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  • June 30, 2018

One Leg Kettlebell Romanian Deadlifts

Hip hinges are a critical exercise for the strength and conditioning of athletes. These exercises train the muscles of the hamstrings, lower back, and glutes. While a lot of exercises train those...

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  • June 23, 2018

Thoughts on Success

Let me start this post by describing a situation. We have someone thinking, hey our team did great last year. So we’re just going to go through the motions, kind of do...

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  • June 17, 2018

You Still Have To Train During The Season

In an earlier post (http://www.cissik.com/blog/2018/06/thoughts-on-organizing-training/ ) I had covered some thoughts on organizing training in the off-season. Things are a little different when athletes are in season. This post is going to...

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  • June 9, 2018

Eccentric Training Has A Role

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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...

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  • June 3, 2018

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...

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John looks at the athlete as a whole and works to determine his or her individual needs. He doesn’t subscribe to one particular approach to training or philosophy but views everything as a valid tool based upon an athlete’s sport, position, level of development, injury history, needs, experience, and preferences.

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Latest article for Inside Pitch Magazine. @inside Latest article for Inside Pitch Magazine.  @insidepitchmagazine @abca1945 #baseball #baseballcoach
Latest article for the Australian Track and Field Latest article for the Australian Track and Field Coaches Association’s journal. #strengthtraining #strengthtraining #athletics #trackandfield
Latest article for The Chess Correspondent #chess Latest article for The Chess Correspondent #chess #chessopenings
The Caro-Kann Defense, part four: https://www.ciss The Caro-Kann Defense, part four: https://www.cissik.com/blog/2024/09/the-caro-kann-defense-part-four/ #chess #chessopenings #chessdefense #carokann
The Caro-Kann Defense, part three: https://www.cis The Caro-Kann Defense, part three: https://www.cissik.com/blog/2024/09/the-caro-kann-defense-part-three/ #chess #chessopenings #carokanndefense
Humbled to have another article in @insidepitchmag Humbled to have another article in @insidepitchmagazine .  Great educational tool and @abca1945  is a great organization.  Excited to get back to hands on next week!
I like “old” chess books. They are inexpensiv I like “old” chess books.  They are inexpensive (this one was $8). The information holds up (the principles are the principles). Since I don’t play at the grandmaster level itynit going out if date!  #chess #chessstrategy #chessbooks
The Caro-Kann Defense, part two: https://www.cissi The Caro-Kann Defense, part two: https://www.cissik.com/blog/2024/09/the-caro-kann-defense-part-two/ #chess #chessopenings #carokanndefense
The Caro-Kann Defense, part one: https://www.cissi The Caro-Kann Defense, part one: https://www.cissik.com/blog/2024/08/the-caro-kann-part-one/ #chess #chessopening #carokanndefense
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