How to Know If You Should Be Using VBT
Determining the time to implement velocity-based training hinges on three characteristics of your program and athletes. Give them what they need, when they need it.
The 3 Steps of Practicing Visualization
Surpass your mental blocks and improve your technique by putting your mind in a better place with Cook's Model of Concentration.
Distraction Control As A Performance Enhancer
Master this skill to ensure you don't let a lack of mental presence hinder your competitive performance.
The Most Important Thing You Can Do As A Strength Coach
It isn't the squats. It isn't the cleans, nor the reverse hypers or pull-ups.
Peak Velocity and Olympic Lifts
Determine what factors matter and measure accordingly. For the clean and jerk, and snatch, this may mean a need to reevaluate the implications of average velocity.
Expanding My Circle of Training Knowledge
There is a well-known saying in our industry: information in strength and conditioning doubles every eighteen months. How will you keep up?
The Process and Product of Goal Setting
The training will make you Strong(er) of body. The goal setting will help you become Strong(er) of mind.
Using Squats and Sled Pulling for Sprint Speed Development
Sprinting has both horizontal and vertical components. If your athletes aren’t training both, they’re not going to be as fast as they could be.
What We Can Learn from a T-Shirt
The clothing we wear makes a statement of our fashion, but what does it say about our character?
Understanding and Developing Starting Strength
The speed you build in training will determine the split-second difference between winning a game and going home defeated.
The Mechanics of Recovery: Knowing When to Recharge
Quit pretending you are a Ferrari when you are (in fact) a second-hand high-mileage Ford Focus.
Do You Have The Truman Factor?
Little known fact: despite those whole "atomic bomb incidents," Truman deadlifted sumo.
Breath Control for Optimal Performance
Appease your moral conscious by taking the prophalctic approach to birth control. Oh sorry…you said breath control.
Purposeful GPP: Applying Science to Your Conditioning
Have you ever tried actually PROGRAMMING your GPP?
Is the Vertical Jump the Best Measure of Power?
There may be better methods to measure explosive strength.
Overlooked Factors in Athlete Programming
Realize that basketball isn't just basketball, soccer isn't just soccer, and football isn't just football.
Video Interview: Success Indicators
Have you ever wondered how to predict the success of an athlete?
Strong Mind: Excellence
Anyone can make that good, right choice once in a while…but it takes so much more than that.
Strong Mind: Chamberlain's Choice
I want to tell a story. It is about a man named Joshua Chamberlain.
Strong Mind: Bushido
The difference between good lifters and great ones does not lie in sets and reps and exercises.
Strong Mind: Circle of Concern/Circle of Influence
To be a more productive athlete and leader, one needs to focus on his circle of influence.
Strong Mind: Thinking Right
Your thoughts may be the only thing holding you back—nothing and no one else.
Strong Mind: Park It
The greatest accomplishments come from a singularly focused mind and extreme determination.
The Perfect Program: For Lifters and Coaches Alike
Here’s the deal. All sound programs work and they work well. The best one is your preference. However, there’s a catch to everything and this has more than one.
Monitoring Training Status: The Finger Tap Test
Monitoring training status is something very vital when training athletes.
The Tendo and Its Use for Autoregulation
The Fitrodyne Powerlyzer by Tendo, or Tendo unit as it’s more commonly known, is a piece of equipment used to measure the speed of the bar. This allows the coach to know several things such as whether the athlete is training what he or she is supposed to be training and whether the bar speed has started to drop. Here,
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