Summaries of the latest strength and conditioning research
In an earlier post (http://www.yourhpservices.com/blog/2015/06/horizontal-tra…-and-sprinting/), I discussed an article that examined the relationship between horizontal jumping ability and sprinting. In another article, Agar-Newman and Klimstra had a study published in the Journal...
For most athletic strength and conditioning programs, the squat exercise is the foundation of the program. Very few programs use the deadlift exercise extensively. Despite its popularity with powerlifters, there’s not a...
Eccentric strength training has been something that strength and conditioning professionals have been using for a long time in the training of their athletes. I’ve borrowed heavily from the powerlifting community in...
When it comes to the strength and conditioning of athletes, we perform a lot of tests and use a lot of training approaches because of tradition. In other words, we do this...
The split squat (essentially perform squats with one foot in front of the other, focuses the resistance on the front leg) is one of my favorite exercises. Urquhart et al , in...