The Olympic Lifts Are Only A Tool
Strength and conditioning coaches come from a variety of athletic background and all have unique histories with training. Just like with everyone else, it’s not unusual for a strength and conditioning coach...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
Focus on the Fundamentals
There are three fundamental types of exercise that are important for any successful strength and conditioning program. These are the squat, the press, and the pull. The squat develops the ability to...
Resisted Sprinting to Enhance Speed
Resisted sprinting is a tool that is frequently used in speed training. The idea is that by making the movement more difficult, the athlete must learn to recruit more motor units to...
Training to Accelerate
Acceleration is the ability to increase speed. For a sprinter, it’s a component of their race. First they accelerate, then they achieve maximal velocity, then they maintain that velocity for as long...
Learning to Use Strength
For athletes strength has a purpose, it’s not something that time is spent developing just because. A powerlifter or Olympic lifter competes to lift the most weight possible. For other types of...