Strength Research and Team Settings
Spiering et al. took a look at strength and resistance training, but they were looking it at from a military standpoint. By this I mean looking at what drives the gains from...
Strength and Conditioning
Warming Up is Situational
There was a time when warming up meant running two laps around the track and then stretching. Nowadays most programs take a very different approach to warming up. Warming up needs to...
Benefits of Jumping Rope
Jumping rope is a lost art. As coaches we tend to focus on the Olympic lifts, on mobility drills, on having the right drills to build acceleration/deceleration, maximum velocity training, sport-specific agility,...
Benefits of Heavy Ropes
Sometimes called heavy ropes, sometimes conditioning ropes, sometimes called battle ropes, whatever the name these are a great tool for the strength and conditioning of athletes. These are large ropes, 1.5 to...
The Kettlebell Press
After I hit 50, I found that I needed an alternative to the dumbbells for chest exercises. I found that my 50 year old shoulders didn't like the dumbbells anymore. After some...