Cool Downs Don’t Prevent Injuries or Improve Performance
Over the years, when I have been teaching or writing about training I’ve emphasized that there are three parts to a session. These are the warm-up (we get the body and nervous...
Real World Strength and Conditioning
How coaches use strength and conditioning to improve the performance of their athletes
I Told You So: Periodization
In 2008 Mike Barnes, Allen Hedrick, and myself had an article published in Strength and Conditioning Journal titled “Challenges Applying the Research on Periodization.” As coaches we were a little concerned with...
Football Running Speed: It Might Surprise You
There is a lot of research out there looking at soccer and basketball and the distances covered by athletes in games. Not only that, but this information is often broken down by...
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...
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...