Children Are Not Tiny Adults
In strength and conditioning, we like to emphasize the need to treat children and adults differently. Lots of reasons for this including safety, lack of an ability to focus, injury potential (both...
Research
Summaries of the latest strength and conditioning research
Knee and Ankle Injuries in Women’s Basketball
Depending on which study you read, female athletes may be 3-11 times more likely that male athletes to suffer an ACL injury from sports. This is particularly in soccer, volleyball, and basketball....
Hamstring strength, landing mechanics, and ACL injuries
Female athletes are significantly more at risk for ACL injuries than male athletes. Depending upon the study you read it could be as much as 11-18 times more likely. There are a...
Sprinting: Direction of Force Application May Be Important
There’s a great deal of interest in making team sport athletes faster sprinters. There are a lot of approaches to doing this from speed training to strength training to plyometrics. Speed training...
Interval Training and Its Impact on Strength Training
Strength and conditioning professionals have been saying for a long time that aerobic exercise interferes with the gains made from strength training. This may be due to overdevelopment of slow twitch muscle...