Sometimes We Don’t Want Bigger Muscles
A lot of people exercise to increase their muscle mass. Many periodization models call for there to be a period of time towards the beginning of the training year where an athlete...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
Agility Is Specific To The Sport
Agility training is very hard for many coaches to effectively program. It’s challenging because it is the expression of strength, power, and speed in a sport-specific manner. This requires a coach to...
Keep Testing Simple
Testing can gather an enormous amount of data on today’s athletes. It’s unclear though how relevant this is to most athletes. When it comes to testing, I look at several different...
Sprinting And The Non-Sprinter
Below is a sample twelve week speed training plan: Week Day One Day Two Day Three 1 5x400mx70% 5x200mx80% 5x800mx50% 2 5x400mx75% 5x200mx80% 5x800mx50% 3 5x300mx75% 5x150mx85% 4x600mx60% 4 5x300mx75% 5x150mx85%...
Training For Improved Sprinting Performance
There are a lot of posts on how to enhance an athlete’s ability to sprint quickly. This takes a combination of speed, plyometric, and strength training. This post is going to...