Training Should Improve Performance
Strength and conditioning is widely used in the preparation of athletes for their sport. As you can image, a lot of it is subject to the background of the coach. For example,...
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Program Design 101
This is a post that is focused on the short-term. Many junior coaches want to jump into designing elaborate, long-term strength and conditioning programs for their athletes. Many junior coaches get extremely...
Metabolic Conditioning Program Design Thoughts
The previous few posts (http://wp.me/p1XfMm-cV , http://wp.me/p1XfMm-cW , and http://wp.me/p1XfMm-d7) have had a lot about metabolic conditioning and especially the challenges that we face as coaches. This post is going to provide...
Children And Eccentric Exercise
A lot of people make the case that when it comes to exercise programs for youth, that youth should not be treated as small adults. Recently another study has been published that...
Rest And Recovery In The Training Of Athletes
Rest and recovery are important matters for an athlete. This is an area that it is easy to make mistakes on for a number of reasons. First, athletes are motivated to push...