We Improve By Being Uncomfortable
I’m going to begin this post by showing a workout: WK 1 WK 2 WK 3 WK 4 WK 5 WK 6 WK 7 WK 8 Power clean 3x3x200 3x3x200 3x3x200...
principles of exercise
Big Buildings Need Solid Foundations
The principle of progression says that fitness and sports need to be viewed as a series of steps, each of which builds on what came before. The idea here is that by...
Exercise Order Is Not Set In Stone
In another lifetime, I taught strength and conditioning classes at Texas A&M and at Texas Woman’s Universities. A number of my books were geared to be textbooks for those classes as I...
Overload: You Can’t Get Better Without It
The overload principle is a fundamental one to strength and conditioning. Basically this says that in order to keep the body adapting, we have to find a way to make the workouts...
Keep Pushing To Keep Making Gains
The overload principle is a fundamental one to both training for fitness and to the strength and conditioning training of athletes. At the root of the overload principle is the fact that...