The Guide To Program Design
We’d all like for our strength training programs to be effective and safe. This allows us to make gains from training and avoid wasting our time. To do that, strength training follows...
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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...
Strength Training And Track And Field
Like most athletes, track and field athletes have strength and conditioning needs that are unique to their sport. This post will present several principles for the track and field coach/athlete to follow...
Specificity: It’s Actually A Complicated Topic
The principle of specificity is an important one for the strength and conditioning coach, but it is also one that has limitations. Traditionally specificity is defined as the body adapting to training...
Agility Training and Football
Agility is a physical quality that is highly sport- and situation-specific. It requires strength, power, speed, mobility, reaction time, and mastery of certain fundamental movement skills (start, stop, shuffle, etc.). But, improving...