Complex Training: Great Tool for the In-Season
In strength and conditioning, a complex is a combination of a slow, heavy strength exercise (like a squat) and a fast, explosive movement (like a vertical jump). In theory, the slow strength...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
Agility is Difficult to Develop
Agility is a challenging subject for many strength and conditioning professionals as well as many athletes. It’s challenging because it is sport-specific, situation-specific, and represents the bringing together of a huge number...
Developing Eccentric Strength for Sprints and Jumps
Eccentric strength is an important tool for sprinting and jumping. In both instances, it helps to minimize knee flexion as the leg contacts the ground (during sprinting) or when a leg is...
Advanced Tools for Increasing Training Intensity
Over the past few weeks, I’ve done some tweets and Facebook posts about the overload principle and how the exercises that we use fit into it. To review, the overload principles states...
Metabolic Conditioning: Ropes and Kettlebells
Kettlebells and heavy ropes can be used as metabolic conditioning tools. What follows is a sample of a metabolic conditioning workout that is being used in conjunction with an upcoming article that...