Shake Up Your Warm-Up, Part 2: Core Training
The first part of this series covered using dynamic flexibility exercises as part of the warm-up (see http://wp.me/p1XfMm-2O ). This part will cover core training. Core training is a type of exercise...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
Shake Up Your Warm-Up, Part 1: Dynamic Flexibility
Over the last ten or fifteen years, a lot of exercises have crossed over from strength and conditioning coaching and rehab into the mainstream. When this happens, it creates a lot of...
Thoughts on Program Design, Part 3
The first post in this series dealt with principles that govern program design , the second with background information behind training for strength, power, and hypertrophy. This post will tie everything together....
Thoughts on Program Design, Part 2
The first post in this series covered fundamental principles for program design. This one will break down the approaches to strength training. The final part in this series will put everything together....
Thoughts on Program Design, Part 1
We’d all like for our strength training programs to be effective and safe. This allows us to make gains from training and avoid wasting our time. To do that, strength training follows...