Avoid Running Heel-To-Toe: A Glimpse Into Why
When we coach athletes to sprint, we want them to stay off their heels. In other words, we want them to avoid running with a heel-to-toe running pattern. Many distance coaches are...
Research
Summaries of the latest strength and conditioning research
Interval Training: Better For Athletes?
There are a number of popular approaches for aerobic exercise training. The other day I was approached by a soccer strength and conditioning coach about my thoughts of aerobic training and soccer....
Hamstring Muscles Are Different After Injury
Hamstring strains are a fact of life for athletes who sprint in their sport. There are a lot of factors behind this, but one of the biggest is possible a lack of...
Muscles Are Not Recruited Uniformly
The last few years have seen studies showing that the muscles don’t react uniformly to an exercise. In other words, every part of the muscle doesn’t experience an exercise the same way....
The Squat And Sprinting
In a previous post ( http://www.cissik.com/blog/2016/05/athletes-need-to-squat/ ), I touched on the importance of the squat exercise for athletes. Continuing with this thought, Styles et al, in the Journal of Strength and...