Eccentric Training and Sports Performance: Science Fiction
Eccentric training has been a mainstay of strength and conditioning for awhile. I like to use it with track and field athletes to help them become stronger when they need to be...
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Eccentric Strength Training: It’s Difficult To Study In Isolation
Eccentric strength training has been something that strength and conditioning professionals have been using for a long time in the training of their athletes. I’ve borrowed heavily from the powerlifting community in...
Neural Control and Elite Athletes
Strength and conditioning professionals take for granted the fact that strength, power, speed, and agility training have an impact on the athlete’s nervous system and its ability to control the muscles. We...
The Clean Pull is a Versatile Exercise
The Olympic lifts and their variations are used extensively in the strength and conditioning of athletes. They are performed quickly (barbell velocity of 2-4 meters per second) and generate great power (depending...