Improving Postural Strength
What I think of as postural strength is critical to the performance of many sports. This may be a poor technical name, but to me it involves an ability to maintain...
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Elastic Energy: Is It The Tendon?
The authors had subjects perform an interesting variation of a one-legged seated knee extension. After determining their 1-RM using their dominant leg, subjects performed testing at 20%, 60%, and 90% of 1-RM....
Strength and Agility
As strength and conditioning coaches, we often make the claim that strength is important for athletes. Sometimes this is to overcome external objects (like another player or a shot put), sometimes this...
Foundation and Application of Strength
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...
Bilateral Deficit and Explosive Movements
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...