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The End of a Strength and Conditioning Career
What do you do when you wake up one morning and realize that your best years are behind you? Retirement is a double-edged sword.
Honoring Those Who Came Before Us
Let's honor those who came before us. Who gave you a better chance to succeed as you started your new role?
Programming for a Full Off-Season
Here's a Major League Rugby (MLR) perspective on how to set up programming after the last game of the season.
The Devil is in the Detail for Gym Start-Ups
As strength and conditioning coaches, before you buy the gym equipment and create an exercise selection chart, answer these questions.
Exercise Selection: Ask Better Questions and Make Better Choices
Do you ever wonder why certain exercises happen in the order that they do? Or why athletes will work on power and speed before hitting their main lifts? Here's why.
INTERVIEW: Owner of Sports Advantedge Brian Bott
Meet Coach Brian Bott to learn how he uses the conjugate method for his collegiate football players. Need to see the results? They're here!
The Combined Seasonal Training Chart
To expand upon the exercise selection chart discussion from last month, these training options form the basis of my decision-making and conversations with players as to what they need to focus on over the next four to six weeks in their gym sessions.
The Role of a Strength Coach
Let’s look at some of the jobs a strength coach can and should be responsible for.
Why Athletes Should Use Cheat Reps
Because it can be a wonderful tool to increase power, muscle mass, and performance in a given sport. That's why.
Transitional Guide to Tactical Strength and Conditioning
As the tactical sector of strength and conditioning grows, so does the awareness, curiosity, and interest from coaches currently in athletics. Here's a quick breakdown if you're considering making the leap from collegiate to tactical strength and conditioning.
Does Hypertrophy Have a Place in Athletics?
Some of the brightest minds in strength and conditioning present both sides of the argument. Join the conversation.
Programming Two-A-Days for Your Player's Pre-Season and In-season
Poliquin, Thibadeau, and Schoenfeld, among many other writers and researchers, have popularized this method—performing multiple training sessions within a day. Here's how I set this up for my players within a three-day split program.