. I keep carbs lower, calories steady, and hit a 45-minute fasted ride on the Keiser. Why? Because offseason lean-gain isn’t just about piling on pounds 👉 it’s about where those calories land

Insulin sensitivity runs the show.
Get that wrong and you pack fat, not muscle.

Here’s what I’m doing (and why it works): low-impact, steady-state cardio preserves metabolic health while I ramp calories for muscle. It helps NEAT stay honest, keeps the cardiorespiratory system responsive, and lets me eat for growth without the metabolic fallout.

You don’t trade long-term health for short-term scale wins; that’s a bad bet. Also, small win: keeping cardio predictable makes the rest of my week easier to program (logbooks, TDEE checks, and progressive lifts all line up better).

You in? Comment “45” if you did your fasted session today or tell me your go-to non-training reset.

#TheBlueprint taken in Boulder, Colorado by @adamringler

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8 months ago

If you hate your cardio, you will eventually stop doing it. It is that simple.

Cardiovascular fitness only works long term when the activity itself is sustainable and enjoyable. If you loathe the spin bike, elliptical, or VersaClimber, motivation will always stay low. I deal with this every winter in Colorado. I end up in the basement on the spin bike for low impact Zone 2 work, even though I would much rather be rucking outside on trails, getting sunlight, breathing fresh air, and being in nature.

The takeaway is simple. Cardio does not need to look the same for everyone. If you enjoy community, run or walk with others. If you love nature, get outside. If competition motivates you, explore options like HYROX or CrossFit.

The best cardio is the one you will actually do consistently.

💬 Comment “CARDIO” if you want help finding a conditioning style you will actually stick with. taken in Boulder, Colorado by @adamringler

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9 months ago

Why I Always Pack an Extra 20 Pounds (Yes, Really)

You’ve seen hotel gyms; tiny racks, sad cable stacks, a treadmill that squeaks. You can do work in those places, sure, but if you need power and true rate-of-force development, a cable stack is rarely enough. That’s why I bring the @beyondpowerofficial Voltra One with me, folded into the suitcase like a secret weapon.

I can hook it to a rack, a post, or a bench and train rotational chops, weighted jumps, explosive rows and presses, and resisted first-step drills. Those little differences; quicker rebounds, sharper first steps 👉 are the ones that matter on the court.

When you’re thousands of miles from your performance facility, having portable power gear means the training stimulus stays honest.

Travel isn’t an excuse, it’s a logistics problem that you HAVE to solve. Pack the tools that keep intent intact, train the qualities that win games, and feed the work when you get back. taken in Lawrence, Kansas by @adamringler

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8 months ago