I don’t question the importance of delivering a well-researched and subsequently effective program to athletes.

Rope training is one of the premier tools you can use in your quest for victorious MMA conditioning.

An athlete with more power has greater torque, leading to a quicker athlete with more top end speed.

For athletes, it’s important to build strength levels using the big exercises—the squat, deadlift, bench, pull-ups, and other similar movements.

Growing up I was always the skinniest, weakest kid in school.

For many years, speed was considered some mystified aspect of sport performance that was measurable but unchanging.

Having worked my way through the ranks to be a collegiate strength coach, I've picked up a few things that other coaches can use to improve their own careers.

In the studies conducted on youth and adult pitchers, it was established that most injuries occur from overuse.

Periodization is an important topic in the strength and conditioning world.

If you’re a football coach or a strength coach for football, check this out. It may give you some ideas.

There isn't any two ways about it—cardio sucks

We're just over halfway through the season with twenty-two games played and, if successful in the playoffs, the prospect of sixteen more without any time off for good behavior.

Young coaches spend a great deal of time on program design, sets, reps, percentages, and every new drill or exercise that appears on the internet.

Antagonistically facilitated shock (AFS) training describes a novel manner in which to perform shock training or, as it’s more commonly known, plyometrics.

Having been a basketball player myself, I’m aware of the many challenges a basketball player faces both on and off the court.

If you're a fighter and want to dominate your competition, what do you need?

I was introduced to the writings of Patrick Lencioni via an audio interview with Joe Kenn on EliteFTS.com.

We tested all of the athletes on the four core exercises. No one reached any of the goals.

If we get a bit uglier year by year through our craft...maybe we should work a bit more on defenses.

Organizing and implementing a quality internship program can enhance the overall goals of your strength and conditioning program, which has limited budgets and resources.

The Process of Attaining Sports Mastery (PASM) is a multi-year and tremendously complex endeavor. The PASM encompasses the training and development of every conceivable physical, psychological, technical, and tactical component of sport performance.

Olympic lifts are one of the most polarizing topics in the sports performance world.

Plyometrics (jump training) is a great tool for improving an athlete’s speed, power, explosiveness, elasticity, eccentric strength, and other aspects of the neuromuscular system such as rhythm, balance, proprioception, movement coordination, and agility.

The following plyometric and strength training program is designed for use during the pre-competition phase