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Women Who Win: Katie Bennett

May 29, 2018

W680 katiebennettwww 960 The D10's Women Who Win, brought you in collaboration with ADAY, spotlights some of the incredible female athletes who take to The D10's playing field each year. 

Meet Katie Bennett of Uber Technologies. 

After attending my first D10 in New York as a spectator in 2015, I knew it was an organization I needed to join. I was immediately attracted to the intensity of the competition, the camaraderie between the participants, and the genuine desire to do something greater than one’s self. After volunteering in 2016, I finally took the leap in Chicago in 2017 and have never looked back.

What… Read More

J's Bulls: Why We Do This in the First Place

May 22, 2018

W680 54431864 race 0.03115896964991738.display Nick Psaris remembers when the email from Everett Watson hit his inbox. Everett was an analyst at Bank of America, where Nick served as a director. With striking poise, the young man’s email was soliciting donations from the firm for an athletic contest called The D10. Nick had never heard of The D10, but he was altogether familiar with the event’s charitable beneficiary: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In recalling his fundraising approach, Everett explains, “It’s a noble reason to be connecting with people. I don’t expect anything. I tell our story, and I make the request politely. Then it’s… Read More

Steve Bellisari: You Have to Have a Team Mentality

May 19, 2018

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Though pro football’s a decade in the rearview mirror, Steve Bellisari can still rattle off the stops of his professional career in photographic detail. Drafted as a QB out of Ohio State in 2002, Bellisari’s athleticism allowed him to convert to the secondary in the NFL; a catastrophic knee injury put his pro dreams on hold. Back under center, and back in his old Ohio stomping grounds, Bellisari helped the Dayton Warbirds of the National Indoor Football League to a playoff run in 2005. That showing led to an Arena 2 season with the Manchester (NH) Wolves, a stint… Read More

Joe Cirincione: Everyone We Care About Is Behind Us

May 18, 2018

W680 teamundrafted 1 A version of this post originally ran in March 2017. 

In 2016 my brother, Steve, found out about The D10 and asked if I would be interested in competing. Steve and I grew up together and played countless neighborhood sports in addition to organized roller hockey, ice hockey, and high school tennis. Our athletics carried through college as well. Since then, we remained active in our professional lifestyles. We decided that The D10 would be the ultimate physical challenge. Additionally, when seeing the impact that The D10 has made thus far, raising millions of dollars for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center… Read More

Train With Purpose: Hitting It Harder, The Right Way

May 18, 2018

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Train With Purpose is a series brought to you by Bodybuilding.com. 

By Charles Staley

There's an unfortunate progression that many people fall into while training:
  1. Hit it
  2. Hit it harder
  3. Get injured
  4. Back off
  5. Repeat steps 1-4
Compared to many other physical activities, lifting is a surprisingly safe pursuit. But there's a fine line between building your grit and toughness, and putting yourself at risk of ending your training career. As someone who has been at this for a few decades, I'm here to hold a mirror up to those times you're just a little too confident that nothing… Read More

Women Who Win: Samantha Santaniello

May 18, 2018

W680 d10 41 The D10's Women Who Win series, brought to you in collaboration with ADAY, spotlights some of the incredible female athletes who take to The D10's playing field each year. 

Meet Point72 Associate Samantha Santaniello. 

Four years ago, I was working at Point72 with eight men (some former pro and collegiate athletes) who were thinking about signing up for The D10. They convinced me to do the same. Little did I expect, NONE of them actually pulled the trigger to compete. I couldn’t do a single pull-up, had never benched, had never even really trained for anything similar to this before. However,… Read More

Optimal Energy for Executive Athletes

May 17, 2018

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by Dr. Jeff Rosenberg

What does it mean when a driven person says, “I’m feeling lazy”; or “I’m too tired”? You might think it’s simply a mood, or a phase. But in fact, these states are symptoms of an energy problem. Strange as it may seem, an energy problem makes it impossible to work well, and simultaneously lowers motivation to do so.

When we operate at our optimal energy level, we maximize productivity, meet challenges head-on, and simply accomplish more. More work gets done, and the quality of work delivered improves as well. Sadly, few people actually manage to operate… Read More

Isabel Smith: Conquering The D10 Begins in the Kitchen

May 15, 2018

W680 dsc 9873 edit rt preview Whether you’re a D10 Letterman or a new competitor, how you fuel your training has a major impact on how you perform on Game Day. Having worked with many competitive athletes at various points in their careers, I have found that the biggest shifts in performance come when athletes really nail down their nutrition.

There are two different parts of the day to think about: the workout, and then the rest of the day.

Here’s how to fuel your workout
The pre/during/post workout timeframe is key, because focusing on fueling during this time can both enhance energy and… Read More