For Beginners Variety is Important
The power clean and its variations is a fundamental exercise in the strength and conditioning of athletes. The exercise develops most of the muscles of the body, is easy to learn, is...
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Kettlebells: Comparing Apples to Oranges?
Manocchia et al, in another study examining kettlebell training, investigate how ten weeks of 2x/week training impacts strength, power, and endurance. The authors divided their training into five blocks of training, gradually...
Neural Control and Elite Athletes
Strength and conditioning professionals take for granted the fact that strength, power, speed, and agility training have an impact on the athlete’s nervous system and its ability to control the muscles. We...
Classic Article: Vertical Jump and Whole vs. Part
In 1978 Pekka Luhtanen and Paavo Komi had an article published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology looking at how different body segments contribute to performance of the vertical jump. At...
Improving Power: The Sum Is Greater Than The Parts
Training to increase maximal strength as well as training to increase power have both been found to be effective at improving vertical jump. In general, when one trains to increase maximal strength...