Keep Testing Simple
Testing can gather an enormous amount of data on today’s athletes. It’s unclear though how relevant this is to most athletes. When it comes to testing, I look at several different...
Testing can gather an enormous amount of data on today’s athletes. It’s unclear though how relevant this is to most athletes. When it comes to testing, I look at several different...
Below is a sample twelve week speed training plan: Week Day One Day Two Day Three 1 5x400mx70% 5x200mx80% 5x800mx50% 2 5x400mx75% 5x200mx80% 5x800mx50% 3 5x300mx75% 5x150mx85% 4x600mx60% 4 5x300mx75% 5x150mx85%...
The November issue of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise has an interesting point/counter-point article examining whether acute increases in anabolic hormones drive muscle hypertrophy. The theory is that a bout...
There are a lot of posts on how to enhance an athlete’s ability to sprint quickly. This takes a combination of speed, plyometric, and strength training. This post is going to...
Human muscles are extremely adaptable to training. They grow or shrink, become longer or shorter, their muscle fibers change their angle to the tendon, etc. all as a result of training. Two...