Are Foam Rollers Hype?
Foam rollers have been pushed as a recovery tool for a number of years. However, despite the claims and the marketing there has been little research to support or refute the...
Research
Summaries of the latest strength and conditioning research
Bilateral Deficit and Explosive Movements
When lifting weights, most of us have experienced the concept of bilateral deficit. This is the idea that the sum of the parts are less than the total. For example, you may...
The Olympic Lifts: General or Specific Training Tool?
The Olympic lifts are extensively used in the conditioning of athletes. They help to teach athletes how to apply force quickly. For these lifts, this is done while standing up and involves...
Training Heavy Makes You Stronger, But Is It Periodization?
The “linear vs. nonlinear” periodization debate have been going on for a while in the strength and conditioning literature. Simplistically, a linear periodized program has a constant intensity/volume within a week. For...
Training Young Baseball Pitchers
With young baseball pitchers, there has been concern for a while about overdoing pitching and leading to elbow and shoulder issues. One of the thoughts is that maybe younger baseball players should...