training
WATCH: The Seven Granddaddy Laws
Dr. Hatfield categorized these Laws himself, and together they serve as a framework to measure an effective training program. If you want to know how your training program stacks up, I encourage you to assess it against the Laws.
WATCH: Max Effort and Dynamic Effort Programming
In this instructional video, Dave discusses the benefits of dynamic effort and max effort training and breaks down the specifics of his programming during his work with Dr. Rusin.
Samoan Rugby Union Returns to CARE Program
The program I am currently running features the CARE program in a new format that I feel better allows the player to get a workout in without going too deep in the RPE continuum, especially if he or she is coming from a unit or a team session.
New Team, New Approach: Working the Curve with the Samoan Rugby Union
What I outline in this article is the third generation of this style of programming, taken through the furnace of professional rugby and modified accordingly to fit specific needs of the playing group I now work with.
What’s Missing in Box Programming
At the end of the day, 99.9% of people who show up at a box do not want to increase their snatch or compete at the games. Here's a better way to help them.
A Training Cycle Alternative for Group Athletes
Linear periodization has its place, and I've used it with varying levels of success, but overall there are simply too many drawbacks when used for group programming. Here's what I use instead.
Cultivating Champions: How I Trained the C2 Volleyball Team
All of the athletes at this high-level volleyball academy are from overseas and come to the United States to get a better chance at receiving a collegiate scholarship. Working with head coach and founder Caitlyn Vann, this is what we did in our five short weeks.
The Coach's Guide to Programming and Periodization: Surfing The Force-Velocity Curve and Changing Seasons
Understanding this tool for manipulating training intensities is key for athlete programming at every part of pre-season, in-season, post-season and off-season phases.
Here are Team elitefts' New Year's Resolutions for 2019
If you're looking for a way to keep your strength up without destroying your body day in and day out, this is the program for you.
Maximize Effective Volume and Minimize Junk Volume (with Program Sample)
There is a muscle protein synthesis threshold, and adding sets over and above this threshold will not help you gain additional muscle. A simple way to ensure you aren't wasting your time and energy on junk volume is greater frequency.
The Coach's Guide to Programming and Periodization: Variable Manipulation, Training Units, and Building Your Annual Plan
In the first article of this series we covered the basic principles of programming and periodization. Now let's discuss strategies to manipulate volume and intensity, and start examining the training units used to structure training.
4 Rules of Training Professional Athletes (with Off-Season Program Sample)
Four years ago I got a phone call about training a local kid who had just been cut by the Atlanta Falcons and wanted to make his move back to the NFL. Here are my four rules of training professional athletes and what I did with Roosevelt Nix.