There is no “Best” Hamstring Exercise
Hamstring injuries are the bane of athletes that sprint. The thinking is that there is a need to strengthen the hamstrings eccentrically to prepare them for the point in the sprinting cycle...
Specificity Drives Gains, or Does It?
The purpose of this study was to determine is long-term (multi-year) maximum strength training had an impact on explosive isometric strength, contractile properties, and neuromuscular activation when compared to untrained individuals. The...
Are the Olympic Lifts the Best use of an Athlete’s Time?
For me the Olympic lifts have been the foundation of the strength and conditioning profession. Way back when I started Olympic lifting (early 1990’s, way before Cross Fit), there were more people...
Basketball and Assessments
Basketball is an interesting sport to develop strength and conditioning programs for. I’ve coached it from both sides as a basketball coach and as a strength and conditioning coach. Morrison et al...
Strength, Things That Sound Good, and Points to Ponder
Spiering et al have a 2023 publication in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that looked extremely interesting to me. The study was titled “Maximizing strength: The stimuli and mediators of...