Goal Setting and Adjusting Your Nutritional Plan During the Apocalypse
This a long timeframe to let yourself get down and to slide backward in habits and work ethic. So we need a focus, and it needs to be a change of focus. We need goals in short.
No Non-Sense Guide to Team Sport Sprint Training
What I’m presenting is what’s worked for my athletes. This 12-week program is based on principles involving anatomy, biomechanics, physiology, psychology, and neurology along with 10 years of experience coaching.
Flow Chart to Assist in the Determination of Physical Training Content in a Week-Long Plan
Here's the standard week-long plan with a seven-day turnaround between games, optimizing a balance between recovery both physiologically and psychologically.
Add Online Training in 24 Hours: The Step-by-Step Plan
In its simplest form, online coaching can be provided via email and text. It is not done in group form but is personalized and unique based on the client—just as if he or she were in your gym.
2-Day In-Season Conjugate Options for Athletes
The great thing about this system is that it's flexible. Here are four different methods you can choose from this in-season so your athletes feel good and get stronger.
Applying Menstrual Rules to Your Training
You'll need to adjust accordingly if you want to make the most of your training (and menstrual) cycle.
Phase 3: How You Should Start Young Athletes in the Weight Room
In this phase, we'll be introducing the back squat, hinging motion, and more plyometric work.
A Beginner's Guide to Programming Conjugate for Strongman
Interested in creating your own strongman conjugate program? I consulted with the experts and wrote a guide to give you all the information you need to set yourself up for strength gains in your lifts — where it matters.
In-Season Considerations for Multiple Sports
I wanted to write an article that impacts all of the sport teams I work with but can be used across really any team setting. This is going to be a general guideline I use for my entire program.
Phase 2: How You Should Start Young Athletes in the Weight Room
In this phase, we will focus on developing more stability. We'll also introduce movement patterns that the athlete will need down the road.
Pre-Season: Our Time to Shine
It is the one chance each year that sports practices do not take priority or leave players fatigued that they cannot give 100 percent to the physical development program.
10 Training Mistakes to Avoid
Here are some simple mistakes to avoid that will allow you to put yourself in the best position to train pain-free for life, perform like a stud, and look good naked.
A Strength and Conditioning Program for Youth Swimming
As with training any new client, there is a trial and error process to see what is effective and what isn’t. In this case, the training system I have put in place for my swimmers has supported them in breaking multiple national records in various events.
Win Games by Waving Volume
Most college programs that I've seen basically run three sets on all accessories. I didn't want to be most college programs. I had to find a way to do a ton of work and build work capacity but also not run the kids into the ground. That's where waving volume came into play.
Programming Through Injury: Good, Better, and Best Options
Programming through injury doesn’t need to be nearly as complicated as we make it. It's not really all that different than programming a regular training block for a movement with a few differences.
Creature of Habit
Habits can be a double-edged sword that work against you, particularly in training. Attending elitefts' LTT3 Seminar catalyzed the habits I needed to break to push past my training plateaus.
Integration of Strength and Power Programming for the Lower Body in Sport Preparation
Running sports are tangential in nature, so in order to optimize transfer from the weight room to the field, both vertical and horizontal movements need to be considered. To this end, the program I am going to outline will look at elements of training to ensure all bases are covered.
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WATCH: How to Implement Strongman into Your Powerlifting Training [Whiteboard Edition]
If you're interested in doing some strongman movements but are hesitant because you're in the middle of a program, don't be! Brian Alsruhe will show you how to implement those movements into your current program.
Smarter Programming for the Competitive Box Athlete
Believe it or not, it is possible to train multiple qualities at the same time. Athletes all over the world are training that way and making huge strides.
Phase 1: How You Should Start Young Athletes in the Weight Room
If you're not sure where to start training a 12-year-old who's a complete novice in the weight room, this program might just be the place.
Max Effort Modifications for Lifters with Anxiety and/or Depression
Many lifters with anxiety and/or depression find that during or following max effort, their mental health symptoms worsen, and/or their sleep quality and recovery suffer dramatically. These three modifications to max effort work may prevent or lessen some of these issues.
8-Week Upper Body Powerbuilding Program
Using powerbuilding blocks intermittently can help the weak get stronger and the small get bigger without fully compromising or favoring the other. That's exactly what this program aims to achieve.
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WATCH: The Method Behind Brian Alsruhe's Training [Whiteboard Edition]
Brian Alsruhe's background in strongman, martial arts, MMA, and counter-terrorism led to his training system being "messed up" and unique from everyone else's. Despite that, he's found great success with his programming and will be breaking it down in this video.
How to Increase Work Capacity Without Overtraining
There's a fine line between doing enough work and too much work. Don't fall into this trap. Be realistic with yourself (and your clients, if you're a coach) and train for long-term success, not for short-term burnout.