Landing Safely
There’s been a lot in the strength and conditioning literature over the last ten years about non-contact ACL injuries, especially with female athletes. One of the concerns here is with how athletes...
injury prevention
There Are No Magic Exercises or Workout Programs!
Despite everything that we know about the hamstrings, hamstring injuries, sprinting, and the sport of soccer, this is still a big problem in soccer. Researchers in the Netherlands published a study taking...
Are Reverse Hyperextensions Better?
The hyperextension exercise and the reverse hyperextension exercise are both mainstays in many strength training programs. The hyperextension involves laying face down in the hyperextension bench, flexing forward from the hip until...
What Happens After…
With the coronavirus, a lot of things are different with our athletes this spring. Put simply, many athletes are not training like we’d normally expect them to. This is due to their...
Sloppy and Slow Won’t Prevent Knee Injuries
I was working out in a commercial fitness center the other day when several high school girl softball players came in with their trainer. Their trainer then proceeded to have them do...