Thoughts on the squat
The squat is my one "must do" exercise for athletic strength and conditioning. There are a lot of ways this exercise can be performed. In a 2020 article Lahti et al examined...
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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...
Unilateral or Bilateral Training, Which Is Better?
There has been a discussion for a few years about unilateral vs. bilateral training in the strength and conditioning of athletes. Many of us have used squats, deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts, and the...
It Takes a Big Foundation to Build a Tall Building
I'm going to start this post with a workout program. Below is a look at a week of workouts for an elite, international-caliber sprinter. This is a late preparatory phase/early pre-season phase...
Squat Variations: Don’t Get Distracted
I wanted to use this blog to discuss a few different types of squat variations that we see in strength and conditioning. All of these types of squats have uses, but they...