Hamstring strength, landing mechanics, and ACL injuries
Female athletes are significantly more at risk for ACL injuries than male athletes. Depending upon the study you read it could be as much as 11-18 times more likely. There are a...
strength and conditioning
Sprinting: Direction of Force Application May Be Important
There’s a great deal of interest in making team sport athletes faster sprinters. There are a lot of approaches to doing this from speed training to strength training to plyometrics. Speed training...
Interval Training and Its Impact on Strength Training
Strength and conditioning professionals have been saying for a long time that aerobic exercise interferes with the gains made from strength training. This may be due to overdevelopment of slow twitch muscle...
Endocrine Physiology, Weight Control, and Other Controversial Topics
Yesterday I put on a workshop at Texas Woman’s University that provided CEU’s from NSCA, ACE, AFAA, and NASM. Our topics were endocrine physiology and weight control. These are both important and...
Classic Article: Efficiency is Important in Weightlifting
Wolfgang Baumann et al analyzed the snatch lifts in the 1985 world weightlifting championships. From this, they published an article that is essentially two studies in one article: Examine the kinematics (time...