Are Kettlebells More Effective Than Treadmills?
The kettlebell is often promoted as an exercise that can be used in metabolic conditioning. In a sense this refers to the benefits of doing cardiovascular exercise without having to do cardio. ...
The Clean Pull is a Versatile Exercise
The Olympic lifts and their variations are used extensively in the strength and conditioning of athletes. They are performed quickly (barbell velocity of 2-4 meters per second) and generate great power (depending...
Kettlebells vs. Weightlifting: Specificity Rules
In what is probably the opening salvo of this, Otto et al published an article in the May issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research looking at the effectiveness of...
Running Curves
There are a number of instances in athletics where it is important to be able to take a tight turn while running at full speed. You may be running a route in...
Classic Article: Technique and Weightlifting Performance
In a series of articles translated in the Soviet Sport Review, Soviet biomechanist Sokolov wrote about the need for technical mastery of the Olympic lifts for improvements in weightlifting performance. In the...