We’re Not Training To Train
It’s easy to approach an athlete’s training in a myopic manner, in other words to view the athlete’s training from only our discipline. When we do this, we do a disservice to...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
All Training Tools Have Limitations
Strength training is a wonderful tool to help increase sports performance and to prevent injuries. There are some things that it does extremely well, but it has limitations when it comes to...
Modifying Exercise Technique: It’s OK To Be Inefficient
The Olympic lifts and their variations are a popular tool with strength and conditioning coaches. The lifts train the entire body, involve exerting force against the ground, involve the bar moving at...
Training Must Adjust: Exercises
The exercises that are used in an athlete’s strength and conditioning program help to determine what kind of gains they will make from their training. When selecting exercises, it is easy to...
Training Must Adjust: Intensity
Training has to become more difficult over time. When working with athletes, however this takes on an added degree of complexity because an athlete may be training for years. In the previous...