Horizontal Force Production Outside the Weight Room
The ability to use strength and apply it horizontally is a critical ability to athletes. Unfortunately, this is not an ability that is easily developed in the weight room. With a few...
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Horizontal Force Production and the Weight Room
The ability to exert force horizontally is extremely important for athletes. It is important for sprinting, stopping, starting, and changing directions. Beyond that it is also important for throwing, kicking, contact sports,...
Don’t Leave Training To Chance
With this post I’m going to cover the concept of specificity. I’m going to begin by discussing this in terms of strength and conditioning. However, this is a concept that also applies...
Training Volume vs. Frequency: It’s Important To Read The Study
It’s important to read studies if you want to get an idea of their value. It’s important to read the entire study and not just stop at the abstract, because sometimes the...
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...