Sorry, Specificity Always Applies
There has been a debate for a long time about unilateral versus bilateral strength training exercises. There are a host of arguments for each. The unilateral side says that we need to...
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Variable Resistance Training Improves Strength and More
Variable resistance training has been around for more than 10 years now. First popularized by the powerlifting community, today they are widely used in the strength and conditioning of athletes. These tools...
Horizontal Jumping And Rugby Speed
In an earlier post (http://www.yourhpservices.com/blog/2015/06/horizontal-tra…-and-sprinting/), I discussed an article that examined the relationship between horizontal jumping ability and sprinting. In another article, Agar-Newman and Klimstra had a study published in the Journal...
Small Sided Games For Conditioning
Small sided games (SSGs) are used in soccer, basketball, rugby, and cricket to develop conditioning, repeated sprint ability, technical skills, and tactical abilities. Basically these involve games with a smaller number of...
Is There a Best Way to Train for Strength/Power?
There are a wide number of books, articles, and approaches to the long-term design of training. Each of these seeks to manipulate training frequency, intensity, volume, and rest intervals to develop strength...