Training Volume vs. Frequency: It’s Important To Read The Study
It’s important to read studies if you want to get an idea of their value. It’s important to read the entire study and not just stop at the abstract, because sometimes the...
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Training Doesn’t Defeat Old Age, But It Helps
As of this writing I’m a 47-year old fart who besides coaching and teaching still tries to work out daily to keep in shape. The nature of those workouts have changed a...
Eccentric Training Has A Role
Eccentric training has been around for a long time. Bodybuilders call it “negatives.” Basically eccentric training involves an exaggerated descent or lower phase of the lift. The focus of eccentric training is...
Thoughts on Organizing Training
Program design isn’t a very complicated thing when we’re just talking about lifting weights. Want to get stronger? Train heavy. Want to become more explosive? Train explosively! The lifts that involve the...
The 121 Program
The longer I’m in coaching, the simpler things seem to get. This is especially true in strength and conditioning where oftentimes I feel that we deliberately make things too complicated just to...