Thoughts on the squat
The squat is my one "must do" exercise for athletic strength and conditioning. There are a lot of ways this exercise can be performed. In a 2020 article Lahti et al examined...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
If Willpower Is Lacking Gains Will Suffer
Hamstring strains are a common injury for athletes in sports that have to sprint. One of the interventions to help prevent these injuries is the Nordic hamstring exercise. With this exercise, the...
Treadmills vs. Over Ground Running, Yes Specificity Still Applies
Treadmills are used pretty extensively in the exercise science and strength and conditioning fields. They provide a lot of advantages for testing and for research. For example, it’s easier to film and...
There Are No Magic Exercises or Workout Programs!
Despite everything that we know about the hamstrings, hamstring injuries, sprinting, and the sport of soccer, this is still a big problem in soccer. Researchers in the Netherlands published a study taking...
Unilateral or Bilateral, Which is Best?
In a previous post we covered a study by Appleby et al (2019) examining the impact of unilateral (step ups) versus bilateral (squats) lower body training on strength. The authors essentially found...