The February issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research has an interesting study looking at postactivation potentiation (PAP) and the bench press. The authors studied 11 individuals who were healthy...
To get better at your squat, there are a few things that you need: 1. More muscle mass: The more muscle mass you have, the stronger you have the potential to be....
The squat exercise is widely used in bodybuilding, weightlifting, athletics, powerlifting, strongman, and recreational training. It has an effect on the lower body, trunk/core, and total body strength unmatched by almost any...
Leo Settle has written an old school article on strength training and sprinters. I call this old school because he is drawing heavily from some of the older material from Dintman, Ward,...
The first post in this series dealt with principles that govern program design , the second with background information behind training for strength, power, and hypertrophy. This post will tie everything together....