Programming the Olympic Lifts
The Olympic lifts and their variations have long been a staple of athletic strength and conditioning programs. They are performed standing up, involve most of the muscles of the body, involve a...
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Athletes Apply Force in a Horizontal Direction
Athletic strength and conditioning has two purposes, prevent injuries and give athletes the physical tools for success. One of the challenges that a strength and conditioning coach has with this is that...
Power Training: Single Leg Repeated Effort Jumps
In a previous post we talked about repeated effort jumps. These jumps were done off two legs. The question comes up, can repeated effort jumps be done off one leg? After all,...
Power Training: Repeated Effort Jumps
As we’ve been talking about power training, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about single effort jumps. With this post we’re going to begin talking about repeated effort jumps. Repeated effort...
Power Training: Single Leg Jumps
Up until now we’ve been talking about plyometrics done off two legs. The challenge is that while this is a great way to teach the fast application of force, it’s not always...