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...
Olympic lifts
It Takes a Big Foundation to Build a Tall Building
I'm going to start this post with a workout program. Below is a look at a week of workouts for an elite, international-caliber sprinter. This is a late preparatory phase/early pre-season phase...
Olympic Lifting and Sports: An Evolutionary Tale
Last week I published a blog about a study that at least suggested that we may not need to catch the bar to get the optimal benefits from the Olympic lifts. I...
Olympic Lifts: Maybe We Don’t Need To Catch The Bar…
The Olympic lifts and their derivatives are widely performed in the strength and conditioning of athletes. They involve exerting force against the ground, rapid movements, high power outputs, and are total body...
Power Development, Part IV: Tools and Strategies
In our last three posts ((http://www.cissik.com/blog/2017/01/power-development-part-i-foundations/ , http://www.cissik.com/blog/2017/02/power-development-part-ii-cautions/ , and http://www.cissik.com/blog/?p=1723&preview=true ) we covered background information behind training for power, cautions with it, and principles behind program design. With this post we’ll...