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...
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Agility Pitfalls
Pitfalls with Agility Training Unlike when I started in the strength and conditioning profession, even an entry-level high school strength coach has to have a huge tool kit to address all...
Kettlebell Swings: Simple but Very Effective
The kettlebell swing exercise is one of my favorite exercises for metabolic conditioning, warming up, and even core training. It’s a relatively simple exercise to master, works most of the muscles of...
Lifting Weights Really is Good for Your Brain…
People have said for awhile that exercise is good for the brain. That’s a pretty broad statement and is usually associated with anecdotal evidence. In the Journal of Applied Physiology, Church et...
Speed Training: You Don’t Need Frills
Speed is critical to sports performance. One of the side effects of the systematic incorporation of strength and conditioning into sports is that athletes are becoming bigger, stronger and they are a...