Overreaching and Olympic Lifting
It’s very difficult for high-level Olympic lifters to continue to make gains as a result of training. In a classic study, Hakkinen et al had determined that an elite strength and power...
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The Squat And Sprinting
In a previous post ( http://www.cissik.com/blog/2016/05/athletes-need-to-squat/ ), I touched on the importance of the squat exercise for athletes. Continuing with this thought, Styles et al, in the Journal of Strength and...
Strategies To Increase Strength
Strength is an important ability for athletes. Strength is necessary for sprinting, agility, throwing, hitting, kicking, and jumping. It’s a frequent topic of mine with social media because a lot of people...
Children Are Not Small Adults
Strength and conditioning professionals have been point out for years that children aren’t just smaller adults when it comes to training programs. In the latest issue of the Journal of Strength and...
The Big Five Is All You Need
Periodically I post on social media about the value of the big five movements in a strength and conditioning program. These five movements are the press, pull, row, squat, and Olympic lift....