Almost every strength and conditioning textbook includes guidelines for volume/intensity of exercises when we are training for different goals. For example, the table below has some generic guidelines depending upon one’s goal:...
For as long as I’ve been in this field, I’ve been taught that there are ideal ranges of volume and training intensity to accomplish different goals from strength training. For example, if...
The tools that we use to train athletes have to adjust as the athlete moves through his or her career. This is due to a number of factors. First, as athletes progress...
Testosterone is one of the major anabolic hormones involved in strength training. Strength training produces an acute increase in testosterone. In other words, the act of lifting weights causes the body to...
There’s been a lot of research and coaching practice over the years changing how we go about warming up for explosive events. Twenty years ago we’d do some light cardio and then...