Everything Has Limitations
Recently I put out a tweet about jumping rope and its benefits. I was surprised because I ended up getting in an interesting discussion with someone who was concerned because I did...
Research
Summaries of the latest strength and conditioning research
Is Exercise Velocity Specific?
For more than thirty years, the concept that training adaptations are specific to the velocities of the training has been popular in strength and conditioning circles. This provides the justification behind plyometrics,...
Elastic Energy: Is It The Tendon?
The authors had subjects perform an interesting variation of a one-legged seated knee extension. After determining their 1-RM using their dominant leg, subjects performed testing at 20%, 60%, and 90% of 1-RM....
Strength and Agility
As strength and conditioning coaches, we often make the claim that strength is important for athletes. Sometimes this is to overcome external objects (like another player or a shot put), sometimes this...
Are Foam Rollers Hype?
Foam rollers have been pushed as a recovery tool for a number of years. However, despite the claims and the marketing there has been little research to support or refute the...