Programming the Olympic Lifts
The Olympic lifts and their variations have long been a staple of athletic strength and conditioning programs. They are performed standing up, involve most of the muscles of the body, involve a...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
Landmine Bent Over Rows
In a previous post we introduced the landmine. This post will describe a few exercises that you can do using the landmine. This post is going to focus on variations of the...
Use Short Sprints to Develop Sport-Specific Speed
Short sprints are an incredibly sport-specific way to address athlete speed needs. These have several advantages. First, they are more in tune to what the athlete experiences in the sport. Field and...
Use the Landmine for Variety in a Home Gym
The landmine is a piece of equipment that is ideal in a home gym setting. Basically this is a metal that has a plate that will connect to something that won’t move...
Speed for Sports
Borrowing terminology from track and coaches, most field and court sport athletes rarely get to maximum velocity. Most field and court sport athletes do not get the chance to run in a...