This model sequences weight training and skills, with the weight training acting as a neural primer before moving to skill work and then bringing the players back to the weight room to complete the lower body session.

It is the signature strongman event and can make you a champion or break you in half. Unfortunately, it's often the most poorly trained event — but it doesn't have to be.

Our team is pretty strong in the weight room and it has transferred to the field, but we're not a big team. The head coach and I have come to an agreement on changes we're going to make, with a phase that starts January 16.

Designing a program that builds agility, speed, strength, and conditioning, while also training the strongman movements, can seem a daunting task. Here’s how I approach it.

With the holidays and all of the celebratory foods coming, why not make those extra calories work for a change? This plan is designed to get you bigger and stronger using a 4-day split (and a 3-day split if you're pressed for time).

After an ACL injury, the athlete is first rehabbed exclusively in the training room. Once they're released to me, we start this phase of the recovery process.

With intelligent programming, you can use the sled to target each energy system without interfering with your current training program, and in the process enhance recovery, improve conditioning, and lose body fat.

I’m going to outline a 12-week program for an event that is max reps — a weight that is currently out of your reach.

This compilation of training sessions is drawn from the minds of many great coaches, and includes initial and periodic testing to ensure intensity and distance per session challenge the metabolic systems of the athletes.

Trying to build superior performance without diversity in your training is like trying to build a house with nothing but a hammer and a box of nails: the final product isn’t going to impress anyone.

My thirteen-year-old daughter recently started a single weekly session, supplemented with interval running and sports specific training exercises. This is how she's training for lacrosse.

I have collated a few of my most result-producing programs for you to try, from both a sports performance perspective and also general training for size and strength for the non-sports person.

You can't be a good strongman without being a good athlete, and that means building power, mobility, and technique. These movements can help build all three.

It must be noted that this article is specifically looking at intracellular signaling pathways leading to increased muscle size.

When looking at how to continue to train through overuse injuries, there are five main regressions and changes I have found able to lead to pain-free movement in the squat.

Many programs say they individualize, but in reality very few do it well. This is why I borrowed the Quadrant Management System from business and redeveloped it to meet my requirements for programming in team sports.

These high-density training protocols are the holy grails of body composition training. Here are the best ones to get you started.

This is the exact weight training program that I applied to the Panasonic Rugby team for the 2014-15 season.

Using my "steak and potatoes" model and the Athletic Improvement template, Tanner Houck and Chad Spanburger worked their asses off, earning the 24th overall pick and the 176th overall pick in the MLB draft.

Power is power and strength is strength. No matter what position you play, we have to develop both to the greatest potential. Here are the first two phases and the differences between positions.

I have developed a conjugate program template that efficiently covers the most important bases for training the general box programming population.

I have attempted to be as detailed as possible in presenting to you a comprehensive program based around the variability that makes up a complete year of rugby.

Why is it that calves are one of the hardest muscle groups to grow? Here are three points to consider to develop heart-shaped calves like a sprinter or running back.

Want to get faster? Spending time on the field or track is important, but at some point you're going to hit a speed barrier. That's when you need to focus on building these three areas.