Research On Heavy Ropes
Heavy ropes are a training mode that many strength and conditioning coaches have been incorporating into the training of their athletes for several years now. They provide a total body exercise, they...
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Incorporate Testing Into An Athlete’s Training
Testing is incredibly important for the coach. Testing provides information about the athlete’s physical preparation for the sport. For example, does our athlete have the level of strength, power, agility, speed, etc....
Use Heavy Ropes For Your Warm Up
Heavy ropes (also known as battle ropes or training ropes) are essentially 60-200 foot long extra thick ropes. This training tool involves the lower body, core, and upper body. Typically these exercises...
Metabolic Conditioning Program Design Thoughts
The previous few posts (http://wp.me/p1XfMm-cV , http://wp.me/p1XfMm-cW , and http://wp.me/p1XfMm-d7) have had a lot about metabolic conditioning and especially the challenges that we face as coaches. This post is going to provide...
There’s No Best Tool For Metabolic Conditioning
This is the third installment of a series of posts about metabolic conditioning (see the other posts at http://wp.me/p1XfMm-cV and http://wp.me/p1XfMm-cW). The other posts introduced the concept, discussed the fact that it...