Revisiting Squats and the Knees
The squat is a fundamental exercise in athletic strength and conditioning programs. However, there has been concern going back to Karl Klein’s article in the 1960’s that it may be bad for...
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Agility is Difficult to Develop
Agility is a challenging subject for many strength and conditioning professionals as well as many athletes. It’s challenging because it is sport-specific, situation-specific, and represents the bringing together of a huge number...
Developing Eccentric Strength for Sprints and Jumps
Eccentric strength is an important tool for sprinting and jumping. In both instances, it helps to minimize knee flexion as the leg contacts the ground (during sprinting) or when a leg is...
Advanced Tools for Increasing Training Intensity
Over the past few weeks, I’ve done some tweets and Facebook posts about the overload principle and how the exercises that we use fit into it. To review, the overload principles states...
Interval Training: Impact of Recovery
Interval training is an effective way to improve maximal oxygen consumption, ability to train at high intensities, and an effective way for improving speed. Interval training typically involves training at a high...