Despite everything that we know about the hamstrings, hamstring injuries, sprinting, and the sport of soccer, this is still a big problem in soccer. Researchers in the Netherlands published a study taking...
In a previous post we covered a study by Appleby et al (2019) examining the impact of unilateral (step ups) versus bilateral (squats) lower body training on strength. The authors essentially found...
There has been a debate for a long time about unilateral versus bilateral strength training exercises. There are a host of arguments for each. The unilateral side says that we need to...
The Olympic lifts have several phases. The first pull, where the bar is slowly lifted off the ground. The second pull, which is the explosive part of the lift. The amortization phase...
The hyperextension exercise and the reverse hyperextension exercise are both mainstays in many strength training programs. The hyperextension involves laying face down in the hyperextension bench, flexing forward from the hip until...