The Definitive 400 Meter Race Article
Legendary coach Peter Fortune wrote an excellent article on the 400m event in the April issue of Modern Athlete and Coach. To me this is an extremely important article for anyone that...
Summaries of the latest strength and conditioning research
Legendary coach Peter Fortune wrote an excellent article on the 400m event in the April issue of Modern Athlete and Coach. To me this is an extremely important article for anyone that...
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...
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,...
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....
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...