I often say that strength is the foundation but plyometrics/Olympic lifts/speed/agility represent application. Strength is a critical ability for sports performance. To a point, stronger athletes have greater potential to exert force...
When lifting weights, most of us have experienced the concept of bilateral deficit. This is the idea that the sum of the parts are less than the total. For example, you may...
Testing can gather an enormous amount of data on today’s athletes. It’s unclear though how relevant this is to most athletes. When it comes to testing, I look at several different...
It’s easy to approach an athlete’s training in a myopic manner, in other words to view the athlete’s training from only our discipline. When we do this, we do a disservice to...
The Olympic lifts and their variations are a popular tool with strength and conditioning coaches. The lifts train the entire body, involve exerting force against the ground, involve the bar moving at...