The principle of specificity is an important one for the strength and conditioning coach, but it is also one that has limitations. Traditionally specificity is defined as the body adapting to training...
The principle of specificity rules the gains we make from strength and conditioning. Essentially, this principle states that your training has to be dictated by your goals. For example, you can do...
For more than thirty years, the concept that training adaptations are specific to the velocities of the training has been popular in strength and conditioning circles. This provides the justification behind plyometrics,...
Velocity of movement is in an important variable in many training studies. The idea usually being that athletics is performed at high velocities of movement, athletes need to be able to produce...