Eccentric Training and Sports Performance: Science Fiction
Eccentric training has been a mainstay of strength and conditioning for awhile. I like to use it with track and field athletes to help them become stronger when they need to be...
Strength and Conditioning
Fatigue: Is It All In Our Heads?
Why do we get tired during exercise? No matter what type of exercise that you engage in, fatigue happens. You can’t lift as much weight, you can’t do as many repetitions, your...
Everything You Wanted To Know About Sprinting
There’s a great deal of focus on speed training and sports these days. Obviously it’s an important factor. Many people (and I was one of them) went to the track and field...
The “Best” Squat Exercise: A Rant
A few days ago I put a post out on social media about the squat being one of my “must have” exercises in a strength and conditioning program. That brought up a...
Hamstring Training Results In Stronger Hamstrings: Is That Enough?
Hamstring injuries are the bane of sprinting athletes. This is true in almost every sport that requires athletes to sprint. Not only are these injuries disabling, but once you suffer them you...