Training for Strength, Part 2
In a previous post we talked about how not to do strength and conditioning in a team setting. In this post I’m going to present some thoughts about strength and conditioning in...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
Training for Strength: Part 1
Strength is a critical skill for most sports. Strength is important for speed, power, stopping, starting, changing directions, jumping, throwing, hitting, batting, kicking, the list goes on. This makes it a really...
Jumping Rope
I put out a post a few weeks ago about jumping rope. I figured it is worth a post to dive more deeply into this and discuss the value of jumping rope,...
The Kettlebell Swing
Kettlebells are one tool used in the metabolic conditioning of athletes. Some of the exercises that are specific to kettlebells lend themselves to a conditioning workout. One of these exercises is the...
Sprinting and Hamstring Injuries: Do We “Know” Anything?
We've known that hamstring injuries happen when athletes sprint for a long time now. There have been a lot of hypothesis about why this is. The strength and conditioning field has looked...