Horizontal Force Production Outside the Weight Room
The ability to use strength and apply it horizontally is a critical ability to athletes. Unfortunately, this is not an ability that is easily developed in the weight room. With a few...
The ability to use strength and apply it horizontally is a critical ability to athletes. Unfortunately, this is not an ability that is easily developed in the weight room. With a few...
The ability to exert force horizontally is extremely important for athletes. It is important for sprinting, stopping, starting, and changing directions. Beyond that it is also important for throwing, kicking, contact sports,...
The hamstrings, glutes, and lower back are an important chain of muscles for athletic performance. Not only are they important for performing movements that involve hip extension and knee flexion, but they...
A frequent topic of my social media posts deals with the squat exercise and its variations and how important it is for most sports. It’s important because it trains the bulk of...
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...