For Beginners Variety is Important
The power clean and its variations is a fundamental exercise in the strength and conditioning of athletes. The exercise develops most of the muscles of the body, is easy to learn, is...
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Baseball: Importance of Strength and Conditioning
Mangine et al published a great study looking at professional baseball players over time. This study was designed to look at how age impacts professional baseball players. The study provides data from...
Kettlebells: Comparing Apples to Oranges?
Manocchia et al, in another study examining kettlebell training, investigate how ten weeks of 2x/week training impacts strength, power, and endurance. The authors divided their training into five blocks of training, gradually...
Neural Control and Elite Athletes
Strength and conditioning professionals take for granted the fact that strength, power, speed, and agility training have an impact on the athlete’s nervous system and its ability to control the muscles. We...
Satellite Cells and Increasing Muscle Mass
Satellite cells are cells that are located between the outer and inner parts of the muscle fiber membrane. They are thought to be extremely important to hypertrophy, in fact they may be...