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...
Research
Summaries of the latest strength and conditioning research
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...
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...
Suspension Training: Push-Ups Work Like You Think They Will
Suspension training, like with the TRX, has become a popular tool over the last ten years. The push-up is an exercise frequently performed using suspension training. It is unclear how variations in...
Do We Even Need To Train Agility?
Are speed, power, and agility different physical abilities? If they are, do they need to be tested and trained with different exercises? Does this change with different levels of athletes? In other...