Programming the Olympic Lifts
The Olympic lifts and their variations have long been a staple of athletic strength and conditioning programs. They are performed standing up, involve most of the muscles of the body, involve a...
Landmine Bent Over Rows
In a previous post we introduced the landmine. This post will describe a few exercises that you can do using the landmine. This post is going to focus on variations of the...
Use Short Sprints to Develop Sport-Specific Speed
Short sprints are an incredibly sport-specific way to address athlete speed needs. These have several advantages. First, they are more in tune to what the athlete experiences in the sport. Field and...
Youth Baseball: Practice Thoughts
A lot of youth baseball practices look like this: one athlete is performing the skill while the other 11 are standing around watching. This is a problem for several reasons; first, only...
Use the Landmine for Variety in a Home Gym
The landmine is a piece of equipment that is ideal in a home gym setting. Basically this is a metal that has a plate that will connect to something that won’t move...