Training for Strength, Part 2
In a previous post we talked about how not to do strength and conditioning in a team setting. In this post I’m going to present some thoughts about strength and conditioning in...
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Training for Strength: Part 1
Strength is a critical skill for most sports. Strength is important for speed, power, stopping, starting, changing directions, jumping, throwing, hitting, batting, kicking, the list goes on. This makes it a really...
The Kettlebell Press in a Team Setting
The kettlebell press is a great exercise for the strength and conditioning of athletes. It is done standing up, like sports. The athlete trains one side of the body at a time, which...
Train Strength Like a Skill
As coaches we are taught from school that there are several components of fitness. These are muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardio-vascular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. While this is great for an...
What If Hypertrophy Has Nothing To Do With Strength
Traditionally we have taught that when an athlete begins strength training they will get stronger. This increase in strength comes before the athlete undergoes hypertrophy. The thinking is that these strength increases...