Macch Talk

News, thoughts, and life on the mat

With all this free time, I’ve spent a solid amount of time trying to learn about anything that could potentially give me an edge in the realm of performance and competition. At the world level every individual is elite and it’s the small details that can give you the biggest advantage. Sleep performance has never […]

June 3, 2020

5 Things I’m Learning as a Pro Athlete in Quarantine

Quarantine, a word I never thought I’d be using as often as I have been the past several months. It’s been an interesting time, lots of time cooped up inside but also plenty of time to give thought to other parts of life as well. Unsure of what was to come when restrictions first began, […]

June 3, 2020

What I’ve Been Doing During Quarantine

As you all know this year’s Olympics in Tokyo, Japan has been postponed until summer 2021 of next year. The uncertainty of not knowing what the decision was going to be for this year’s games was more stressful than the final decision itself. Our regional training center had made decision to continue training despite our […]

June 3, 2020

The Hardest Part About the Olympics Being Postponed