Jumping Rope: Make it Fun
A simple jump rope is a versatile and effective strength and conditioning tool. It's also a lost art. As I've covered elsewhere it is inexpensive, it's useful for warming up, metabolic conditioning,...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
Kettlebell Lunges and Split Squats
Besides being a great tool for metabolic conditioning, kettlebells can be used for strength and hypertrophy training. Like barbells and dumbbells, heavier kettlebells can be used allowing for overload to be applied...
Use High Intensity Interval Training For Basketball Success
Basketball has seen an explosion of the use of sport science over the last ten years. It’s not unusual for athletes to be using heart rate monitors and GPS trackers to get...
Hamstring Hypertrophy
Hamstring muscle group training is important for athletes. The hamstrings are important for running, jumping, most sport skills, ACL injury prevention, sprint injury prevention, and the rehabilitation of both ACL and sprinting...
The Olympic Lifts: Squat, Power, or Split?
The Olympic lifts and their variations have been a mainstay in athletic strength and conditioning since well before I entered the field in the 1990's. These are variations of the snatch, clean,...