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...
The principle of specificity rules the gains we make from strength and conditioning. Essentially, this principle states that your training has to be dictated by your goals. For example, you can do...
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,...
For more than thirty years, the concept that training adaptations are specific to the velocities of the training has been popular in strength and conditioning circles. This provides the justification behind plyometrics,...
Strength training is a wonderful tool to help increase sports performance and to prevent injuries. There are some things that it does extremely well, but it has limitations when it comes to...