Overload: You Can’t Get Better Without It
The overload principle is a fundamental one to strength and conditioning. Basically this says that in order to keep the body adapting, we have to find a way to make the workouts...
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Keep Testing Simple
With sports, testing has two primary purposes. The first is to assess the effectiveness of the strength and conditioning program. The second is to help select who is going to play at...
Exercise Limitations and Down Syndrome
Individuals with Down Syndrome, especially as they age, tend to be characterized with obesity, health-related problems from that obesity, poor fitness, a reduced physical work capacity, as well as hyperflexibility and low...
Agility is Difficult to Develop
Agility is a challenging subject for many strength and conditioning professionals as well as many athletes. It’s challenging because it is sport-specific, situation-specific, and represents the bringing together of a huge number...
Is Sprinting Important For Field Sports?
With today’s technology we can do a better job of developing and evaluating conditioning programs for sports that have traditionally been challenging to program for due to their varied energy system requirements....