Use High Intensity Interval Training For Basketball Success
Basketball has seen an explosion of the use of sport science over the last ten years. It’s not unusual for athletes to be using heart rate monitors and GPS trackers to get...
Hamstring Hypertrophy
Hamstring muscle group training is important for athletes. The hamstrings are important for running, jumping, most sport skills, ACL injury prevention, sprint injury prevention, and the rehabilitation of both ACL and sprinting...
The Caro-Kann, Part One
This is a defense for black that tries to protect f7 while preventing black from getting cramped. It starts out: e4 c6 After 2. d4 d5, white has several possibilities: maintain tension...
French Defense, part three
In this post we're going to cover the last two main variations of the French Defense. 3. Nd2 or 3. e5. 3. Nd2: When moving 3.Nc3 we have to worry about the...
The Olympic Lifts: Squat, Power, or Split?
The Olympic lifts and their variations have been a mainstay in athletic strength and conditioning since well before I entered the field in the 1990's. These are variations of the snatch, clean,...